You make my day, Jerry Rosa! Suggestion... in your spare time you could hack saw off the top "cylinder" of the heating/bending "tower", the one that looks to have about a 1" diameter, drill a hole and tap into the top of the remaining tower, make PIECES you can screw in. But only in your spare time, of course!
Lots of people do not spot the problems you do and you save a lot of money. You are gifted with multiple talents and are lucky to be who you are. It’s got you where you are so do not be hard on yourself being who you are.😀
You have such patience! It's looking great! It was great to see you add the new body point to your mold for "future" mandolin builds. That's good news for us players out there who appreciate your quality instruments
Ha I love your advice with the bearings! I haven't ordered them yet but 40 years with band saws I can see a very valid point! I believe yours are the Carter Products. That's what I am putting on my 1412. Thanks man.
Beautiful work! I can’t wait to see this project progress. I’ve got an old WWI era parlour style guitar I’d love to restore, and a homemade fiddle from an old fellow here in North Ontario, just need to fit the pegs! Beautiful curly maple back, neck/head and sides. Cedar top I think. I always watch your work to give me inspiration to tackle these projects, and I’d love to build myself a fiddle or guitar one day too!
Hi Jerry, If that cutout cause an issue in the future. You could make a plug with a pin so you can remove it if the desire ever occurs to again add it again. Well back to watching the rest.
Here's what I do to those bearings ,,,drill a very small hole in the side.. clean it with brake cleaner... or whatever...after their clean and dry take your needle grease gun and fill them up with grease... next clean the grease off of it...mix up a bit of epoxy fill the hole your done....btw .thats why I grease those bearings quiets them right down,, I have the same bandsaw you have also.... ..
I had installed a Carter bearing kit on my 14" Delta, but found they gummed up on the outside diameter of the bearings very quickly which translated into rough blade movement. They also tended to load up the blade and wheels with compressed pitch and sawdust. I went back to the original Delta friction block guides and found they do the best job of stabilizing the blade for the work I do. They keep the blade and wheels much cleaner. They also sit far closer to the work, about 3/4" above and below the table. (I cut a lot of softwoods with that saw, which of course contain more pitch.) With bandsaw blade guides, sometimes less is more.
Are they seals or shields? If you need to order more, check to see that the number ends with 2RS, for two rubber seals. If they end in Z, they’re shields and aren’t tight enough to keep out dust.
Looking good, Jerry! I don't know where you get your patience from, but I'm sure, in my hands, it would probably have taken 10 times as long (if not ending up on the fire!!!). It is sure looking closer to being "the best mandolin... etc"! Keep up the good work, sir! Regards from England! (By the way, I fully support your comments on Ukraine and Putin. It's about time somebody put that madman in his place! And that place is six feet under!)
I was wondering how you would have gotten the wood to bend in such a tight radius, lol you use an actual sold block of wood. nice! always fun to learn something new.
Have you tried router bearing lube on those sealed bearings. I still use old style cool blocks without problems but, I lube my router bearings every time I switch bits.
You are dedicated my man :) Enjoying this series. I am a rookie luthier, started sharing my builds on my other channel (Carpocraft, check it out if you dare!) and I have fallen in love with luthier work. So many aspects to it. I wish I had started before turning 46, I really hope to build a mandolin as well as uke one day. If I can ever sell a few guitars I can make more funds to build by craft, and one day hopefully have a successful shop and business like yours. Thanks!
19:53 I stopped wasting my time cleaning and my money on so-called sealed bandsaw bearings, What I do is, go to goodwill and grab a pair of inline roller skate which they never seem to have a shortage of, normally the bearings in inline skates are rather good quality even if used and for the price of a set of bearings in a tool store, you get 16 bearings from one pair.
@@zapa1pnt And why would I do that, did you not read my comment before replying. Been there done that, for the price of two bearings, I get a pair of rollerblades at a goodwill which gives me 16 good bearings,
The bearings are supposed to have a bit of grease inside them, as has been said, 2RS bearings are better than the ones without a rubber seal. My guess is that after time the rubber deteriorates and allows dirt to enter, especially after they have run after cleaning and without enough grease inside.
