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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #80 on: March 31, 2019, 12:18:00 AM »

My pallets were super ugly but a touch of sandpaper on each face made them look practically new (for 90 years old, anyway).
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #81 on: March 31, 2019, 09:57:53 AM »

 Can't you just file the glue off?
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #82 on: March 31, 2019, 10:52:38 AM »

Sandpaper works best in my experience.  A sheet of medium grit glued onto a piece if 12mm or thicker plywood makes it easy.
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #83 on: April 01, 2019, 02:57:01 PM »

Lester, do you also restrict keyboard travel the "other way" with two strips of felt under the buttons? 
If yes, how do you get it in there so it stays put?  Also, when I try it, felt thick enough to work makes it impossible hard to get the keyboard back on right.
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #84 on: April 01, 2019, 03:07:26 PM »

Lester, do you also restrict keyboard travel the "other way" with two strips of felt under the buttons? 
If yes, how do you get it in there so it stays put?  Also, when I try it, felt thick enough to work makes it impossible hard to get the keyboard back on right.


I find it difficult/impossible to get the right amount of padding under the two rows with this method so I never use it. It is also a genuine pain to remove.

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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #85 on: April 05, 2019, 01:11:39 PM »

Episode 5 - Refacing the Bass End Pallets

Despite being mostly employed as a woodworker since the age of 15, and searching on the internet for clarification, I am unable to answer the following question: What, if any, is the difference between a veneer pin and a headed brad? Is veneer pin perhaps a British term for wire gauge headed brads?
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #86 on: April 05, 2019, 02:01:03 PM »

Episode 5 - Refacing the Bass End Pallets

Despite being mostly employed as a woodworker since the age of 15, and searching on the internet for clarification, I am unable to answer the following question: What, if any, is the difference between a veneer pin and a headed brad? Is veneer pin perhaps a British term for wire gauge headed brads?


I only called them veneer pins as that is what it said on the packet
https://www.screwfix.eu/veneer-pins-1-x-15mm-0-25kg-pack.html

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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #87 on: April 08, 2019, 08:02:41 PM »

I know, you've been thinking where is the next gripping episode  8)


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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #88 on: April 08, 2019, 08:07:34 PM »

I know, you've been thinking where is the next gripping episode  8)
...and still wondering where it's at .....unavailable :(
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #89 on: April 08, 2019, 08:18:53 PM »

I know, you've been thinking where is the next gripping episode  8)
...and still wondering where it's at .....unavailable :(


Ooops! fixed  ;)

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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #90 on: April 08, 2019, 08:24:03 PM »

Ta!
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #91 on: April 08, 2019, 09:09:07 PM »

I have a box of the pins that I took out of reed blocks, and I have used them, trimmed to suit, to attach  bass levers. Seem to be working OK so far ;)

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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #92 on: April 09, 2019, 02:26:55 AM »

Great video, thanks Lester. Why were the accidentals reed plates so much shorter, if that's the spot where the accidentals normally go? Is it because you scavenged them out of some other location?
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #93 on: April 09, 2019, 07:02:29 AM »


Great video, thanks Lester. Why were the accidentals reed plates so much shorter, if that's the spot where the accidentals normally go? Is it because you scavenged them out of some other location?
Hohner did produce accidental reed plates that were extended to fill the position on the reed block but they also inserted wooden blocks to shorten the slot in the reed block. I used reed plates from other melodeons where the reed was fitted further down the block so I had to insert the blocks.

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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #94 on: April 09, 2019, 10:39:45 PM »

I know, you've been thinking where is the next gripping episode  8)


Conversion to 4th Button Start (G Scale)

I'm finding this endlessly fascinating, not least because we do so many things in a reasonably similar manner for exactly the same reasons. There are however the occasional radical differences, but these usually balance out because both methods work well and get the job done. Great stuff and an amazing resource.
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #95 on: April 09, 2019, 11:31:59 PM »

Episode 5 - Refacing the Bass End Pallets

Despite being mostly employed as a woodworker since the age of 15, and searching on the internet for clarification, I am unable to answer the following question: What, if any, is the difference between a veneer pin and a headed brad? Is veneer pin perhaps a British term for wire gauge headed brads?

I think there's a bit of transatlantic terminology confusion going on here that's muddying the waters a bit. I will attempt to explain the British English definition of 'pin' and 'brad' and hope I get it right, compare that to your understanding and we'll have a conversion table going on.

'Nail', round wire thing with a flat head that you fix fence pailings with. 2"-3" are common, up to 6" for carpenters.

'Pin' small round wire thing with a vee shaped small head that sits flush with a panel when you tap it home. 3/32" dia x 1 1/2" down to 3/4" inch long.

'Panel pin' as above but 1/8" to 5/32" dia and 1 1/4" down to 1/2" long, for fixing thin panels to light frames.

'Veneer pin' is a tiny version of the pins above, 1/32" - 3/64" dia and 1/2 - 5/8" long, for very fine work.

'Brad' a crude, flat, elongated, triangular piece of metal stamped out of a flat sheet. In larger sizes, commonly 3" long and 1/8" thick, used to nail down floorboards. Tiny sizes, 1/2" long x 1/32" are called 'sprigs' and are used to hold glass in place in a frame until the putty is applied.

Here endeth the lesson on the British terminology regarding things you hit with a hammer, to the best of my ability.

Further information on the use, and shortcomings, of 'oval nails' are available upon request, although not recommended for those currently considered to be sane.

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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #96 on: April 09, 2019, 11:37:31 PM »


Here endeth the lesson on the British terminology regarding things you hit with a hammer, to the best of my ability.

Pete.  ;D

Thank you Pete. An excellent glossary, but you left one thing out: Thumb!
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #97 on: April 10, 2019, 12:02:01 AM »


Here endeth the lesson on the British terminology regarding things you hit with a hammer, to the best of my ability.

Pete.  ;D

Thank you Pete. An excellent glossary, but you left one thing out: Thumb!

'Tack' Nasty, evil, pointy thing used to fasten things together in a cude and inelligant manner, like carpet edges to floors.

'Thumb tack' - Drawing pin in Brit Eng. As above, but a method used by low-life types like teachers to attach things to walls and doors inflicting as much damage as possible to the fabric of the building at the same time.

I think I may have said enough on this subject.  ::)
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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #98 on: April 10, 2019, 09:03:35 AM »

Pete what you describe as a "brad" is to me a "Cut nail". Brads to me have a shoulder at the top of the stem, and can be made either in round or oval stem form. 18 gauge is a common size for round brads.


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Re: Hot Rod your Hohner
« Reply #99 on: April 10, 2019, 11:08:11 AM »


Thank you Pete. An excellent glossary, but you left one thing out: Thumb!
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'Thumb tack' - Drawing pin in Brit Eng.

 Erm, I just meant thumb. The red throbbing thing attached to the side of your hand, that tends to drip blood.

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