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Re: Did my first repad

Author: pewd
Date: 2007-09-09 14:27

>Seems like you could make an alcohol lamp with a bottle and a some wick

I made mine out of an empty jelly jar.
Drill a hole in the top and thread in a small metal tube - the type they sell in hardware stores to make lamps out of. It a small (1") threaded brass tube used to run wire inside of, up to a lamp socket. About $1 at a hardware store. I sealed it with a plumbers gasket. Run some cotton inside for a wick. I use Ethyl alcohol (denatured) for fuel. The trick is to get the wick size right so you don't create a roman candle when you light it.

A good book which includes a better description (and pictures) than the above is:
'Instrument Repair for the Music Teacher', by Burton Stanley, Alfred Publishing. It should be available on amazon.com

The book has good descriptions and lots of pictures on the process of repading, changing corks, springs, etc.

- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas

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