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Canjo Plans

Posted by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on November 15, 2009 at 10:30pm

All, Here is the plans for the Canjo based on Herschel Brown, et al. They are freely available and the intent is for us CBGers to make them for schools, hospitals, as a Boy/Girl Scout project, Church project, or any other act of community good will.

You must download the free Google SketchUp to open and work with this file (.skb).

Use them for fun. Use them in peace ;-)

The file to download: canjo.skb

NEW PLANS!!! 070311

canjo3.skb

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Tim Snyder May 3, 2018 at 12:16am

Hi Wes,

Thanks for these well-done SketchUp plans. I couldn't get them to open in SketchUp, so I did a little research and found that for Mac users, the extension should be changed from ".skb" to ".skp". They'll then open with no problem.
john mackay December 27, 2015 at 11:42am

a bit late I know....

https://youtu.be/Jy9NltNMh3g
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates July 3, 2011 at 9:55pm

New Plans!!!

See above.

-WY
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates July 2, 2011 at 9:30am

Mike, i secure them with screws and nuts. I recess the nuts into the wood and the wood is now in the can. I will post pics soon

-WY
Poppeysguitars June 29, 2011 at 9:57pm

I would like to know ? How do you mount the neck to the can,,,, A FLAT CAN. Is it mounted to the top or bottom of the can to get the best sound..........some one can tell me hit me up @ mkschrimpsher@aol.com.

Thanks to all of you for all the help in the past on the, & CBG or CCJOG,
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates October 18, 2010 at 9:19pm

Chuck, I'm reworking all of this . Will home something more soon.

-WY
chuck queisser October 18, 2010 at 9:15pm

Making some canjos for our school, need to know how can is mounted and how the string is mounted to the can. Is there a special way that works best or just use our imagination. thank you Chuck
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates September 2, 2010 at 9:56pm

HE He Tammi. You can also use any vegetable can. Large green bean cans are great. There are so many ones you can build.

-WY
Tammi Ferrell Fuqua September 2, 2010 at 1:49pm

Building my 1st one :) The hard part will be picking out the can! (I hope!) lol
Rand Moore June 20, 2010 at 1:37pm

We've started a canjo group on Cigar Box Nation called "Canjo Consortium". If you found this thread about building canjos, then you will probably be interested in joining our group. From the diagram above, I see they recommend a pan head screw for a slotted nut. Nice idea.