[JfW]

Fantastic Pics Jer!

I have a question: How does one 'hand burnish'?

thanks.

 

[Chu-Jerry]

Fantastic Pics Jer!
I have a question: How does one 'hand burnish'?
thanks.

Use a hand burnisher tool, of course!
It's a highly hardened and polished tool that is rubbed against the metal to be burnished. They come in different shapes but this one is a typical flat burnisher. It looks like double edged knife with a very thick curved face.

I rubbed bit on a piece of raw brass sheet stock to show the effect. It brings up the shine by 'mashing' the high spots down. This tool can be used in dentwork and in smoothing down gouges and scratches without causing loss of metal.

When using it on a soft gold surface, the surface and the tool must be absolutely clean to avoid causing scratches.

 

[JfW]

Thanks Jerry, your examples are highly educational.

 

[Seasax]

I am starting restoring now,
the only sax i could get my hands on though was an early Keilworth stencil, not great and a relacquer.

im gonna try restoring a proper sax soon,
what do you use and how do you sand blast?

 

[Seasax]

wait!
ifound my old new wonder stencil, lost most of the silver plate though, but i'll still give it a good old go.
unless anyone can sell me a cheap fixer upper conn tenor?

 

[RJRusso]

wow, beautiful ....

chu-jerry, in your first post, in the third picture, what is that smallish key (hole as the keys haven't been placed on yet) at the bottom just above the Eb hole/key that i don't see on modern horns???

 

[Seasax]

look on saxpics at any Conn, you will see that the pearl for E on the right hand stack is on an arm, not fixed to the pad cup, that arm when pressed closes that tone hole, i suppose it's for intonation, all Conns had that.

 

[Chu-Jerry]

wow, beautiful ....

chu-jerry, in your first post, in the third picture, what is that smallish key (hole as the keys haven't been placed on yet) at the bottom just above the Eb hole/key that i don't see on modern horns???

That is an alternate Eb key, sometimes called Eb tril key. I never use it for that purpose and many players and techs will disable the key and seal it closed rather than make the adjustments to make it work properly. But I find that sealing it closed detracts from the tone quality of the low F natural. The extra venting seems to give the F a fuller tone. So I always set it up to work as designed.

Bueschers from the same era also had this key.

 

[Seasax]

how do you sand blast?

 

[Chu-Jerry]

how do you sand blast?

With a sandblaster. Why?

 

[Seasax]

oh, just curious,

 

[Seasax]

would this be suitable?
http://www.diy-compressors.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=29_65&products_id=156

i would quite like to try sandblasting,

 

[Chu-Jerry]

would this be suitable?
http://www.diy-compressors.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=29_65&products_id=156

i would quite like to try sandblasting,

No offense, but I really don't want to turn this into a sandblasting discussion. I'd rather talk about saxophones, and generally speaking, I don't sandblast saxes.

If you really meant "glass bead blasting" like I mentioned earlier in the thread, then something like this is what you will need:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94274

 

[Noj the Terrible]

Hey Jerry,

Beautiful Chu! Fantastic soldering job. With an overhaul/restoration like this, how long does it take from start to finish? Please post more photos as the job progresses. Thank you for saving these wonderful and beautiful horns.

 

[Seasax]

oh, right, i think my college has one of those for glass engraving so im in luck!!

anyway, beautiful chu,
great job

 

[Chu-Jerry]

Done!

Muahahaa - It Lives!

Hey Jerry,
...With an overhaul/restoration like this, how long does it take from start to finish? ...

Well, looks like two weeks for this one. I'd say about 100 hours - but I'm slow.

Played great right off the bench too. This one surprised me a little; the full range just flows right out - even the altissimo was easy for me and I can't play altissimo.

Just a few last things to do:
I need to replate the neck since its plating got messed up during dent repairs. Case needs cleaning, then this one's good to go.

 

[saxmanglen]

O M G!









I may have just wet myself.

 

[Jonathan C.]

That is NICE!!!

 

[littlemanbighorn]

It brings a tear to the eye. Beautiful work.

 

[EastCoastGhost]

remarkable

i only hope to be able to buy a horn you've refurbished at some point
Just spectacular::shock: :shock: :shock: