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My dog didnt love them, I went out and got carob chips, which is fake chocolate and drizzles it on them, now he loves them 
Wow i might give it a try because i have 2 dogs both puggles one boy one female the female is named mojo the boy name is sammy. But its a risk[>
please dont poisin your dog
they taste good with sugar & cinniman
My friend said I could help make them for his dog! 
i was running low on dog treats any way i might give it a shot
KingScout: Thats funny, very funny.
I have taught my dog most everything she knows with these treats.
She knows how to sit, stand, do a ballerina twirl, roll over, lay down, go, stop, swim, dive, come, stay, shake paws, dance, get up, get down, and go to bed.
Vajra (pronounced vash-rah) loves these treats!!!!!
I am not sure my dog will like it. He is a very pickey eater. He will eat a sertain kind of dog food and then a week later, hate the brand he had just loved the week before!:)
this is kinda cool
Hey kingscout my dogdoes stuff like that all the time
looks cool,
kingscout, HA HA HA HA ROTFL
im going to write the recepie out and keep it somewhere for my puppy
I had a lot of fun making these treats. My dog loves them! Thank you!
i think i’ll make them for my 2 dogs and if i get a third dog i’ll make ‘em again!
My dog would probably like them. hey, Does anyone know how to make your dog less dumb cause mine runs into walls.
I wish i had a dog just so I could try it.
that looks cool! ill try that u could also make it into a bone-shape.
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I still don’t entirely understand how this makes a picture. The world is quiet here.
110 film has not been produced for many years. Neither has 126, which would have been a better choice anyway. This a neat project but it needs to be re-thought.
another great tool to learn for survival mode when the power grid gets burned out and we dont have cell phones/ computers working!!
Make your own pinhole camera, much like the ones photographers used in the Civil War.
I wonder if it will work for my go carts and my dirt bike?
Hook this up to a subwoofer amplifier! lol Should be awesome!
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can anyone tell me how i could connect this electric motor to a turbine instead of a battery
Well…if you have a constant power source, you just hook the positive& negative wires up to the moter, just like with the batery…but i dont know were in the world youll get a turbine. LOL
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whoa.. finally i know how to put ship inside bottle, thank you ^_^ i’ll make it one
I hope I try this someday. It looks and sounds amazing.
The convict way is to use a clothes hanger and use it to set each peice one by one through the opening of the bottle.
I just made mine luckily I had the kit so everything was ready made, just had to put it together. The hardest part is gluing the sails to the mast.
I build them from scratch and it takes me three to four hours and then maybe ten minutes to get it in the bottle. It realy depends on how detailed you want to be though.
wow, your so great at making fun activities for me to do!
I`m surprised many of you think this was invented yesterday. I learned how to do this over 60 years ago. Boats in bottles have been made this way for over 500 years.
wow! dude this is AMAZING!!!
you are truly a genius!!
whoever invented this knows a LOT of things about ships!
If you use a glass soda bottle it will look more old fashion . but you might have to size it down. 
I build these all the time they’re way fun. Try using a teriyaki bottle they have good space in them and the opening is nice and wide and still glass which makes it cool.
well if the body of the ship is very wide it will look amazing
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I too built one in 1950. I lived in Mass. and was able to pick up WWVA Wheeling
West Virginia. Now I am considering helping my grandchildren build one also.
It is a crystal radio. A crystal radio does not have a crystal.
Where do you get a IN34A diodes? Radio Shack doesn’t have them and the ones we find online are $0.30, but the shipping is ~$5. Being thrifty Scouts we are wondering where to obtain this diode or if the diode can be substituted with some other diode.
Apparently, at an electric supply store, i.e. radioshack®, etc.
I think it would work better if you used an old metal shirt hanger for a antenna
The antenna has to be long for these frequencies or it will not receive any signals because most of the time if the receiving antenna is shorter than 1/4 wavelength on that frequency it will receive poor reception or no reception at all.
it would work better if you had the
k3797 diodes.if you angle the batter 70 it will get better receptions. thats my way
If you get noise on your radio headset, but no radio stations, use a metal paper clip to try to tune your hand built radio. Sometimes it helps to run a number 26 guage wire and connect it with a metal screen of a no longer used storm window (to enlarge the radio antenna receiving area). If you live on a farm and can receive AM Radio Stations on a battery operated portable radio, see how strongly the station broadcasts to the radio. Sometimes, radios in cars and table radios have stronger antenna receptions due to the design of the radio. If the storm window screen that is connected to your hand built radio is located off of the ground, the reception might be a little bit better. Some farms who receive AM Radio station programs have their table radios connected to antennas which are connected to Farm Towers that are taller in height than the chimney of the farm house or slightly taller than the grain storage containers.
what is it like to live on a farm?Im alraedy working on the raidio.
