I've been wanting to try this for years: use lead free solder to make baffles instead of epoxy. This was fairly easy to do since the solder melts at just...
... The photo you posted looks nice. I see that as the only advantage. Most of the time, I use an epoxy putty that sets in 5 minutes. I can usually mold the...
Keith, Could you please tell us the brand and source for the epoxy putty that sets so fast? The fastest setting epoxy putty I've been able to find takes closer...
For me, there are other advantages besides the appearance. First, I've seen many epoxy baffles fail after a few years in service. This could be due to...
I agree that a metal solder baffle will probably stay in better than most epoxies. Also, being able to plate it is nice. But that is for appearance too.  ...
Hi, I'm a new poster on this list, but I'll throw in my 2 cents. It all depends on whether you are wanting to keep it or sell it at some point. Unmodified,...
I like the solder solution for my own pieces. jicaino (sotw) has done very nice work with silver solder. There is always the risk of warpage though.. If you...
Using calipers works well, but is a more difficult technique to do. You need to learn to hold 3 things: the mouthpiece, the glass, and the calipers. Other...
Has anyone ever tried "FastSteel" from Home depot? It is an epoxy that comes in a tube with one part of the epoxy rolled around the other in the tube. When...
... that comes in a tube with one part of the epoxy rolled around the other in the tube. Yes, and most of these epoxy putties are all made by the same...
The only caveat I can see is that the base is made of some kind of PVC polymer. Because of the phenomenon of "plastic memory", there is an issue of dimensional...
For a baffle I use too this Steel-Quick. Here in Europe is easy to find in any warehouse with Bostik name. Color is kinda brown-black on the outside and...
I went through all the posts here and dug out the clarinet stuff. I looked up a lot of facts in reference books as well and checked out many websites as well....
Very nice piece, Brent. FYI, the wall vibrations in a clarinet have been measured at 1 micron, which gives a ratio of sound from wall vibrations to total...
In all the many discussions of mouthpiece materials I¹ve seen online, I don¹t recall seeing a discussion regarding the dimensional stability of a mouthpiece...
there's a discussion going on at http://www.nationofmusic.com/galleon2/messages.cfm?threadid=4C820577-A327-60 FA-E0622A549DD1F4C5 about matched bite...
Guys Ive got a guardala thats not so reed friendly. MB2 from WWBW. Played for about 13 years(5 as a "pro"). At first I thought it was because of me coming from...
The Guardala LTs are very good CNC-made mouthpieces. I would consider them reed-friendly. Most are a little resistent in low note response IMO, even though...
... Usually when that happens the cause is a crooked facing. You have to find a reed that is cut in such a way that it happens to work with the crooked...
I've been wondering lately about the "flip at the tip" phenomenon, especially on larger pieces such as for bari. It first occurred to me some time back when...
... me ... Actually, this is not the flip that I am talking about. This is just the normal arch you see in the tip rail from implementing a radial facing...
In my mind I was equating tip rail "flip" and "arch" -- guess it depends on whether you're looking at it from the side or from the tip. Either way, very...
... (trimmed) ... (trimmed) Yes, that is what I am suggesting. An arch is not bad, but the "flip" as seen from the side, gives poor results. It is just...
Yes, in my opinion the facing curve should be followed to the very tip without a flat section. You need to do this by feel and eye since your feeler readings...
... An observation: I notice that my reeds (and this was exaggerated before I flattened the table on my meyer) tend to show a slight tendency to develop a ...
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