little more banjo

getting it put together now.

the new tuners have a little metal stud where they seat into the wood on the headstock. i used the dremel to drill a hole for it to sit tight. excellent instructions on how to do this here (although these tuners look more like these "golden gate" brand)

drilled hole in lower right

i glued the bone nut in place and installed the two outer strings. this way the strings can act as a clamp to hold the nut in place until dry tomorrow. next i'll adjust the intonation with the bridge and then add the last two strings.

the bone nut. the string slots are a little big, oh well.

(another excellent instruction, "A New Nut", from frets.com)

here's the bridge set very close to where it needs to be (to get bridge placement, measure from nut to 12th-fret, then double that to get the scale length from nut to bridge)

i had to stop for the evening, my back is killing me. probably from going on a short but vigorous walk with B and the dogs after dinner!