Great Video thankyou, please keep them coming. I'll have to be a bit more organised when I take my keys off or I'll never find out how they go back together!
Thank you, I really appreciate this very useful video. Very helpful and informative. I saw with great interest how you obtained the glue using flake shellac and add denatured alcohol to it and let it sit for a day. Really excellent method. But I would like to know how long it takes for this glue to harden, basically how much time I have available to be able to "float" the pad into place. Thanks for your help. Cordial greetings.
You say that you are putting the pads in after the keys are on so that you can seat the pads in a level position as you install them and that this lets the shellac fully harden with the pads already level to the toneholes. If this is true, then why did you have to go back and bend the keys in order to have the pads level with the toneholes?
Bending the keys that much he did means there is something else wrong, most likely the key-posts are bend. I never hear the pads "pop" witch indicates it closes perfectly!
Leveling that first pad seemed problematic and it was a shame after watching the video for a while you cut the video so we did not see what you had to do to finally get the pad level, do you have to be careful with the tool you were using not to bend the seating or are the seats able to take a lot of force?
This is the way that I was taught in college and I have never damaged a tone hole with this tool. I will admit to bending a pad cup every now and then, but those are easy to straighten back out if needed.
When u use hard shellac as ur glue u could re hear it and adjust the pad instead of the keys. So if you have a cheap Saxophone and you don’t want to damage it you reheat the shellac while the pad is inside and level the pad not the key.
What a good video master the glue paste I like what name it has is pairs to the one that is used regularly chelad or something like that name has and where do I get it? thanks health
It's ''shellac'' you can buy it from Ferree's, allied supplies and similar BIR sellers. But cabinet makers and other wood-related trades use it so you probably can find some in a drugstore.
I did, they are not great. A key has always to close perfect for max playability, also with MMedic's. And the sounds different, less brilliant than leather pads. These pads are only good for lazy sax repairs!
You can "float" the pad into place when the shellac is wet. When it hardens, you can melt it with a torch on the top of the key cup (only try this if you know how to do it without doing damage). If the shellac is hard, you can bend the key with a pad leveling tool too.
There are 2 things that I can think of right off the top of my head. 1. The High F# key may not be in the slot of the high F# lever. 2. The spring may not be put back in the correct place or it may have been bent so it is pushing on the wrong side of the spring cradle. I hope this helps.
the glue is shellac. he simply uses it liquid and puts very little on the edges of the pad. I use a different amount of non-liquid sellac, or sometimes hot glue, and I use a completely different tecnique to adjust the pad. Greetings from Italy
