 The Clarinet BBoard
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Author: ClarinetRobt
Date: 2017-06-24 23:06
Last year my Ridenour Bb case fell apart. Fortunately I had an Invicta 8-slot water proof watch case/box. With a utility knife I trimmed the foam used to hold the watches and managed to get my Bb in pretty well.
Whiteplaindave suggested some Kaizen Foam on another post to form and create a clarinet case. It was a great idea and found a 2'x4' piece on Amazon for next to nothing in price. The product is brilliant and worked perfectly to get a snug, safe fit for my horn using the old watch box as a shell.
One could definitely manipulate the Foam to create a new case (multiple horns?) to an existing shell. Or repurpose something like I did. Thought y'all get a kick out of this.
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Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2017-06-25 03:56
Reading this post I thought, "wouldn't it me nice if some machine could cut the foam to the shape of the clarinet," at least half of its circumference.
Since the foam's a big hit with woodworkers, (who embraced it first) storing their tools in it, I asked myself (as some who tinkers in the craft) if anyone of them had taken a CNC machine, (a device home owned mostly by woodworkers) normally reserved for carving wood, to this foam.
For those not familiar, a CNC machine carves away at material, often wood, in tiny bits, along an X, Y, and Z axis, as guided by computer instructions. If the 3D printers many of us are buying these days "adds," the CNC machine "takes away," until either machine produces the item.
Surprise, surprise, I wasn't the first to ask, let alone do same:
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-and-tanos-systainers/little-test-cnc-knee-
millrouter-vs-kaizen-foam/
Now if only we could scan our instrument parts to develop the right CNC coding to cut our instruments' shapes into the foam.
I'm sure your manual stab at it Robert (pun intended) came out great.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-06-25 09:10
Howarth cases use the solid form of this dense foam in which they machine out the slots for the joints using a CNC mill - it machines very well with excellent definition and is really durable.
Depending on the model, the foam is either electrostatically flocked for student/intermediate level instruments or covered in crushed velvet for pro level instruments.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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