I trust you've retained the piece of that mould (UK spelling) that you could recycle for any other standard mandolins you might build in the future (hands permitting)...?
Surly you could had rigged up a router and used existing mandolins as moulds and transferred shape to new board, probably save you few days work and made life a lot easier,Just a thought
Your vocation is difficult, for you do insist on such quality. Hiding your goal measurements of instrument parts is understandable as a trade secret, but it sounds like you gave it away anyhow by saying it came from an old Loar. Decrepit old instruments can be had for the proverbial song. Why not open-source the data, as it were? You will not be here on earth forever. Looking back on it from eternity will show a sweeter sight. Also, locally custom machined instruments could become a thing. They might not quite match the personal crafter touch, but seeing as how at least an important part of it is data driven, they could put more instruments practically in people's hands that don't help support a world power having questionable motives. And while robots don't get arthritis, using them to artistic ends still entails a great deal of soul.
@@RosaStringWorks I was kind of thinking that anyone with the tech could get a beat up Loar and take it apart and scan it quite precisely. It would become the plans for the shell of a Loar-alike. Now the difference wouldn't be so much sonic as stylistic, making it look and feel like what the customer wants. Over 40 years ago, as I remember from engineering school, CAD/CAM started to be the cat's meow in machine shops. Wood would still be tricky -- as your videos have shown it is possible to burn fine wood with dull or unsuitable machining implements. But impossible? No. The right machinery could also buff the finish to a T. Whatever you do, if you have something currently a trade secret that produces a quality result, please consider not taking it to the grave, perhaps with a release in your will. Whatever serves as instruments in eternity, it is going to be way beyond any design on earth.
After cleaning the bearings in acetone, if you repack then with grease, you'll get more life out of them. Google "repack sealed bearings with palm trick" for a few videos showing how to do it.
I like the cold openings to the videos!
So do I. They're great!!😀😀
Emeri is starting to think like a TV producer.
You make my day, Jerry Rosa! Suggestion... in your spare time you could hack saw off the top "cylinder" of the heating/bending "tower", the one that looks to have about a 1" diameter, drill a hole and tap into the top of the remaining tower, make PIECES you can screw in. But only in your spare time, of course!
Lots of people do not spot the problems you do and you save a lot of money. You are gifted with multiple talents and are lucky to be who you are. It’s got you where you are so do not be hard on yourself being who you are.😀
You have such patience! It's looking great! It was great to see you add the new body point to your mold for "future" mandolin builds. That's good news for us players out there who appreciate your quality instruments
I appreciate the bandsaw maintenance tips. Mine needs some work
Ha I love your advice with the bearings! I haven't ordered them yet but 40 years with band saws I can see a very valid point! I believe yours are the Carter Products. That's what I am putting on my 1412. Thanks man.
Great video Jerry thanks for extra tips on the bandsaw 👍
Great program here. I am new as if this series.
Jerry, beautiful work as always. Both my wife and I enjoy watching you.
Thanks for taking us along on the build, it's always great to see the progress.
Can’t get over how gorgeous that maple is
Wow ! Sunday dinner dessert! I'm going to enjoy now.
"Mandolin Wine" is a sweet tune, IMO.
Awesome video thanks for sharing. This is going to be a awesome fine mandolin. I can't wait to see the finished product. Stay well and safe Jerry.
It's beautiful wood..I love that curly maple. Hate working with it most of the time. But it comes out so beautiful.
Beautiful work! I can’t wait to see this project progress. I’ve got an old WWI era parlour style guitar I’d love to restore, and a homemade fiddle from an old fellow here in North Ontario, just need to fit the pegs! Beautiful curly maple back, neck/head and sides. Cedar top I think. I always watch your work to give me inspiration to tackle these projects, and I’d love to build myself a fiddle or guitar one day too!
