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Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2016-02-01 17:36
Disclaimer: I have no financial association with this product, its competitors, market, or anyone in the economic chain of its purchase.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mz1ppCjJ08
I came across this foam the other day at a website geared around woodworkers (my other hobby when resting the embouchure). The website on which it appears appeals to inventors wishing quick and affordable turnaround bringing products to market.
Perhaps this has already been done elsewhere and I've simply never seen it, but the foam's thickness is composed of many thinner layers than can separate from one another. The beauty in this is that when too much material is removed, for, say, a clarinet's upper joint, it can easily be put back.
Ideally, one can make an over-depth box like cut into the foam (box like in depth), and then return removed layers, after cutting them each to smaller and smaller sizes the deeper into the foam that layer sits: thus making the cylindrical contour so essential to encapsulate things like our beloved clarinet.
Enjoy.
Post Edited (2016-02-01 17:46)
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Author: Mojo
Date: 2016-02-01 18:26
I "made" a case for a curved alto flute headjoint from a generic purchased case. This was pre cut so you just pinch out cubes of foam as needed. I can see where cutting a form fitting contour would be useful for fragile items.
(I tried attaching a photo but it was too large)
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Post Edited (2016-02-01 18:31)
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Author: Mojo
Date: 2016-02-01 18:29
Photo.
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Post Edited (2016-02-01 18:38)
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Author: Mojo
Date: 2016-02-01 18:39
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Try again.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-02-01 19:44
Howarth use that same kind of high density foam but in the form of solid blocks for their cases and the slots are milled out, then covered with velvet.
While it can easily be cut with sharp knives and machined (with a CNC mill) leaving nice crisp edges and flats, cutting out the slots by hand with a knife is a pain as you can't cut the flat bottoms to the slots easily.
So layering it as in the video is an excellent idea for making case linings by hand as you'll always end up with flat bottoms to the slots as you only have to cut the shapes out.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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