It is pretty cool. You have to take care of animals and cut alfalfa to make hay to feed horses and to use as bedding for dogs.
Radios might seem super high-tech. But with about $10 and one afternoon, you can make one at home.
i tried this and got a ticket for litering i caught 1 minnow in 9 hours at a spot that i use my real trap and always catch between 20 and 30 in two hours i also got a ticket for litering so i suggest you dont do this
Made two and put them side by side. One i cut the top off of and put fish guts in . it caught crayfish. The other caught minnows while we slept at camp. of our troop that fished we fished all week with free bait. I would suggest like my grandfather did, use a roto zip or drill to make the holes.
I have used this contraption over 25 times and I have caught over 100 minnows.
i have tried that type of trap but found it only catches small minnows and does not hold many. my advice is to spend ten dollars and buy a pre made real minnow trap. that is actaully worth putting time into.
also a tip for you hardcore minnow catchers try phytoplancton and zooplankton from the pet store works wonders in the trap.
I tried it and it’s a good idea I caught 2 minnows in 8 hours and ate them with butter.
me and my friend go minow fishin in spring and summer.i think i will build one and try it out this time because we spent 2 hours and only caught 4 of them fast little suckers.
there is a creek by my house and me and my bro chach them by hand alll the time dont know y u would need a trap but i made one any ways to see if it will work….
yes it wil chach crayfish……. If u want cray fish use raw baccon but they also eat just a bout any meat soource, cut up fish is the best….. minnows the eat crakers, bread, ect……..
this sounds like a good i dea iv made two and cant wait to use it
Here is a tip if you set your trap in a deep lake:
In the opening of the 1st bottle,add a door. Like a picece of light metal. Add an opening for the latcth. Make sure it stretches over the opening. Make a hole in the opposite end of the latch and in the part where the door is birectly below. Then add rope or twine to make the door open and close. Have fun with my invension!
In my lake, there is ducks. Will the trap work? Please awnser me.
I don’t know how to open the bottle cap deep in the water. Mabye you can add a piece of heavy paper when they get in the cave. Please help me.
I will show this to my dad. If this works, I will keep some as pets or put up our own bait shop and sell them. I loved reading this.( Also, to attract a lot of minnows, get a piece of large, loose dirt by the pond and simply wait). ( You will need to have your trap set and make sure the dirt is by the pond.
This is a really good idea.
However,will it catch crayfish too?
PS. Crayfish Rules!
i use the trap with my friends and it work thinks 4 the idea
i think i will try it but it is a bit small and try using dog food for it and i will use duct tape instead of tying the pieces together and 1 people cut the ends so bigger baIT CAN GET IN
And also, you can catch crayfish by building a small dam in the river, thus creating a habitat for minnows and other small fry. Next, just so you know, this will take a year to do if you only supply new minnows every 5 months. So, the REAL next thing, supply as many crayfish and minnows to the pool as you can. While building, you must install a short pipe near the top of the dam, about an inch from the bottom to the top [if the pipe is laying sideways and you are looking through it] for drainage and easy-catch. Let the population get fat and PRESTO! You have a catching pool. At the end of the pipe where water comes out, put a small pile of rocks, three poundsworth. When you want to catch fish the easy way, simply place a screen or net in the center of the rock pile [they will have a center "valley" in the middle of the pile], chase what you want down the pipe and you have fish! Thank you for reading.
Nice. snwbdr09173, you can catch crayfish with a net in a river easily. I do it all the time in my family’s WV vacation house. You put a net behind the crayfish, and scare it with a rock and it will blindly shoot backwards into the net.
thats great facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is great. i have the metal trap that u buy at the store and it works the same. i caught a ton of minnows with the metal 1 from the store. i wonder if the 1 from the store works better that this 1. probably the same. to catch crawfish u can use fish guts and fish meat. if u cut up kiver meat and stuff the crawfish will def go in it.
there is a steam in these woods between highways where i live and it is full of many types of snake,minnows,crawfish,salmanders and many others. With this cheap trap idea we caught about half a dozen snakes,like 4 DOZEN MINNOWS!!!,only 3 crawfish but no salamanders. This is a really brilliant idea.
