Do you refurbish vintage banjos other than your own? I bought a vintage open back banjo years ago. It needed the fret board refurbished, so I carried to an old guy here locally who was known for restoring old fiddles and banjos. He passed away before he got to work on mine, so I went an picked it up from his wife. Not only did he not restore the neck, he somehow broke the dowel rod that holds the pot to the neck. It might cost more to have it all restored than it's worth. What do you think? It's not a high end instrument to start with.
If the neck originally had a good contact with the pot, won’t you need to sand off a bit when you adjust the angle of the stick? Seems to me that you would get a gap between the neck and pot if you only adjust the dowel angle? Anyway, a nice set of videos. I have learned a lot, thanks! Will try vinegar on an old banjo that needs a new neck.
This vinegar trick works like a charm! only takes minutes to soften up modern day wood glue!
wow you are a woodmaster! this is way beyond anything I'd ever attempt
i took a piece of brass stock and shimmed my old buckbee. It's perfect action now.
All neck dowel banjos are mechanically instable .Dual control rods were an incredible idea that solved a really frustrating issue.
Do you refurbish vintage banjos other than your own? I bought a vintage open back banjo years ago. It needed the fret board refurbished, so I carried to an old guy here locally who was known for restoring old fiddles and banjos. He passed away before he got to work on mine, so I went an picked it up from his wife. Not only did he not restore the neck, he somehow broke the dowel rod that holds the pot to the neck. It might cost more to have it all restored than it's worth. What do you think? It's not a high end instrument to start with.
If the neck originally had a good contact with the pot, won’t you need to sand off a bit when you adjust the angle of the stick? Seems to me that you would get a gap between the neck and pot if you only adjust the dowel angle? Anyway, a nice set of videos. I have learned a lot, thanks! Will try vinegar on an old banjo that needs a new neck.
Couldn't you have just flipped the rod upside down to reverse the angle?
what glue do you use, to glue the neckbrace to the neck?
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