Did my first patch job
- Amconk
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Had some rot on the F-attachment on my project horn, when I cleaned it up it left some pinholes that leaked air. I decided to try my hand at cutting a patch and soldering it on. Not too bad... I’d do a few things different next time but it turned out looking okay. Ugly but functional. Just need to buff it up now. Valve tubing seems air tight now.
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Cheers!
Michael
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Cheers!
Michael
- Kingfan
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I applaud you for even trying to do it yourself, let alone succeeding. Good job!
- Crazy4Tbone86
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Great job! Now you can enjoy playing that instrument again.
It seems like patching is a lost art these days. Everyone just buys the replacement part and installs it.
When I was a kid, there was a repairman near Reading, PA who did a great job of patching. He would design many of his patches so that they looked like guards that were made at the factory. For example, if he patched a hole in a trombone tuning slide, he would construct a nickel guard that wrapped around the entire tuning slide and was absolutely symmetrical. His work was something to behold.
It seems like patching is a lost art these days. Everyone just buys the replacement part and installs it.
When I was a kid, there was a repairman near Reading, PA who did a great job of patching. He would design many of his patches so that they looked like guards that were made at the factory. For example, if he patched a hole in a trombone tuning slide, he would construct a nickel guard that wrapped around the entire tuning slide and was absolutely symmetrical. His work was something to behold.
- Kingfan
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I saw a euphonium in a community band with little square patches on it. Turns out it was screwed to the wall at a TGI Friday kind of place as wall art. My buddy looked at it, found the valves still worked, so swapped the manager a junk alto for it. The little patches covered the screw holes!
- Crazy4Tbone86
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Whoever originally mounted that perfectly functional euphonium to the wall in a restaurant should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Now wait....there might not be any laws concerning that. Shame.
Great story Kingfan!
Great story Kingfan!
- Amconk
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- Posaunus
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[quote="Amconk"]Well the metal under the patch was so thin that it collapsed when I messed with it. So here’s Plan B. Ignore the burnt lacquer on the ferrules, I’ll clean that up later.[/quote]
If at first you don't succeed ...!
Persevere. ;)
If at first you don't succeed ...!
Persevere. ;)
- Amconk
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First round of buffing. (Takes forever when you use a dremel. One of these days I’m gonna get a buffing wheel for my bench grinder...)
Getting better!
First round of buffing. (Takes forever when you use a dremel. One of these days I’m gonna get a buffing wheel for my bench grinder...)
Getting better!
- elmsandr
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Looks pretty good to me!
(This is reason #2 that I do not buff).
I did buy a buffing wheel for my bench grinder, but that grinder is still sitting on the ground rather than on the bench. That's a good excuse for me to not bother buffing right now.
Cheers,
Andy
(This is reason #2 that I do not buff).
I did buy a buffing wheel for my bench grinder, but that grinder is still sitting on the ground rather than on the bench. That's a good excuse for me to not bother buffing right now.
Cheers,
Andy