I always use a small nail set punch and punch out the small end and the ball of the pop rivet and then peen over the back side to lock the rivet in without the ugly expanded part on the back.
Well Jerry I see you are still overcoming obstacles one by one on this project but, like my dear old deceased father said if it isn't done right why bother doing it at all. Thanks for sharing Jerry.
I had a similar problem with clearance on a repair. I chamfered the drilled hole and put in a regular piece of rod and peened it in and then ground it to smooth with the part.
Yes, I suppose that could be true. All the old timey ones I've ever seen have 8, like a mandolin. They are loud and expensive to own. They are as tempermental as a spoiled 7 year old child, a lot of them. I wanted in the worst way to build one, but I'm glad that infatuation has passed. I'd like to borrow one for a year or 9 months to see if I could have a decent affair with one, like a cantankerous girl friend -- a beautiful woman, but wayward and ornery and a real bit***ch.
I have a circa 1919 Fairbanks Vega Style K melody banjo with 4 strings. I used it for several years as a substitute for a Brazilian-style banjo for use in pagode (“pah-gho-jee”) music. Tuned D-G-B-D, the same as a Brazilian cavaquinho.
I had one just like that. You missing another part that fits on top of the one that's there it will aline with the hole if mounted on top. Then it can adjust with the right presser and screws to the one on the bottom.
Wondering if the back end of the neck extension (wood brace) once had a metal receiver similar to the front end to adjust the neck angle? That might explain the shortened brace and offset from the mounting hole in the drum side? Why else would the brace be cut short and out of alignment?
@@dorisandpatrickleary8297 that I don't know. From what I gather, he had it for a little while and someone saw it and wanted it. I know I have 2 banjos with a similar setup, one a banjolin. Both have the dowel butting up against the rim with the screw going into it.
I use to say this for myself, "if I can't fix it, it ain't broken". It's true for you too Jerry!
Love the longer videos where you work on one instrument. THE BEST!!!
I always use a small nail set punch and punch out the small end and the ball of the pop rivet and then peen over the back side to lock the rivet in without the ugly expanded part on the back.
We know that you'll win the fight Jerry!
12:40. It's next to impossible.
Jerry: "Impossible we can do in a few days..... Miracles take a little longer!"
Well Jerry I see you are still overcoming obstacles one by one on this project but, like my dear old deceased father said if it isn't done right why bother doing it at all. Thanks for sharing Jerry.
I had a similar problem with clearance on a repair. I chamfered the drilled hole and put in a regular piece of rod and peened it in and then ground it to smooth with the part.
Manjo? Banjolin? Doesn't matter what you call it, I'm exiting the jam!
Eager to hear how it sounds!
Tricky bit of work there but it's coming along nicely, IMO.
Love your restoration films!
(Excellent job, Emeri!)
Banjolin like the melody banjo only has four strings and not eight. When pattented in 1876 it had eight but was changed to four several years later.
Yes, I suppose that could be true. All the old timey ones I've ever seen have 8, like a mandolin. They are loud and expensive to own. They are as tempermental as a spoiled 7 year old child, a lot of them. I wanted in the worst way to build one, but I'm glad that infatuation has passed. I'd like to borrow one for a year or 9 months to see if I could have a decent affair with one, like a cantankerous girl friend -- a beautiful woman, but wayward and ornery and a real bit***ch.
I have a circa 1919 Fairbanks Vega Style K melody banjo with 4 strings. I used it for several years as a substitute for a Brazilian-style banjo for use in pagode (“pah-gho-jee”) music. Tuned D-G-B-D, the same as a Brazilian cavaquinho.
If you just punch the steel centre out of a rivet then you can hammer it down and it just gets stronger.
I had one just like that. You missing another part that fits on top of the one that's there it will aline with the hole if mounted on top.
Then it can adjust with the right presser and screws to the one on the bottom.
The Frankolin
STILL LOOKS LIKE THE FRETBOARD BENDS UPWARD WHERE IT GOES OVER THE DRUM BUT i'M OVER HERE PRE16:00
I would just attach the tailpiece with a threaded rod that is long enough to bolt onto the rear of the dowel stick.
That is exactly what I did.
Wondering if the back end of the neck extension (wood brace) once had a metal receiver similar to the front end to adjust the neck angle? That might explain the shortened brace and offset from the mounting hole in the drum side? Why else would the brace be cut short and out of alignment?
Could have been replaced or a neck for a different instrument.
@@mandolinman2006 So what secured it in place before the repair order, or did this arrive as a dysfunctional collection of mismatched parts?
@@dorisandpatrickleary8297 that I don't know. From what I gather, he had it for a little while and someone saw it and wanted it. I know I have 2 banjos with a similar setup, one a banjolin. Both have the dowel butting up against the rim with the screw going into it.
Jerry, when y turn t to the back-it looks like it is off center. Not anything you did, but it looks as if it was originally off center. Am I right???