Saturday, October 28, 2017

Here are a few tools I've made in my first weeks in the Band Instrument Repair Program at Minnesota State Southeast Technical, Red Wing, MN


A Poker used for digging out grime and gunk from valve cap bottoms, etc.

The Large Poker


Magnet end of dent ball locator.

A magnetic dent ball locator.

The dent ball locator in action.  Attractive! No? :-)

Delrin rod used in conjunction with a hammer to knock things in tight spots.

The Delrin rod

A tool used to help one install water key springs.

The Water Key Spring Installer

This tool is used to hold a tuning slide pull knob in place for silver soldering.

This tool is used to hold a tuning slide pull knob in place for silver soldering.


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Lathe work: Brass Valve Caps