Hints… you can use crackers for bait for minnows and freshwater shrimp, and use wet dog food as bait for crawdads.
i’ve got one…
get a fishing pole w/ a hook. put a worm on the hook..
let a minnow get close to the worm and then take your
pole and hit him in the head w/ it….
pick him up out of the water and there ya go you got some bait….
works every time
This trap sounds great. I think that I might want to make it )))))))))))
i caught some shrimp off of this trap. it is great!! thanks for putting this contraption on this website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was graet when i chot some i chot 300 minos and cept them in my mino tanc i made
cool! i fish alot & dont have much cash. this will help!
this thing does not work!!!!!!!!!!! don’t waist your time. and that nail thing is the most stupidest thing ever i tried it and found out its a good way to get hurt (or burned).
zimmsta did u ever get that info on if crayfish can be caught using this trap
This trap works great! I set it over night and got five minnows and three stickleback. Great idea!
this is so cool and it really works good when i am at the river.
This is an ~*~AWSOME~*~ idea i will try it right now!
I have always and I think it will work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
You're ready for fishing. You've got everything ... but bait. And no cash to buy any. Well, forget throwing money at minnows. Gather your own! It's simple with this easy-to make trap.
I love the idea and just got all my hardware! Only downside is that it costed $30, and that was with improvision. Am very happy with the product though!!! Great idea!
OK, don’t get me wrong. This is a really cool project. I love it, but for one problem. My dad and I didn’t have any of the correct pieces, so we stopped by at the local hardware store. All I will say about that is that almost a decade after this article was written, this will actually take around $25 and 3 hours total. Really cool idea, though
We had tour Webelos make these for the craftsman pin. Great idea!
Pffft. Walmart. They think they can just scurry about selling 20 dollar chess sets. I come from a long line of carpenter rice, so this is almost free!
My old chess set is missing pieces. So this can really come in handy!
COOL chess set ! have you thought of carving a chess set?
I can’t keep track of my stuff since my brothers always find. I will need an extra.
I love chess and I am definetly going to make this. How do you store it?
It tells people how to make robots vs aliens chess NEAT.
now i have a plan and know what to look out for. i just made a mosaic tile coffee table checker board and was looking for a chess set plan. i will go to a habitat for humanity and rummage in their hardware. i will know now to make sure the pieces have a good base and to match threading. i will be sure to follow up and comment again.
This is cool but I can’t tell the difference between the pawns and rooks. :/
I think that they took a picture of a Rook twice, so you have to look passed the Rook in the first picture.:-D
I am so glad i found this!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
must have missed this in Boys Life (for the one who’d never heard of this mag, it’s the official Boy Scout magazine) – must have been in between boys – was also in Mother Earth News and I’d tried to keep it but you know how that is but now we have the CD just haven’t thought about it since, though so thanks!
This is a very smart project but it is hard to remember the identity of each piece!
Too bad the article has parts that will not work together. Since when does a 1/4″ nut thread onto a 3/16″ bolt(hollow wall anchor)? Never in my book. Now I have a bunch of parts laying around that I don’t need and I have to take another trip to the store with $26 in parts already.
Our Webelos den made this. We made two sets because once one teacher found out we were making one for one class she wanted one too. Just the nuts and bolts cost sixty dollars at Lowes for the two sets. We bought acrylic paint but spray paint probably would’ve worked better. The pieces were clever but using exactly the specificed parts – some of them, notably the king,, queen and knight frequently fall over. We were very excited to start this and I think disappointed in the outcome, mainly because the pieces didn’t stand up. So, I would adjust the bases on some of the pieces.
this is a reativly good idea. Would someone please post a printable list of all the parts so i don’t have to figure out how many i need myself? Just to make things eaisier (and maybe mor enjoi able). Thanks!
Cool! Maybe I should ask my Dad to do this….
I take a chess after school club at my school so i could bring this in)!!
Use nuts and bolts from your tool chest to make a cool chess set.
by the way,for the blade make an extendor so it dosnt cut the robot
I’m saving up for a remote controlled car for da robot. It so cool! Oh, listen to jeebs about the sawblade and flamethrower… i think it’s real… One last thing………… Hold onto your brainballs…
at least SOME1 is cool enogh to make a robo-killer thingy!
