Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 2002/07

From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] cork failure **
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:47:29 -0400

Actually, I think you can just sand the tenon cork by hand to get the fit
right. Cork sands very easily.

--Joe

On 2002.07.11 13:40 Karl Krelove wrote:
> The simple answer is that you need to cut a strip of cork of the correct
> width to fit the cork area of the tenon and the correct length to slightly
> overlap when firmly pressed onto the wood of the tenon. Then apply the
> adhesive (usually contact cement applied to both the cork and the tenon and
> allowed to dry for a few minutes) and press the cork down onto the tenon.
>
> Without a lot of luck, though, this won't provide a very good looking joint
> and may not even work well. Many details need to be attended to: the
> thickness of the cork; the way you bevel the sides of the cork so they will
> fit properly in the groove and the ends so they overlap each other to
> provide a more or less smooth (unbulged) seam; the degree to which you pull
> the cork to make it seal tightly against the wood without tearing it. All of
> this is very hard to describe - it's more easily shown by someone who
> already knows what he or she is doing. Most of the shop-installed corks I've
> had have been made with an over-thick cork and brought down to the correct
> thickness to fit the socket by turning it on a lathe and using an abrasive
> of some kind to shape them -something you aren't likely to be equipped for
> at home.

Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
Decision Modeling and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
Los Alamos National Laboratory post: D-7 MS F609; Los Alamos, NM 87545

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