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I am looking for a recommendation for a source for a 11 inch (preferably maple) banjo rim for an open back banjo build. I would like a low ply count rim and I do not want anything that is pre-drilled or pre set-up for a tone ring. And if possible I would like to keep the price about $100. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance. -Scott
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Originally posted by TheLastWordRickard sales this: rickardbanjos.com/products/2-p...906696886
Thanks for the link. It looks good, but they are in Canada and it would probably take a while to get here because of holiday delays in customs and also the cost of shipping from Canada would be a factor.
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Originally posted by Ken LeVanSounds like you want a laminated blank with nothing done to it
What dimensions are you interested in? I am away until Sunday PM but have 3-ply blanks in the shop—I'll look.
The 11" OD or oversize so it can be turned down is the most critical dimension. The 2 9/16 depth and the 5/8 wall thickness, I am willing to change those dimensions to work with what you have available. As mentioned above I do have a lathe and can machine down if necessary. Also if it helps, something besides maple could work. Thanks -Scott
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Originally posted by campandstrumquote:
Originally posted by Ken LeVanSounds like you want a laminated blank with nothing done to it
What dimensions are you interested in? I am away until Sunday PM but have 3-ply blanks in the shop—I'll look.
The 11" OD or oversize so it can be turned down is the most critical dimension. The 2 9/16 depth and the 5/8 wall thickness, I am willing to change those dimensions to work with what you have available. As mentioned above I do have a lathe and can machine down if necessary. Also if it helps, something besides maple could work. Thanks -Scott
I just got back and checked. I don't have anything nearly 2 9/16" high—I put tone rings on my pots to come around 3"pot depth, but the rims themselves are more like 2 1/4". Plus, I have nothing that exceeds 11", they are all a little less, designed to be turned for bracket bands and the tone ring skirt with an inset bump-out between them. Unfortunately nothing I have on hand is going to work for you—sorry. The depth is the biggest problem.
Edited by - Ken LeVan on 12/11/2022 13:17:37
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Originally posted by Ken LeVanquote:
Originally posted by campandstrumquote:
Originally posted by Ken LeVanSounds like you want a laminated blank with nothing done to it
What dimensions are you interested in? I am away until Sunday PM but have 3-ply blanks in the shop—I'll look.
The 11" OD or oversize so it can be turned down is the most critical dimension. The 2 9/16 depth and the 5/8 wall thickness, I am willing to change those dimensions to work with what you have available. As mentioned above I do have a lathe and can machine down if necessary. Also if it helps, something besides maple could work. Thanks -Scott
I just got back and checked. I don't have anything nearly 2 9/16" high—I put tone rings on my pots to come around 3"pot depth, but the rims themselves are more like 2 1/4". Plus, I have nothing that exceeds 11", they are all a little less, designed to be turned for bracket bands and the tone ring skirt with an inset bump-out between them. Unfortunately nothing I have on hand is going to work for you—sorry. The depth is the biggest problem.
Thank you for checking. -Scott
Eric Sullivan can probably sell this to you in any degree of completion.
Cooperman provides no way to order banjo rims online. THey don't even tell you what they cost. You need to contact them directly.
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Originally posted by Old HickoryEric Sullivan can probably sell this to you in any degree of completion.
Cooperman provides no way to order banjo rims online. THey don't even tell you what they cost. You need to contact them directly.
Just ordered a rim from Eric Sullivan. He was a great guy to talk to and has lots of rims ready to ship.
I've always been a Cooperman fan, plus their made here in VT. They have single, double, and tripple ply.
cooperman.com/banjo-rims/
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Originally posted by buckhollerI've always been a Cooperman fan, plus their made here in VT. They have single, double, and tripple ply.
I have one known Cooperman rim in a parts banjo with an RK no-hole tone ring. My Hangout friend Dick Guggenheim picked it up for me at the Cooperman factory around 2013. It sat aging in unconditioned space for another year or two before it ended up in a banjo. Sounds great.
Gibson was definitely using Cooperman rims at least for a while in the final 20 or so years of production. And I believe Stelling's briefly used 3-ply rims were Cooperman.
Definitely good rims. And competitively priced. Only issue, as I said above, is you can't order off their web site. You need to call or write.
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