Banjo Repair and How-To Information by Richie Dotson

	Removal and replacement of a 5th string tuner	Dotson A-5 model Mandolin
	Relocating a 5th String Nut	The first Dotson F-5 Mandolin
	Neck Notch Surgery	Filling Dings in a Banjo Finish
	Basic Binding Installation	Installing Side Dots
	Truss Rod Installation	Refretting a Banjo
	Banjo Anatomy and Assembly	Filling fingerboard chips
	Shaping and drilling a Peghead	Strap Buttons on a Banjo are a Bad Idea
	Left Handed 5th string Peg	Beware of Metal Side Dots
	How to ship a banjo	Changing a Skin Banjo Head
	How NOT to ship an instrument	Changing a Plastic Banjo Head
	Installing Binding on a Resonator	Building Banjo Bridges
	Restoration of an old Tenor Banjo	Installing Railroad Spikes
	Restoring an old 5-String Banjo	Artificially Aging Replacement Tuning Buttons
	Trimming a Banjo Fingerboard after Installation	Replacing a Friction Peg with a Geared one
	Mastertone Pearl Block Refurbishment	Correcting and setting up Nut Action
	Retrofitting Inlay (inlaying an existing headstock)	Cutting a Nut Seat in a Newly Constructed Banjo
	Setting the Bridge at the proper location	Installing a Fishman Pickup in your Guitar
	Banjo Heel Shaping Tip	Gibson Style Binding Installation
	Rose Inlay Installation	Properly Fitting a Tone Ring to a Wood Rim