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Re: What glue....

Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-01-26 15:43
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Contact adhesive - apply it thinly and evenly to both surfaces, wait for as long as it takes for it to become tacky before fitting the cork strip to the tenon slot, giving it a good squeeze once it's wrapped all the way around the tenon. Then trim the excess off and shape it as soon as you like if you've used a decent contact adhesive - no need to wrap it with string or elastic bands or anything if it's bonded well as they'll only make ridges on the surface.

Don't leave the edges looking 'American style' with square edges as they'll catch in the sockets - round off the leading edges so they're flush with the tenon rings and shape the tenon cork to a nice even barrel shape if it's a good fit in the socket. If it is very loose (without the cork fitted), then you can round off the edges and leave the most part of the tenon cork flat.

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

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