Good to see you back on this
The Great Rosaudini! Magic is his middle name!
your voice sir, is as good as the mandolin you're building
Hi Jerry,
If that cutout cause an issue in the future. You could make a plug with a pin so you can remove it if the desire ever occurs to again add it again.
Well back to watching the rest.
Great video Jerry thanks for the tips on the bandsaw 👍
This episode was absolutely PACKED with "UA-camr loses a finger" foreshadowing. Good thing reality is less predictable than fiction!
for lubing those bearings you can try some WD40 dry lube. its a teflon spray that doesnt stick to grime or dust and gunk up your gears
Here's what I do to those bearings ,,,drill a very small hole in the side.. clean it with brake cleaner... or whatever...after their clean and dry take your needle grease gun and fill them up with grease... next clean the grease off of it...mix up a bit of epoxy fill the hole your done....btw .thats why I grease those bearings quiets them right down,, I have the same bandsaw you have also....
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I had installed a Carter bearing kit on my 14" Delta, but found they gummed up on the outside diameter of the bearings very quickly which translated into rough blade movement. They also tended to load up the blade and wheels with compressed pitch and sawdust. I went back to the original Delta friction block guides and found they do the best job of stabilizing the blade for the work I do. They keep the blade and wheels much cleaner. They also sit far closer to the work, about 3/4" above and below the table. (I cut a lot of softwoods with that saw, which of course contain more pitch.) With bandsaw blade guides, sometimes less is more.
Love your videos. You must be good friends of Mr Murphy......... LOL
Are they seals or shields? If you need to order more, check to see that the number ends with 2RS, for two rubber seals. If they end in Z, they’re shields and aren’t tight enough to keep out dust.
Looking good, Jerry! I don't know where you get your patience from, but I'm sure, in my hands, it would probably have taken 10 times as long (if not ending up on the fire!!!).
It is sure looking closer to being "the best mandolin... etc"!
Keep up the good work, sir!
Regards from England!
(By the way, I fully support your comments on Ukraine and Putin. It's about time somebody put that madman in his place! And that place is six feet under!)
Because, when you tightened the nut, it took the backlash out and lifted the bolt.
Remember, it’s the “World’s Finest Mandolin”!
Jerry,
Check the seal...what you called the guard..if there's only 1 z on the code find some zz seals ..double the seal protection.
Cheers
I was wondering how you would have gotten the wood to bend in such a tight radius, lol you use an actual sold block of wood. nice! always fun to learn something new.
You need a tee-shirt that says, "Six in One, Half Half a Dozen in the Other."
Have you tried router bearing lube on those sealed bearings. I still use old style cool blocks without problems but, I lube my router bearings every time I switch bits.
You are dedicated my man :) Enjoying this series.
I am a rookie luthier, started sharing my builds on my other channel (Carpocraft, check it out if you dare!) and I have fallen in love with luthier work. So many aspects to it. I wish I had started before turning 46,
I really hope to build a mandolin as well as uke one day. If I can ever sell a few guitars I can make more funds to build by craft, and one day hopefully have a successful shop and business like yours.
Thanks!
You should have cut both boards and made it a feature. 😄
What thickness are the sides? Maybe 0.070"?
Also, my bandsaw has ceramic plate guides - nothing to jam.
Someday there will be a Jerry robot. And Jerry robot will make the finest mandolin ever made by a robot.
Yep always replacing bearings on the bandsaw!
What a beautiful instrument! Also you have surgeon like skills, only question is does weather affect your wood much while building?
Those look like skate board bearings. If so, they are available on the cheap by the dozen. It would be worth your while to look into it.
If you lock all your doors, Mr. Murphy will come in a window.
Why not soak the strips of wood or steam them before shaping them. Is the spray bottle more effective or more efficient.
Like he says ~13:33, the heat dries out the wood, so he’s adding back moisture the bending tool takes out of the wood.
