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Re: Tenon cork scraper

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-12-25 06:43

Johnny Galaga wrote:

> Is it
> wrong to sand down the cork to make it the right thickness?

I'm assuming you're contrasting this with using the exact thickness that provides an ideal fit? If the cork you've used is too thick, you'd have to thin it down somehow after you've mounted it (you won't know it's too thick before you cement it on). You'd have to be fairly lucky to hit on a cork strip or sheet of cork that's exactly the right thickness.

I've had repair people hand sand a newly corked tenon (any tenon) to get a good fit. I've also had two of them put the piece on a lathe with an appropriate mandrel and lightly hold a piece of wet-or-dry against the spinning tenon.

> I
> seen a couple videos where that's what they all do.
>

All of a couple, I guess, is two, so you've seen two people sand the tenon cork. If you want to use YouTube as a guide, you should really find more videos. Every competent tech has his own ways and tricks to make the best repairs he can. The only really wrong way would be to do something that damages or destroys the tenon or gives an end result that's too loose-fitting.

Karl

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