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Step 11Tailpiece
This is the dingus you tie the strings to at the bottom of the banjo. I made this one out of some sheet copper I found under the shear. Punch holes with an Acme punch (the blue handled tool). Cut it with scissors and round the corners. Fold it over in a vise.
Drill a pilot hole in the end of the neck dowel. Poke a hole in the right place in the cookie tin with a sharp nail. Screw the tailpiece inplace. Your banjo suddenly looks like a banjo.
I used a Japanese bronze 5-yen coin for a washer and a big stainless screw i pulled from a wrecked yacht.
I used odd ends of kite line for strings and was going to tie them on with every kiter's favorite knot, the larks-head as seen here. The standard guitarist's lock-loop knot was less work and better looking, so I switched to that.
Drill a pilot hole in the end of the neck dowel. Poke a hole in the right place in the cookie tin with a sharp nail. Screw the tailpiece inplace. Your banjo suddenly looks like a banjo.
I used a Japanese bronze 5-yen coin for a washer and a big stainless screw i pulled from a wrecked yacht.
I used odd ends of kite line for strings and was going to tie them on with every kiter's favorite knot, the larks-head as seen here. The standard guitarist's lock-loop knot was less work and better looking, so I switched to that.
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