Posts made by BigDub

@J-Jericho said in DIY Practice mute out of PET Coke bottles:

@BigDub There are three reasons why I don't use Gorilla Glue. Compared to Tite-Bond, I find that:

1. It's harder to clean up.
2. It takes very little time for the contents of the container to solidify, making it a one-time use product.
3. It costs more.

Agree with all three of those points, however none of those pertain to performance. When I have used gorilla glue for specific bonding before turning the piece on the lathe, I have experienced a very high satisfaction.
I use Titebond and continue to use titebond for all the same reasons you mention, and it does a fine job indeed. But for bonding something to be put on the lathe, my choice?Gorilla.

@J-Jericho said in DIY Practice mute out of PET Coke bottles:

@BigDub FWIW I tested Tite-Bond wood adhesive by breaking a piece of wood and then gluing it back together, followed by breaking the same piece again. It did not break at the glued joint, so I repeated the same process with the same results. I've used the stuff to repair broken instrument cases, and in one instance to reconstruct the shattered case that came with my Olds Studio trombone when I purchased it. I'm confident that it is now stronger than new.
Titebond is certainly excellent woodworking glue, I have used it plenty of times. When I want a super secure bond for laminating something to be turned on a lathe, however, the best thing for me has been Gorilla Glue.
So that is a consideration also.
This will help me with what I may do because I think I am zeroing in on my method for the wooden mute.

@ROWUK said in DIY Practice mute out of PET Coke bottles:

@BigDub: Wooden mutes can be made easily just like the "Stone Lined" mutes are constructed. Using veneer to make the cone is easy, then a hardwood top. Corks come from wine bottles.

Thanks, Rowuk. I will add that idea to the few others I have floating around in my head!

@tjcombo said in DIY Practice mute out of PET Coke bottles:

@BigDub first of all props to you for having made a wooden trumpet. I've done enough wood turning to know that my wood-turning skills are not up to such a challenge. I can see two issues with turning a wooden mute - first the difficulty in turning such a thin-walled object (there, I've confessed my limitations), the second is the durability of the item. It would likely be pretty fragile. A fabricated wooden mute would have its own construction challenges but at least each wooden part would be cut such that t wasn't cross-grain.
But I do look forward to seeing any the outcome of you efforts...

First of all, I appreciate the compliment, though perhaps it might be exaggerated a bit. And secondly, my wooden mute construction ideas are so far working just fine, in the current state they sit, which is firmly in my head.
I have gone through quite a few scenarios and possible techniques,( once again, in my head ) and they are often dismissed before going to trial....I will certainly check out those mutes in a googly kind of way soon.

@ROWUK said in DIY Practice mute out of PET Coke bottles:

@J-Jericho Half of the fun is the positive comments from colleagues for the idea. The coke bottles are physically more stable than much of the competition. My favorite is the smaller 0.33 liter mute. In theory, this is an adaptation of the Renuzit mute.

Looks very good, sir.
But.......don’t you have a 3D printer now? I guess this is just for our enlightenment.
Seriously, I have been dreaming of making a wooden mute, but not for practice, but performance. Different ways to approach it, should I use a lathe, or glue sections of nice hardwood together and then use the lathe? These are the type of thoughts that go through my mind while taking my walks.
Yes, I did already make a wooden trumpet, for those who didn’t know.

I spend a bit of time in airports. Not record breaking amounts, and I'm sure many if you spend more time than I, so save your replies....I get it.
But here are some of my observations.

1. There is a weight limit on checked bags. I see people at check-in who had an overweight bag. What do they frantically do? Transfer that surplus weight to their carry on, which, if I am not mistaken, goes right into the same plane that would been overweight, had they not taken care of the problem.
2. Announcements are fun, too.
   "For security reasons, do not leave any bags unattended. If you think anyone has put anything into your bag without your knowledge, please notify airport personnel immediately" need I elaborate on that?
3. On board, you see the same types shoving their (oversized) carryons into an obviously too small space, over, and over, and over. Never once altering the direction or angle of this water buffalo sized bag.
4. Announcement comes on that you must sit in the seat you were assigned, because the weight distribution of the plane is determined by the weight of each passenger.
   HOW DO THEY KNOW HOW MUCH EVERYONE WEIGHS?
   Is there someplace that information indicated? I think not.

@Kehaulani said in Whay has no one bought this?:

"Desirable" is subjective.

BTAIM, moot now.

Right. Just looked. It has been sold. So the question for the post is also negated. You just never know.

I'll often get some interesting requests for paintings. Some not exactly what I would pick myself, mind you. Here is one such subject, which when first requested almost threw me for a loop. It was to be 11x14, and that size was not a comfortable size for such intricate details. Since that time, however, I have welcomed doing smaller work. I grew into it, so to speak...LOL
this is a mountain from somewhere in South Africa.

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@BigDub said in A little humour:

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@BigDub said in A little humour:

Better have left NSAID.

BigDub, hope you found my response to your post, professional and anti-inflammatory.

My brain could not grasp that. It went above my head.

Aleve is an NSAID - Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug. A little medical pun-humor.

That’s a re-leve

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@BigDub said in A little humour:

Better have left NSAID.