With the seals out and the bearings still installed, you should be able to clear the sawdust out of the bearings with compressed air.
With the seals out you could spray the bearings out with brake cleaner while their in place, maybe
19:53 I stopped wasting my time cleaning and my money on so-called sealed bandsaw bearings, What I do is, go to goodwill and grab a pair of inline roller skate which they never seem to have a shortage of, normally the bearings in inline skates are rather good quality even if used and for the price of a set of bearings in a tool store, you get 16 bearings from one pair.
Try measuring the bearings and checking with a bearing supplier.
You might find a good deal on New bearings.
@@zapa1pnt And why would I do that, did you not read my comment before replying. Been there done that, for the price of two bearings, I get a pair of rollerblades at a goodwill which gives me 16 good bearings,
The bearings are supposed to have a bit of grease inside them, as has been said, 2RS bearings are better than the ones without a rubber seal. My guess is that after time the rubber deteriorates and allows dirt to enter, especially after they have run after cleaning and without enough grease inside.
Looking for part 6. Have you made it yet?
I dunno how it'll go but have you tried graphite on your brearings? Might be worth a shot.
Check the size of your bearings and see if you could use skateboard wheel bearings. They even have ceramic ones.
Dry graphite for bearings
been there done that
you might try graphite dust to lube the roller bearings (just a thought)
Can't believe those Carter bearings gave you that much trouble. I'd bet if you called them, they would send you replacements. Maybe just a bad batch.
Try graphite powder in bandsaw bearings
? Forgive me for asking a stupid question, but wouldn't it been easier to make a new mold than taking a chance in modifying the old one?
Very nice Jerry🙏🙏🇺🇸🎸🎼🎹👨🏻🦯👨🏻🦯
Are these videos sped up ?
I trust you've retained the piece of that mould (UK spelling) that you could recycle for any other standard mandolins you might build in the future (hands permitting)...?
Ceramic ball bearings, with graphite
Man this is like pulling teeth, but it sure looks beautiful 😍.
Surly you could had rigged up a router and used existing mandolins as moulds and transferred shape to new board, probably save you few days work and made life a lot easier,Just a thought
The object is to make it by hand
I won’t write what I said when the top dropped through the hole onto your lap
i use tb3 on everything
Can you not lock focus on your camera?
Your vocation is difficult, for you do insist on such quality.
Hiding your goal measurements of instrument parts is understandable as a trade secret, but it sounds like you gave it away anyhow by saying it came from an old Loar. Decrepit old instruments can be had for the proverbial song. Why not open-source the data, as it were? You will not be here on earth forever. Looking back on it from eternity will show a sweeter sight.
Also, locally custom machined instruments could become a thing. They might not quite match the personal crafter touch, but seeing as how at least an important part of it is data driven, they could put more instruments practically in people's hands that don't help support a world power having questionable motives.
And while robots don't get arthritis, using them to artistic ends still entails a great deal of soul.
There's lots of lower measurements available online yes I know that not necessarily the ones I have
@@RosaStringWorks I was kind of thinking that anyone with the tech could get a beat up Loar and take it apart and scan it quite precisely. It would become the plans for the shell of a Loar-alike. Now the difference wouldn't be so much sonic as stylistic, making it look and feel like what the customer wants. Over 40 years ago, as I remember from engineering school, CAD/CAM started to be the cat's meow in machine shops. Wood would still be tricky -- as your videos have shown it is possible to burn fine wood with dull or unsuitable machining implements. But impossible? No. The right machinery could also buff the finish to a T.
Whatever you do, if you have something currently a trade secret that produces a quality result, please consider not taking it to the grave, perhaps with a release in your will. Whatever serves as instruments in eternity, it is going to be way beyond any design on earth.
Good Lord this guy whines all the time.!
After cleaning the bearings in acetone, if you repack then with grease, you'll get more life out of them. Google "repack sealed bearings with palm trick" for a few videos showing how to do it.