Well, I am a little late to the last part of this thread where the new banjo parts arrived. I was gone out of town and mine came while I was away. I got it put together this morning, using the new and original banjo parts, and mine is perfect......smooth as silk and it locks down securely and slides in every direction with ease.
The only mod I did was to enlarge the 25mm hole to 1 inch and my latest acquisition rest arrived as well.....an outside curve bowl rest from Robust with long post. All the rests work great on either the new banjo or my Oneway banjo.......happy camper here!
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