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Playing Since: 1973

Experience Level: Novice

tsander has made 4 recent additions to Banjo Hangout 

Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]

Occupation: Network Security

Gender: Male

Age: 63

My Instruments:
Stewart MacDonald Kit circa 1972
Open back woody with Dan Pennington rim/tonering
Roy Smith custom whyte laydie, the Snakewood Special


Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Steve Martin
Fred Sokolow
Vassar Clements
Dutch Cove Old Time String Band
The Haints
Wade Ward
Dave Macon
John Hartford
Leon Redbone
Michael Franks
Norman Blake
Leo Kotke
The Tillers
Rosey Carson
Old & in the Way
Loudon Wainwright, III
Janice Joplin and Big Brother
ZZ Top
Mary Travers
Emmy Lou Harris
StringBean
Grandpa Jones


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Created 4/15/2011
Last Visit 5/25/2013


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 tsander replied to topic 'TOTW - The Chicken Reel 5/3/13' 5/5/2013 11:52:01 AM

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 tsander replied to topic 'string question for clawhammer (sound)' 3/17/2013 5:38:19 PM

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 tsander replied to topic '(untitled)' 3/6/2013 9:22:59 AM

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 tsander commented on blog entry 'Banjo plus another instrument' 2/28/2013 11:29:03 AM

Roy Louis Smith Boucher Style

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First shaping of neck using heel angle
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Sanding second side of heel
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Sanding the excess from the heel
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Marking the heel angle
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Capped and sanded rim
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Gluing the heel cap
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Scoop inlay filled and sanded
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Fretboard inlays filled and sanded
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Peghead filled and sanded
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Filling the Inlays
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Rim with Sapele
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Sapele for rim
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RS inlay glued
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scoop inlay leveled
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scoop inlay leveling
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fretboard inlays leveled 2
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fretboard inlays leveled 1
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headstock inlay leveled
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headstock leveling
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Scoop inlay fitted
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Fretboard inlays fitted
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Headstock inlays fitted
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Neck after rough inlay mortising.
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Mortises after 3 bits
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Hogged out mortises
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Hogging out an inlay mortise
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Cut Inlays 4
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Cut Inlays 3
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Cut Inlays 2
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Cut Inlays 1
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Printed Inlays
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Printing Inlays on Sticky Labels
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Lower Neck Inlay Design
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Upper Neck Inlay Design
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Headstock Inlay Design
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Scooped Neck
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Routing the scoop
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Sanding neck to thickness
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Drilling tuner pilot holes
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Prepping heel for cap
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Peghead side view 2
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Side view peeghead
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Profiled Peghead
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Cutting the peghead
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Tracing the peghead
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Gluing up backstrap
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Rickard rim, flange, tone ring, head and tension ring
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What to use on Front and Back of Head?
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Finished Boucher Template
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Shaping the Boucher Template
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Gluing first layer of veneer under the fretboard
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Drilling access hole for truss rod
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Necks cut to rough shape
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Layout of vertical neck cuts
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Head with ear sanded
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Disk sanding head
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Fretboard cut to shape
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Another layout of Fretboard cuts
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Layout of fretboard cuts
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Slotted fretboards
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Fretboard Edge
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Ear attachment
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Sanded fretboards
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Cutting fret slots
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Layout for fretting
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Sanding snakewood
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Truss rod slot
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Routing truss rod slot
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Both neck blanks stripes
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Stripe Layers
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Back cut
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Peghead cut
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7 layer glueup
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Layers
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Thinning
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Bloodwood
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Bandsawing neck blank
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Sanded cherry
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Power sanding
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Sanding
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1st layout
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Original Drawing
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Dot drilling
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Pearl dots inlayed
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Heel layout
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Heel jig
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First heel cut
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Second heel cut
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Final heel cut
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Checking yaw of heel fit
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Checking pitch of heel fit
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Neck to rim fit with clamp
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Neck to rim fit front view
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Heel shape layout
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Flattening the heel sides
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Roughing th eheel curve
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Heel ready for hand shaping
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First cut of neck shaping
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First corner of neck removed.
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Partially roughed neck
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Planing off the corners
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Rasping to round the profile
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Rounded neck
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Turning the dowel stick
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Turned dowel stick
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Heel before final shaping
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Refining the heel
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Heel after final shaping
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Smoothing the neck barrel
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Cutting the frets
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Final polishing of fretboard
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Short frets in
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Pressing the frets home
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Checking for high frets
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Dressing the fret ends and fretboard edge
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Beveling fret ends
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Dressed and beveled frets
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Neck with frets
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Leveling frets
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Crowning frets
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Dressing fret ends
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Polishing frets with 800 grit
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Polishing frets with 4-0 steel wool
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Installing the ebony nut
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Shaping the volute
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Volute shaped
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Adding threaded insert to wood coordinator rod
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Finished coordinator rod end
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Drilling the rim for neck lags
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Drilled rim
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Dowel Co-rod in place
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Heel end of co-rod
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Neck test fit 1
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Neck test fit 2
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Reaming the tuner holes
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Tuners fitted
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5th string ledge rasped and carved
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5th string ledge scraped and sanded
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The wet look during final shaping and sanding
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Sealed rear of headstock and neck
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Filled and sealed neck
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First varnish coat
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Wet Sanding 800 Grit
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4-0 steel wool
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Buffy the scratch slayer
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Pegs installed
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Buffed Neck
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Assembled Rim
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Installing Co-rod
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E Pluribus Unum
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Done . Front slightly out of focus
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Done . Neck Front
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Done . Front Peghead
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Done . Scoop
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Done . Front of Pot
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Done . Heel and Rim
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Done . Whole Banjo Back
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Done . Rear Pot
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Done . Rear Heel and Rim
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Done 5th Fret and Peg
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Done . 5th Fret Rear Neck
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Done . Rear Peghead
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Done . Rear 5th Peg and carved neck
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Done . Heel and Rim Closeup

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