Awwww. On the sheet i printed it said i would lern to make gismo4 deluxe
this looks totally cool, wonder if you can find a way to do household chores
Man thanks for the idea. maybe I could annoy my mom and dad with the robot
i will make another 1
i’ll call it the DOOMINATOR
if u try my trick(printed above) u need to hook up the motorcycle and 4 wheel drive truck up to the same signal and rehook up the wires if u cut them. also,for a flamethrower, use the ther arm and make 1 wheel a fan. then make a door in the back( note:use one of the metal things on a door and cut out a chunk of the back to weld together(note note:dont weld together the ends of the henge thing)) and get coulogne(ca loan). on the inside of the door next to the fan wheel. make a bowl with something over it about 2 inches and make 2 or 3 more fans in a tube arm.put some caulogn in the dowl and, again when u move, it spits fire.
This really works well! It runs across the floor smoothly and it doesn’t harm anything. Plus I can anoy my cat with it. It is really fun and inexpensive if you go to the right place. You should try it, (if you go to the right place). It is fun to make two and battle them. I think you should try it, it is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can not belive how well the robot works! it ran across the floor and won!! And it looks great too.
i put a truck with 4 wheel drive on its back wheelsand cut a chunk from the bottom. then i put in a toy motorcycle so it had the same balance. then i put on 2 long knives on and when it moves the knives becomes a sawblade.
It is so AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT ISN”T DUMB. IT”S THE BEST.
It looks difficult to get all the right stuff for it and it looks difficult to build BUT it looks very cool and awesome.
Forget the saw and battle axe………. I’m thinking flame thrower.
I might do it but it needs something to defend its self from my sister (big knife?)
I just read about it and i defenitaly want to try it!
P.S. I can’t beleve jinbob said flamethroer
this is a great idea. i’m trying this as soon as i get the money.
maybe i’ll show my friends how to do this and we can set up an areana.
I love gizmo he is crazy!!!!! yaaaa!!! yhoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
i will start a collection of these robos and sell kits for $9.99.wanna buy 1 or 2?!?!?!?!?!
i wuold like to do this, but i cant afford it. stupid money problems..
i recycle bottles. once i get the money, I’M MAKIN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was on battle bots the show i was the champ then grant imahara (mythbusters helper)came and defeated me
how dare he
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Looks cool, I might like to try it when I have time. Oh and for those who are reading this if you don’t think coper is strong then spray pant it silver so it looks like steel or just deal with it, its only for fun any way.
And another thing I forgot to mention, aluminum is cheaper, lighter, and looks like steal. I think Ill do this with aluminum with a bit of coper for decoration. Hope this helps!
Maille is self polishing. If you paint it, it will wear the paint off in virtually minutes.
copper? really? copper is weak. you need something of iron at least. steel would be better but never go with copper.
Copper is a cheap (ish) alternate to the tradional riveted steel used in the era.
I frogot also that it is easier to shape and actually, chianmail of any material can protect you limitedly –if it is riveted that is.
The strength in maille comes from the shape of the link. While copper is softer than steel or iron, when shaped into a link, less than 1/2 inch in diameter, it is quite strong and will hold up to a blow just as well as steel or iron.
Yo, macdaddy: I’ve made chainmail, and it takes a fair while to do, but once you’ve got the groove, it’s very addictive. You just want to keep on going.
i think i’m gonna do this with some thing stronger then copper like steel wire
Okay people the worst a heavy attack from a sword against mail can do is a cracked bone. The mail distributes the force throughout the rings making it the best form of armor of the time. And noone said anything about wearing it into battle. It is a workshop project for fun not to wear in reinactments. (sorry if misspelled)
IM curintly making a 8 in 1 patern it is sorta hevy and it takes a long time to make 7 hours for a 1ft by 1ft square
Chain maille is only effective against slicing. If there is any real “oumph” behind a blow, it will either make a really nice bruise, or break a limb.
you should show a picture of the finished ork so ppl can scroll down and see if it is realy worthwhile to make it or not
how long approx does it take to make?
Yes i am a girl but i like this kind of stuff
i really need to make some.
