Here a few more tools I have made.

A bent knife used to smooth out dents on brass tubes in hard to reach places.

Close-up view of above bent knife.

 Here's a video that shows the process for bending the knife above.

The beginnings of a porting tool which will help a technician determine how much felt or cork material to add to a valve to line up the port holes with the knuckles of the valve casing and various slides ensuring that the air stream has a clear path whether the valves are pressed down or in the open position.

Completed porting tool.  My first experience in class silver soldering.

Completed porting tool.  My first experience in class silver soldering.

A knocker used to assist in the removal of a stuck main tuning slide on a trumpet.

The steel stock that will be shaped to yield a tool a technician can use in removing dents in the crook of a trumpet/cornet third valve slide.  In most instruments a hard to reach area.

These are the steel balls we silver soldered to the prepared ends of the steel rods.  These will eventually be what helps the technician reshape the dents into a round crook again.

The steel rod before I chucked it into my bench motor and shaped the ends using a metal file.

Here is the rod after the ends have been shaped with a bench motor and a metal file.

The same rod with the first fitting of the dent balls.

A close up of the metal ball before it is cleaned via the bench motor and a jewelers file, prepping it for the solder bench.

Here is the ruff completed tool.  The top has been heated and bent at an angle allowing the tool to be comfortably inserted into a trumpet/cornet third valve slide that has been dented at the crook.

A close-up of the shaped side.

A close-up of the straight side.

The completed tool after a little visit to the belt sander to shape the ball of the bent side to allow the rod to pass through the third slide tube reaching the crook area.  Finally...the shine!  A quick trip to the buffing room.