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Re: Ringed barrel vs no rings

Author: Chris P
Date: 2019-09-30 15:43

All wooden sockets need the added reinforcement of socket rings no matter how thick the wood may be as internal pressure within the socket (from the tenon cork, a very close or tight fitting tenon and also a loose fit where the socket can rock about) is going to induce stress and find the weakest point to be released which is the grain lines. Wood will naturally want to split along the grain and sockets aren't an exception to this.

If you like the look of ringless sockets, then metal or carbon fibre socket rings can be hidden under a wooden ring that's fitted over the top to conceal them.

If you have a ringless barrel or bell and are concerned with the tight fit of it on the tenons, then you can have it carbon fibre banded or have the decorative rings machined down, a metal ring fitted and new wooden rings fitted over that which is much easier to achieve with grenadilla provided you can get the colour match good if you want it all looking perfectly uniform (the lot can always be stained to achieve a perfectly uniform colour match if that's your thing).

Cocobolo, kingwood and other less dense and lighter coloured woods are more difficult to match the colour and grain pattern if doing that or using carbon fibre bands, so they'd have to be hidden as best as possible or made into a feature with contrasting colour rings or filler.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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