Someone who can do some metalwork (lathe & welding)?

[Michael Kilpatrick]

Hello all,

I would like to find someone who can do a little bit of metalwork for me. It doesn't need to be local to me. Could anyone recommend someone?

I'm sick of not having an adequate baritone saxophone stand. I have two, one of which is a modern model but useless because the instrument clamp doesn't fit a vintage saxophone and it's too tall, the other is tired and old, works and fits but is not tall enough.

Here is a photo of both of them. They both involve a base with a stiff but movable ball-joint for the shaft, and an height-adjustable attachment with an angled flat plate at the top which goes into a slot in the clamp on the instrument.

The old one is too short. I would like to find someone to make a longer version of the attachment and which would be as sturdy as the new one.

This would involve a length of steel stock drilled all the way through to accept the shaft, cut at a steep angle at the end and a flat plate welded to it. Then a hole tapped in the other end to accept the tightening bolt.

Extending the length of the shaft on the base would be handy too.

Is there anyone who could do that for me for a suitable fee if I did a proper drawing?

Michael

[Martin Brown]

Look for a local model engineering club or if you already know what you want to do and could do it with the right kit a FE course nearby.

You didn't say where in the country you are but someone fairly local could probably do it more easily in proximity to the ones you have.

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

Michael Kilpatrick formulated on Thursday :

Looks as if one of those office chairs on wheels, might be a good starting point - remove the wheels and the seat.

[Theo]

Look for a blacksmith - it's what they tend to do these days, rather than just horses hooves. For example this outfit is not a million miles from where you live:

website looks much more swanky that what they are, which is just a shed in a field - I think they mostly do agricultural steelwork rather than architectural stuff)

Here's another one, slightly less local to you:

Theo

[newshound]

Good call. Do you know anyone with horses? A farrier could do that, thought they might chose not to. Doesn't have to be someone who advertises their arty skills.

[fred]

I might try asking local suppliers of light steel stock as they would have customers using the required steel bits

[newshound]

Might be worth a try if you can still find one. In the dim and distant past I knew a local supplier, these days eBay is where I look first.