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November 23, 2011 / samrobinsoncoppice

banjo. » banjo peg disaster

i tried using oak for the pegs but when being turned in the shaper, it basically cleft the oak. i chose to use walnut as it has a closer grain.

i tried using oak for the pegs but when being turned in the shaper, it basically cleft the oak. i chose to use walnut as it has a closer grain.

banjo reamer peg test
here are the walnut pegs. i made a slight mistake on the drilling of the peg holes, drilled the bottom two to close together and had to make the handle on the bottom two pegs smaller so they could turn.

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