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Building a Banjo: Beginers mistake number 2

Posted by errantBanjo on Thursday, March 6, 2008

Hi everyone.

I got the peg head veneer glued on and filed/sanded down and I'm really happy with it. Unfortunately though when drilling the tuner holes through the veneer, I got some chip outs. The bit broke through the veneer and chipped up the ebony splintering 2 of them pretty badly (well I thought it was terrible).

I will take some pics tomorrow and post the process of cleaning it up. I'm planning on using the salvageable chips and ebony sawdust mixed with the black epoxy to fix the issue.

Ho hum, lesson number 2 learned but I'm hanging in there. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

    Brian

5 comments on “Building a Banjo: Beginers mistake number 2”

tomthacker Says:
Thursday, March 6, 2008 @9:10:31 PM

Whenever I drill through wood I put a piece of scrap on the exit side to prevent chipping. Good luck with the repairs, it sounds like you're on the right track.

errantBanjo Says:
Thursday, March 6, 2008 @9:21:59 PM

Great advice Tom, I would have never thought of that. I will definitely keep that in the back of my head from now on.

Where were you when I held that drill bit up to the peg head!? Just kidding ;-)

banjotef Says:
Thursday, March 6, 2008 @9:51:07 PM

Likewise for what Tom suggested.  You also might try to make the veneer side of the peg head to be the entry side for the bit, instead of the exit side.

GSCarson Says:
Thursday, March 6, 2008 @10:33:34 PM

Brian,
I'm with Tom's advice too.  I also use brad point or Forstner bits for this purpose, and for all of the other holes I drill in necks such as for starting a dowel rod opening, for coordinator rods or for the 5th string tuner.   Regular pointed drill bits are better in metal but can chip out when working with wood.  I started building in the 70's and haven't been able to stop yet, have a good time with it!

tomthacker Says:
Thursday, March 6, 2008 @11:47:27 PM

I was probably playing my Rogue; My Saga is probably in as many pieces as your project.

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