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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Inventory and inspect all your parts careful. If anything is miss-
ing or defective, please call or email right away.
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_____B. It is a good idea to read through the entire assembly instructions before you start, just to get
an overview of the project.
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A NOTE ABOUT GLUE
We strongly recommend that you use a common woodworking glue like Elmer’s Carpenter’s
Wood Glue or Titebond because they hold the parts more securely than most other
adhesives, and they are inexpensive and easy to use. DO NOT assemble the wood parts
of this project with 5-minute epoxy or super-glue or hot melt glue. The yellow colored
Elmer’s or Titebond is best.
When gluing parts together, be sure to put enough glue on the joint to wet the entire
surfaces to be joined. A good sign of proper gluing is that a little excess will squeeze out
around the joint when clamping pressure is applied. Too little glue may cause the parts
to separate later, whereas too much glue makes things messy. Always keep a damp rag
handy for quick cleanup, as necessary. It is especially helpful to keep your fingers clean
while gluing, because gluey fingerprints have the embarrassing tendency to appear on the
finished product in prominent places.
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
INSTALL MARKING DOTS
(OPTIONAL)
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Find the center point at each end of the tapered fretboard
and draw a straight line down the front face to use as your
centerline for locating the marking dots. (fig. 1)
A typical banjo would have marking dots before frets 3, 5, 7,
10, 12, and 17. (fig.1)
Make a punch mark on your center line between the frets to
mark the location of the marking dots. Use a sharp (new) 1/4”
drill bit to bore shallow holes where you made your punch
marks. (fig. 2)
FIG. 1
FIG. 2
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If you want to install any marking dots on a FRETLESS fingerboard, you’ll want to install
them exactly where the fret would be. Use our free FRET CALCULATOR online and use
25.4” (or 645mm) as the scale length -
www.harpkit.com/fret-calculator
