Author: clarnibass
Date: 2021-05-24 07:29
For tenon/mouthpiece corks the most common thicknesses to use are 1.2mm and 1.6mm (also sold as 3/64" and 1/16"). These are relatively standard thicknesses available. You could just get 1.6mm and sand any extra, but...
The thinner the cork, the easier it is to roll over the tenon, so I prefer to not use cork thicker than it has to be. Also to not unnecessarily sand a lot and waste material for no reason.
Some suppliers sell corks in 0.2mm or sometimes even 0.1mm increments, but most don't, and possibly most who have in the past stopped doing that.
I've been accused of overkill by doing this... but I measure the socket in several places and directions, measure the tenon (same), then subtract and divide by two to find the gap between them. I decide the cork thickness based on that (keep in mind the cork needs to be significantly thicker than that gap). I know a lot of people automatically use 1.6mm but I put a lot of weight on not wasting material.
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