Occasionally there are some more unusual jobs that crop up. So I get to spend some time at the lathe or some filing or hammering or just plain wondering how to make something.
So with this in mind, I thought I’d post up some of the things I’ve made.
First up, I was asked to provide a tenon cap and cork grease pot for a piccolo. I didn’t have spare’s so I offered to make one. I had a few bits of boxwood gathering dust so thought this would suit well.
Turning the piece true Reaming out the socket of the tenon cap. Roughing out the grease pot. The finished articles!
Another Item I’ve been asked to make was a replacement D# touch for a handmade silver instrument.
A bit of fettling and a few trial ideas later….
This is what we started with. cut out a rough shape and form the arm. Get an idea how it sits. Mark out an approximate touch shape File out the shape Refining the shape Final polish Solder onto the key The finished article
Finally, sometimes it’s just a simple thing. In this case, a piccolo that came in for some work had had quite a hard working life. Whatever the headjoint had been through had taken it’s toll on the crown. I knew I had a small piece of blackwood so offered to make a new crown while it was here.
