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Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:24 am
by bort
Happy Birthday to your wife!

Is her gift a tear down and rebuild of one of her horns? (It's a joke!)

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:27 am
by Tubajug
Looking good! Now you've got me considering taking the silver off of my next project horn...

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:35 pm
by The Big Ben
the elephant wrote:However, as I stated above I do not want to risk doing both sides, so the inside will remain silver, sort of like a Conn 2J where the inside of the bell has to be polished and is all spotty and gross-looking, heh, heh...
Would bead blasting the inside so it is an even satin improve the looks? No metal removed that way...

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:54 pm
by The Big Ben
bloke wrote:
The Big Ben wrote:Would bead blasting the inside so it is an even satin improve the looks? No metal removed that way...
I've bead-blasted some heavily-silver-plated 1950's and 1960's vintage tuba bells.
Depending on how early or late in the 1960's these were made, some of them featured VERY THICK (borderline "clad") silver plating. There is a considerable risk - when bead-blasting silver plating - of the silver plating coming off in "sheets", leaving a completely-stripped area right next to an area where considerably thick silver plating remains...

hashtag: UGLY
hashtag: OH CRAP !!!
Ah. So that won't work. Good to know. Thanks.

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:36 pm
by roweenie
bloke wrote:Take that thing off of there, buff the silver off the entire bell exterior, and have Sherry re-engrave it to sharpen up the post-buffed appearance of the engraving.
+1

I'd prefer a two-tone bell over that ring, any day.

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 8:19 pm
by roweenie
The one thing that would bug me about it is that it goes right over the engraving :cry:

If it were anyplace else, (I regularly play detachable bell horns, so it's not a game changer for me) I might be able to learn to live with it.

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:48 pm
by Heliconer
1. I'm an oddball fan of two-tone bells
2. Solder the cut ring below the engraving and stick to the tone-ring story. ;)

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:07 am
by roughrider
It is looking just terrific, Elephant! Keep up the great work and continue to post as you can. Thanks.

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:08 am
by Three Valves
the elephant wrote:

My wife turned 50 today and we are headed out for dinner and a movie.
Dinner AND a movie??

WOW. She must have caught you doing something awful!! :tuba:

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 5:18 pm
by roughrider
Beautiful picture!

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:20 pm
by The Big Ben
Nice! The whole horn will look beautiful when it is back together!

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:12 pm
by roughrider
+1

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:48 pm
by Tubajug
That looks fantastic Wade!

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:48 pm
by Ken Herrick
Hey, Wade, are you a graduate of the Bloke School of Sousaphone Buffing???? :)

Lookin reeeaaally purdy.

Great job!

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:37 pm
by bort
Damn! It's barely half of a tuba in that photo, and I love it.

How many hours, start to finish, would you say you will spend on this project?

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:55 pm
by roughrider
I have learned so much just reading this epic thread. Keep up the pictures and the postings. They are greatly appreciated!

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:07 pm
by roweenie
Way to go, Wade - I've learned a lot from you, and I'm most appreciative.

.....and I'm certainly not laughing, either.

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:32 pm
by roweenie
"Je me presse de rire de tout, de peur d'être obligé d'en pleurer." - de Beaumarchais, Le Barbier de Séville

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:20 pm
by roughrider
Well Done, Elephant! The final product is almost ready!

Re: Holton 345 Redux

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:47 am
by roughrider
Just beautiful work. You are a true craftsman.