BigDub, hope you found my response to your post, professional and anti-inflammatory.

My brain could not grasp that. It went above my head.

The company was very good to Tony when he got hurt on the job. They let him take Aleve.

@Dr-GO said in pet peeves:

Ok if I borrow that from you sometime?
I won’t holed you to it, though.

This is something I also had made into a print. it is available if you are interested, message me for details.

ready for another one? well, here is one I recently parted with...it is a satisfying thing to have people actually want to add my paintings to their collections. Better than sitting in my studio collecting dust and not have anyone looking at them for long stretches of time!And- maybe this will cool you off a little

another addition. This is from Idaho at Redfish Lake. I personally took the reference photos and did this piece as a gift for our Niece and her husband about a year ago

@barliman2001 said in Community Band:

OK - I'm back from Bitburg, and have come back to life sufficiently to tell you about how it was this time.
Friday, 4 am: Get up, quick clean, load up the rather tiny car with three brass players, four cases and five instruments. Eight hour drive to Bitburg. Short lunch. Get music, change into informal band gear and play a two-hour gig sight reading. six hours of revelry and drinking afterwards.
Saturday: Play a 15-minute gig at the Opening of the Festival (new repertoire - all sight-reading). Help out the local band on baritone horn for their 15-min gig. Have free lunch and drinks. Play two-hour open air gig (again, not a single repeated piece). Have dinner and more drinks. Play from 8 pm until lights out at 10 (again, not a single repeated piece. Soprano player is asked whether he ever did the Penny Lane solo. Replies, no, but will try. Nails the solo perfectly, says, "I was too drunk to miss anything". More drinks until 2 pm.
Sunday, 10 am, the beer fountain opens up. Free beer for everyone for half an hour. Asked to help out local band on baritone, play a 90-minute gig with them, again sight-reading. After gig, asked to continue helping out at 2 pm. I'm a helpfu guy, so, yes. Coffee and superb rhubarb cake at local bakery. At 5 pm, play 90-minute gig with Coronation Brass (repiano cornet). 30 minutes for a quick shower and dress up in dinner jacket for Flag Ceremony. Assistant Principal already too drunk to attend. After Flag Ceremony, race back to open air stage to play from 8-10 pm. Several pieces played before!! Sop player asked to do Penny Lane again.
Drinks and revelry until 3 am.
Monday, 10-12 assistance to the local band on baritone. 2-4 pm Coronation Brass open air concert. Sop player asked to do Penny Lane again. Another round of drinks. Assistant Principal spills full bottle of red wine on white shirt and dinner jacket. Solo Horn player throws up and has hurriedly to leave the stage. First trombone changes to Eb Alto bone and plays Alto horn solo from "Malaguena". Colour Party of US Marines comes along (Bitburg has a US garrison), Bb bass player borrows officer's sword to behead a champagne bottle. Bottle crashes into thousands of splinters, champagne spilled all over Colour Party, sword has a clear dent and won't return to sheath. Rush over to Town Hall to play a one-hour gala concert there. Penny Lane as encore. Rush back to open air stage to play from 8 pm until "light too bad". Town has installed new lighting so that one COULD play all night. No pre-set programme, but pieces asked for by band members and audience. Penny Lane requested by two thirds of the band. Play until 11.30 pm, then Penny Lane as encore. Sop player celebrated as a hero, has twenty free beers shoved at him. Does not succumb (he's a Russian!). Clear up stage, dress in civvies, CELEBRATE. Beer fountain specially opened up just for Coronation Brass. Celebrate until breakfast.
Tuesday: After a late breakfast, pack up things, bundle into cars and return home (wherever that may be). For me, a twelve-hour drive home (many rests in between...)
See you next year, Bitburg!!

It was a day not without incident.

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

In order to keep this “semi-relevant” I should point out that featured subject of this video, Ramiro Gonzalez-Ganzales, AKA Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, according to his Wikipedia Biography, was the son of a trumpet player. Now that we got that out of the way, he became a movie, television, and a cartoon voiceover actor after he was discovered by John Wayne when he appeared as a contestant on Groucho Marx’s show, “You Bet Your Life”. His career opened up acting careers and opportunities for many other actors of Mexican origin...
Here is the appearance that launched his career.

It was never a mistake who Groucho Marx put on his program. Without these oddball characters it would have been rather dull. He certainly played off them, though!

here is another one for you to look at. from my hometown of Griggstown, NJ

@djeffers78 said in Most bang for your buck!:

@administrator said in Most bang for your buck!:

I know how I feel:

If I want the tool now, I go to Harbor Freight. I pay for this later.

If I want a better tool a little later, I wait and go to Lowe's or Craigslist.

Either way, I pay later.

I’ve many Harbor Freight tools that have outlasted and outperformed many big name brands.

A very small core sample group, however. And you have either been very lucky or very careful with tools.....IMO

@Dr-GO said in Maynard was no disciplinarian ?:

@Kehaulani said in Maynard was no disciplinarian ?:

You're not well-mannered. It's called passive-aggressive.

Sometimes, musicians may become incontinent of urine, especially when playing high notes, loudly. I call that pissive-agressive.

It’s nice to have a qualified medical professional amongst us.