Banjo Technology for the Small Shop
Volume 1: Introducing the Rim Lathe
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"Your video is excellent" - Bill Rickard of the Banjo Workshop
PRESS RELEASE:
"Several years ago, Mark Hickler, author of this video set out to solve the fundamental problems of banjo making for the small-shop environment. Normal wood lathes do not have the means to guide cutting tools with the accuracy necessary to fit tone rings or other banjo hardware. Metal lathes have this capability, but to turn an 11” diameter requires a metal lathe that is too massive and expensive for the small shop. The lathe Mark has designed occupies a mere 4.3 square feet of shop space!"
This video is an introduction to this amazing lathe created with off-the-shelf parts that can turn banjo rims to tolerances of a few thousandths of an inch.
To showcase the capabilities of the rim lathe Mark demonstrates every step in creating an 11” rim with a rolled-brass tonering from a rough laminated rim blank:
• Accurate tonering fitting
• Measurement strategies
• Faceplate turning
• Indexing jig for locating bracket shoe holes
• Cutting tools and tool holders
• Using cross slides for accurate tool control
NEW! Bonus disk with 20 Minutes of Addtional Footage covering:
• Expanding jaw chuck
• Making and using "false jaws"
• Introduction to block rim construction
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