Hi all,
I'm planning to build a mountain banjo from the Stanley hicks template in the Foxfire book.
Ive converted inch to mm and draw some CAD's on my computer.
however the measurements contradict one another
take a look at the attached.
if you study D (the overall length), C (bottom of the pot to the 5th tuner) ......they differ from the measurements of E (centre of the head to the 5th tuner) F (top of the pot to the 5th tuner) G (5th tuner to nut) & H (the pegged)
surely B + F + G +H should add up to D (the overall length)
has anyone else encountered this?
Google Bluestem banjo plans and look for the Frank Proffitt banjo plans. Much better I think.
wow! thank you
Being fretless it shouldn't really matter
Considering that all the measurements are conveniently in fourths or eigths of an inch, I think it's safe to say there was some approximating/rounding going on.
The drawing is not dimensioned properly. There should not be both a "D" dimension and an "H" dimension. One of those two should be deleted, or one of them should be identified as a reference dimension with the correct value.
