Tech/maintenance Making parts you can’t find.

[PigSquealer]

Time to check against the pattern sample.

This area below will be hand fit in place.

 

[PigSquealer]

Hand fitting was done using jewelers files at all contact areas. The tip extension by tenon will be trimmed later.

Loosely placed / not soldered.

I estimated two hours for making the part. That was spot on. Fitting took another half hour and I still need to solder it on.
That process can be viewed here Saxophones - Pork Tales: Saxophone Repair DIY Adventures.

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Making parts you can't get as well as making things/parts that don't exist, though you might know what they look like, as in Unicorns.
So to create the left side of this thumb rest handle, the master is shaped by hand, and to duplicate, on a manual carving machine, both the master and copy material, must be rotated 90 degrees.
Area between the red lined requires this.
Two 8"x 8"x 3/4" plates are bolted and glued together.
1/4" holes will be drilled at 20 degree intervals.
Each plate is mounted on a 5"x 5"x 1/2" aluminum angle stock.
Two 3/8" holes to mount each plate to the angle stock and two 1/4" holes for each plate, so they can be rotated and be aligned.
Master and copy material, can be mounted various ways.
IIRC these might be called indexing plates?

 

[PigSquealer]

Making parts you can't get as well as making things/parts that don't exist, though you might know what they look like, as in Unicorns.
So to create the left side of this thumb rest handle, the master is shaped by hand, and to duplicate, on a manual carving machine, both the master and copy material, must be rotated 90 degrees.
Area between the red lined requires this.
Two 8"x 8"x 3/4" plates are bolted and glued together.
1/4" holes will be drilled at 20 degree intervals.
Each plate is mounted on a 5"x 5"x 1/2" aluminum angle stock.
Two 3/8" holes to mount each plate to the angle stock and two 1/4" holes for each plate, so they can be rotated and be aligned.
Master and copy material, can be mounted various ways.
IIRC these might be called indexing plates?

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Is this a saxophone thumb rest ?
Interesting setup. Lots of work for a one-off or is this for a production run ?

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Handles for archery/bows and air pistols.
Prototype idea was made for an improved two hand hold on a powder burner,
the S&W 460XVR.
Been a three fingered archer for almost seven decades, 20yd range in backyard.
Indoor and outdoor 10 meter air pistol range. 🎯
Great upper body workout and a concentration discipline.
Like riding a motorcycle in traffic.

Water hazards on and off the Links 🙄

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Small production run at first.
CNC for wood and wood/epoxy laminations and licensing for rubber like materials to follow.
Current wood undercutting and 45 degree bevel fixtures on mill with Kutzall burrs.