Hey there! Me and my 16 y/o sister LOVE renissance clothing and weapons. my sister has made a small amount of chain-mail. we both have swords and we both have bows and arows( mine is compound and hers is Recurve) she has made a hunting horn and an era dress. also she makes a ton of wire crowns ( not the more “heavy duty-ish” crowns but more of the “delicate and princess-ish” crowns. this contraption might help us with the chain-mail. also we have a silver (its tarnished badly) scimitar (she is making a new (hand sewn)sheath for it has a “sun” and ivy plants on it (kind of funny ‘cuz her name is Ivy).
it good but i like to have a full set of armor not just chain mail
I’m going to use this for Halloween. It will make a good costume for next year.
Me and my dad make it and we found different patterns.
We also found that you can use a dowel and drill to make the rings.
Hey forget all the nit picking and give some credit. I too use stainless steel and do go onto the battle field – re-enacting and fighting for Richard 111 as an archer. Even with blunts they pack a punch and under the armour we wear padded Jacks. This web site is great for anyone wanting to learn basics if you want to get authentic then join a club and follow the safety rules. What copper does is ‘look’ fabulous and with the addition of black and silver coloured rings your crest can also be woven into your maille shirt. Plastic is often used in films cheaper lighter LoR
This is a good way of starting to make armor it takes long but its a lot of fun. Its basicly all the high tec things all in a short few sentences. IT ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!
hey, nice website, but instead of copper, i use galvanized steel wire. and instead of making “fivers” i link them together one by one. even still, its good to see people reintroduceing an art long ingnored.
I make a “rope” of links, that alternates, 2-1-2-1-2-1 until I have the length I need. Then I start weaving my “cloth” from that.
i think the rings in the picture are to big and a knife blade can probaly fit into it, so that kid in the picture might be a goner if he has a sword fight.
I am not trying to cause offense, but you absolutely, positively, can not use plastic. It will not hold and will be worse than gold even. You would not even be able to put one “fiver” together. I also warn you that copper and rings that big will NOT protect you from bodily harm. Thank you.
ok…… good design, needs to be made out of steel. that is a european 4 in 1 weave. just for your reference. Do a little at a time to avoid getting bored
Weak article. This method will produce something that looks like armour but I pity whoever decides to try and use a real weapon against this. Copper in any gauge wouldn’t stand up to a sword blow even if it were riveted. I respect that we’re trying to teach these scouts a fun hobby but the author could have at least included a disclaimer to inform anyone that attempts this as per the directions posted that it WILL NOT actually protect against bodily harm.
yeah, you guys should just get a drill and throw the dowel rod in that, get some vice grips, attach the wire to the dowel with them, then get a glove and guide the wire onto the dowel. faster and easier. also, i can not believe the article says to use your fingers to weave the mail! use pliers!!! otherwise your fingers WILL be hurting.
I make shirts, 20 so far, and you need to use pliers when weaving the rings together. If you can weave the rings together with just your fingers, then the metal will not withstand any kind of physical abuse. I.E. It’s not combat ready, it’ll just be costume grade. If you want to make a combat-ready shirt, it must be made from steel, not copper.
I have been making chainemaille for about 12 years now. The strength of it lies in the structure. If you just make the links smaller copper will resist strikes just as well as steel or iron of a larger diameter.
lol, uh, i was hoping youd show how to attach sleeves. oh well ^.^ oh, by the way, its a heck of a lot smarter to use galvanized steel, 16 gauge, since thats normal for sca and stuff, and its MUCH cheaper than copper…. lol, anywho, im sure someone else should have pointed that out but if not, that info is out there now for all ya’ll
really good design. i’m going to try it, though i am going to use a lathe to coil my wire. = )>
I’m definatly making some! It’s gunna look awesome.
I have currently finished a coif or hood of mail for western art history in junior college.
A definite challenge.
k my friend made a chain mail like that but out of iron and took him 3 yrs. it has 6 in one ring and is thick but can be ilusive in it. it is 10 pounds thow!
use a longer dowel to make more rings. get a frend cut the rings and another to combind the rings.
I think the smaller the rings and a tighter fit will proove thee in good stead.
You can use a drill instead of the box, it saves a lot of time!
If u make it out of copper you could use limon juice to keep it shiny or put clear paint over it once a month. clear paint would work cuz it keeps the weather off of it. I shall make a pretty chain mail skirt first then a matching vest! I shall look like quite the fighter. =}
A less expensive and time-saving way to do this is to use spiral-binding (the sort used to bind paper into books) which you can buy at any place which does binding (Staples, etc.). It is plastic, and so cheaper, and pre-wound, which saves time. You can even get it in different colours (or stick to silver-grey) The joining of the rings still takes a long time, though!
