In the woodwind shop this week, we took a very hard look at the saxophone and made a few tools to help us along the way. First up, we made pearl protectors. Like clarinet, saxophone pads are floated in using glue. To melt that glue we use fire, and we use this pearl protector to save the pearl from that fire. We shaped a brass rod to fit the back of a modified flute pad cup, silver soldered it on and buffed it clean.
Next up on the tools list, we made pad protectors for times when we flex the pad cup during padding. This week, we started re-padding saxophones and setting up their regulations. The sax is a complex instrument that takes all of the troubles of flute, clarinet and brass and mashes them together into a mix of mechanical mayhem. It is very cool. A good portion of our week was spent on learning how the regulations were set up, and how to adjust them.
Back to tool making, we ended up honing the other end of our toolbit this week. This shape is what our instructors are calling the "uber" end, and is designed to help us cut clarinet tenons. So, after honing our bits, we began a lathe project. We faced and drilled out a piece of 1 1/4" ABS plastic so that over the next couple of weeks, we can cut tenons into it as if it were a clarinet. After that is done, we are going to mess one of them up and do a tenon replacement.
Back to tool making, we ended up honing the other end of our toolbit this week. This shape is what our instructors are calling the "uber" end, and is designed to help us cut clarinet tenons. So, after honing our bits, we began a lathe project. We faced and drilled out a piece of 1 1/4" ABS plastic so that over the next couple of weeks, we can cut tenons into it as if it were a clarinet. After that is done, we are going to mess one of them up and do a tenon replacement.
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