Did my first patch job

Amconk · Post by **Amconk** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:31 pm

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

Kingfan · Post by **Kingfan** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:27 pm

I applaud you for even trying to do it yourself, let alone succeeding. Good job!

FOSSIL · Post by **FOSSIL** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:30 am

Looks great ! Well done !

Chris

Crazy4Tbone86 · Post by **Crazy4Tbone86** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:44 pm

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.

Kingfan · Post by **Kingfan** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:08 pm

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 · Post by **Crazy4Tbone86** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:58 pm

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!

Amconk · Post by **Amconk** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:50 pm

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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.

Posaunus · Post by **Posaunus** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:01 pm

Amconk wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:50 pm 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.

If at first you don't succeed ...!

Persevere.

Amconk · Post by **Amconk** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:43 pm

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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!

elmsandr · Post by **elmsandr** » Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:51 am

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

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