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Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2018-09-03 00:06
I have a lathe, a drill press and a bench motor, and never use them for tenon corks, although I do have a Ferree's fixture that I use on the drill press (at 200 rpm) for alto and tenor saxophone necks.
I generally use 280 grit wet-dry sandpaper and tape the back of the entire sheet with a single thickness of 3M packing tape (like the clear stuff used for shipping packages). Then I slice off strips the width I need in the 9" direction...they NEVER tear in use. I cut them the exact width of the starting strip of cork (which I have pre-beveled before gluing).
If you measure the tenon and socket diameter and calculate the right thickness cork to use (generally 1/64" or 1/32", sometimes 3/64") it takes 2-3 minutes to clean up the glue joint (I use an emery board from the drugstore cosmetics section) and then thin it. I simply use my LH to hold the joint and index finger to capture the sandpaper against the joint, wrap it about 1/3 of the way around the tenon cork and 'pull thru'. Rotate the joint about a 1/4/turn and repeat. Every 2-3 times through...check the fit. I also measure the OD carefully at each checkpoint, mainly to make sure I'm staying constant diameter.
Every clarinet player should learn how to do this and have some contact cement and cork available. Since almost all clarinet tenons are either 12mm or 10mm (center tenon) wide, you can cut these in batches and pre-bevel a bunch of them. I get 40-50 pieces out of a 4"x12" sheet of cork.
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Ben Shaffer |
2018-09-01 16:55 |
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Chris P |
2018-09-01 16:59 |
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Ken Lagace |
2018-09-01 19:22 |
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kdk |
2018-09-01 23:25 |
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Ben Shaffer |
2018-09-02 04:43 |
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clarnibass |
2018-09-02 07:37 |
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cigleris |
2018-09-02 14:42 |
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Re: Using Teflon Tape new |
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shmuelyosef |
2018-09-03 00:06 |
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Ed |
2018-09-03 23:29 |
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Bob Bernardo |
2018-09-04 04:10 |
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