- Joined
- Jul 30, 2007
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Since my enforced confinement at home has left me sitting around with nothing to do, I decided to take care of some projects that were pushed onto the back burner. So I finally got around to working on the banjo mandolin that I bought a while back. It needed a new head, the tuners were shot, The non-detachable dowel stick was warped, and the action was impossible. So, I bought some vintage space tuners from StewMac, put a new head on it, spliced some more wood onto the dowel stick and carved it into shape and finally strung it up. I wasn't able to put enough tension on the head, so I just now ordered new hooks from Smakula threaded instruments in West Virginia. Once I get them which is probably going to be a next week, I'll be able to tension the head up properly and the thing should be pretty well playable.
"Cat for scale"
"Cat for scale"