Spiral binding wire is not of a sufficient gauge to work for a project like this. Due to the gauge:diameter ratio, any maille made from this would pull its-self apart from its own weight.
i think tis a great idea but you shuld use steal or aluminom not copper. copper dosn’t look very good
sir reid, look on the internet for copperwire and a helm is a helmet (something to protect your head)
i’m gonna straighten and ring paperclips, its a school holday now so why not!
try making the pattern go crassways and not up and down.if it is going up and down,the rings spread out,if it goes crossways then the rings will overlap eachother.
the pattern went the wrong way!!!!it’s supposed to go crossways!!!
Here’s how you can become a knight in shining chain-mail armor.
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If you can’t find the copper pipe a bottle cap can do just fine
I found and whittled a great walking stick at Webelos Woods last year, I havent thought about wood burning yet, though I did carve my intitials into it
A Good wood to use is Willow. However, you can obtain a pretty descend piece of wood from a broom stick.
I suggest not using copper pipe. The hollow end will dig into the soil leaving ugly marks, and isn’t very leave no trace friendly. Instead, use a rubber furniture leg tip. Costs less than a copper pipe piece, and is very low impact on trails.
This is a neat article and it got me thinking about making my own walking stick or staff (a staff is bigger)… However, it would have been nice if they specified what kind of wood is good to use. I am using sycamore.
Hey ctc10, if you go to a hardware store like ACE hardware or Lowe’s, they have copper piping for a couple dollars. Hope that helps!
This is an awesome project!!! used it to introduce my Wolves to some wood working skills…!!! they and I had a blast making the walking sticks…
I like to use recycled eucalyptus from our airport perimeter line. Works great! Very strong, and smells good too. Has an attractive grain structure when sanded and finished.
I find that using a 3/4 inch copper pipe cap is better for the end, this completely covers the end as it is only open on the side that attaches to the stick. And if this is too short for your liking, pipe first and then cap.
I get my walking stick basics from the piles of branches when people trim their trees. Free is as cheap as it gets
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How do you make frets that u use when u play, like that change the pitch on a real banjo
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Looks cool.
Awsome
didnt work
thts pretty cool!
sad
thats just weird
i hope it works
I cut off the bottom of a plastic bucket and it works great
we thought of using a tin but this sounds cool
im a banjo player and this one works better than mine!!!!
Looks cool
cool never thought of doing that try it with a drum insead of a container
What should I uses for frets? please reply.
you should use little plastic pices
Go fretless. It sounds better, anyway.
looks awesome. i am going to try it
They did not “mix” the two. They simply used African instruments and African call and response, bambara rhythms, and African song structures along with some European instruments in addition to African instruments to create a uniquely African sound. There’s nothing celtic about a banjo.
very nice
my uncle makes banjos rally nice ones too
does it sound like a banjo
yes you can use gutair strings
Does it actually sound like a real banjo
Can I use guitar strings on it??? Would it still sound like a banjo??? Please respond ASAP
I wouldnt think because banjos r differnt
yes
You would have to use banjo strings and does fishing line durable enough.
wow thats cool
that is a awsome banjo
This reallly works its so cool im going to start my own skiffle band.
you can also use a gourd, and some rawhide stretched over the gourd, and buy some real banjo strings, and make frets out of pieces of wire.
it looks really cool and all, but what about frets? you could use paper clips.
im gonna make one
Insted of a container use the bottom 3in. of a plastic bucket.Then just cut that off and just do the same thing shown in the directons.Has a lot more sound and looks alot cooler.Insted of two strings put 4 or 6 on.Just like a real banjo.If you want more info just reply
well i would want do one but it is to big to take to school sorry
greg’o how do i go about putting 4-6 strings on the banjo instead of just having two?
hey yeah same question, should i just put more screw eyes at the top?
I’m trying to make a banjo similar to this for a physics project. one problem I have found is that the strings are really high off the neck, because of the bridges and plastic bucket. Also, what did you use for the plastic bucket. I’m trying an ice cream pal and It seems to work fine but the sound isn’t very loud. Finally do you know if adding frets will increase the intensity of the sound. Thank you for anything you can help me with.
real banjos have 5 strings
AWSOME, I’ll try it.
nice , i might try that out
awsome way to make a banjo