As someone interested in experimenting with building mpcs, I was wondering if any of the knowledgeable techs out there, know of a source for hard rubber blanks or rods. Particularly anyone willing to sell relatively small amounts, at least to start with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Lance

http://sem-ebonite.com/cms/front_content.php?client=1&changelang=2

 

Hi Lance, if you follow this link you will come to Shcønberger Ebonite
Manufacture. They sell rods of Ebonite in different diameter for mouthpiece
blanks in very good quality. Berg Larsen and Otto Link are among mouthpieces
made of their ebonite.  You can order for one mouthpiece or as many as you
want.  

A happy new year to you, and all the other members of this group J 

 

Best Helge

 

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As someone interested in experimenting with building mpcs, I was wondering
if any of the knowledgeable techs out there, know of a source for hard
rubber blanks or rods. Particularly anyone willing to sell relatively small
amounts, at least to start with. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Lance

Sorry, forgot to give you their email address. It`s  info@...  

 

Helge

 

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As someone interested in experimenting with building mpcs, I was wondering
if any of the knowledgeable techs out there, know of a source for hard
rubber blanks or rods. Particularly anyone willing to sell relatively small
amounts, at least to start with. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Lance

Thanks so much Helge and Valentin and Happy New Year to all of the fine folks who contribute to this site. The information is invaluable and the willingness to share is very heartening. 
Lance


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Sorry, forgot to give you their email address. It`s  info@...  
 
Helge
 
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As someone interested in experimenting with building mpcs, I was wondering if any of the knowledgeable techs out there, know of a source for hard rubber blanks or rods. Particularly anyone willing to sell relatively small amounts, at least to start with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Lance

Here is another source from the Links area of the Yahoo Mouthpiece Work Site.  You may need to speak German to get a reply:

http://www.nyh.de/

 

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Lance <entropicwolf@...> wrote:
>
> As someone interested in experimenting with building mpcs, I was wondering if any of the knowledgeable techs out there, know of a source for hard rubber blanks or rods. Particularly anyone willing to sell relatively small amounts, at least to start with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> Lance
>

Why don't you guys just buy generic Asian hard rubber mouthpieces and  
modify them? There are a number of companies over there that make a  
very high quality product and will sell you as few as 50 pieces at a  
time at a somewhat agreeable price....if you go to Music Messe or the  
Shanghai show you should be able to talk to at least 20 or 30  
different vendors.....there is at least one company in China that is  
making their own rubber rod, which is as good a quality as you can get  
anywhere....


On Dec 30, 2011, at 1:32 PM, MojoBari wrote:

> Here is another source from the Links area of the Yahoo Mouthpiece  
> Work Site. You may need to speak German to get a reply:
>
> http://www.nyh.de/
>
> --- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Lance <entropicwolf@...> wrote:
> >
> > As someone interested in experimenting with building mpcs, I was  
> wondering if any of the knowledgeable techs out there, know of a  
> source for hard rubber blanks or rods. Particularly anyone willing  
> to sell relatively small amounts, at least to start with. Any help  
> would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> > Lance
> >
>
> 

Let me point out that Delrin has a VERY similar flex modulus to hard rubber.  (Flex modulus, how it vibrates)  It is a great material to work with, machine, or face, and has excellent durability.

Even if you intend to manufacture mouthpieces from hard rubber, it would be wise to make experimental prototypes from Delrin, at least to see if you have your machine set up right.

Also, Delrin is known generically as Acetal.  You can buy rods of Acetal or branded Delrin from Smallparts.com in both black and white.

Paul C.

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "tenorman1952" <tenorman1952@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Let me point out that Delrin has a VERY similar flex modulus to hard rubber.  (Flex modulus, how it vibrates)  It is a great material to work with, machine, or face, and has excellent durability.
> 
> Even if you intend to manufacture mouthpieces from hard rubber, it would be wise to make experimental prototypes from Delrin, at least to see if you have your machine set up right.
> 
> Also, Delrin is known generically as Acetal.  You can buy rods of Acetal or branded Delrin from Smallparts.com in both black and white.
> 
> Paul C.
>

This is a good point. Acetal is much better for prototyping than hard rubber.  It's cheaper, and you can cut much faster and dry.  Wears cutter much more slowly as well.  From start to finish a delrin piece costs something like 1/4 to 1/3 what a rubber one does to produce.  I don't like working it by hand, but it is hard and stable enough to be entirely functional.