Simple Tenon Repair

A clarinet came in for an overhaul. It had some chips out of the middle tenon. Rather than doing a full tenon replacement, I replaced the damaged section.

Here is the damage

While fixing the tenon, I removed the glue grooves. They are unnecessary with modern glues, cause premature cork failure, and are a pain to clean out.

The next step was to turn down the damaged ring past the damage.

Now to make a new ring. I measured the cut on the tenon, and cut a ring about 0.005''id larger. The gap is for the epoxy to have room to adhear.

 I epoxyed it together and let it cure overnight. 

Last step was to trim it back to where it was before the damage.

To length:

 To diameter:

There it is. Simple, quick way to fix tenon damage without replacing the whole tenon. If only the rest of the overhaul went as smoothly.