My Homemade Copy Carver or Duplicarver to aid in Banjo Construction

[Bikinbri]

What is the name of the song at the end, love it and cant find it anywhere. thanks

[instantpestering]

@Bikinbri It is a song by the Gibson Brothers called "Picker's Blues" off of their Iron and Diamonds album. Thanks for watching and not putting up silly comments like "the video makes me dizzy."

[eliasagrio]

by the time the video was finisched you got me dizzy.

[instantpestering]

@eliasagrio Your spelling made me dizzy.

[Woodomain]

Hello. I like the simplicity of your jig. Do you not get wrist ache pushing the sleeved parts. I assumed bearings have to be used which onn my research (in th UK) is very costly. I am looking at using nylon bushes. Although I am the achnowledged UK creative router pioneer I am still trying to get my head around just how much play can be afforded on the moving parts without actually building one! How accurate is your jig, given that the router is not a final finishing tool?.

[TheDatamancer]

Very cool design. I found your video while researching my own DIY copycarver for making gunstocks and decorative woodworking elements (corbels, scrolls, pediments, etc). Yours seems like a very solid design. One thing I might add would be a chain tensioner as someone else mentioned, but maybe just use solid rollers if I can't find proper sprockets. Gun stock inletting is pretty exacting and I'd like to eliminate as many variables as I can. Mind sharing the total cost of the build?

[instantpestering]

@TheDatamancer

I don't think a chain tensioner is needed... There might be a delay of 1/8 of a turn, it travels 1/16th of an inch per revolution, and 1/8 of that is .007" and the side movement because of it is even smaller. I don't think it'll make much difference in what I'm doing.

I think I spent with the router, about $200 on it. I had a welder, and chop saw already.

[TheDatamancer]

@instantpestering oh, oops I left out a vital piece of info. What I meant to say is that I'd be making two revolving spindles so I can spin the workpiece and carve from top/bottom/sides and THOSE will be linked via chain with tensioner. Yeah, for your "Y feed" setup, I'm sure the chains work fine because it's such a slow and metered movement. Anywho, good job. The circular jig was a clever addition, as well as the angled "chocks" for the stylus height.

[Altavilla2003]

Very good design, but I feel queasy trying to follow the images. Please, next time move the camera slowly.

[instantpestering]

@Altavilla2003  How about next time, you don't watch my video instead?

[phartattack]

SUGGESTION: Chain tensioner. if it's a bike chain use the tensioner from an old 10 speed.

[instantpestering]

@phartattack I'm a bike mechanic... the only way to get cogs is to use single speed cogs, and a single speed chain; none of which are compatible with derailleurs and I'd have to weld on a tab to mount the derailleur. I thought of an idler cog, but it wasn't really necessary, the chain doesn't fall off and there's no delay from one side to the other due to chain slack.

[hardyguitars]

great job dude,great design

[rottenhubert]

This is an impressive bit of DIY genius. So cool.

Hey, I run a yahoogroups list called banjomakers - check it out if you haven't already.