Hand Crafted Tools

Pokers-we made these on the second day of class using a bench motor.  

Crook dent remover, straight side-this was made using a bench motor and large and small files

Crook dent remover, curved side-this was made just like the straight side, but then we heated and bent it, and sanded the ball with the belt sander

                                           Modified Rawhide Hammer-We tapered one end with a big belt sander, and then added leather to the ends.  

Water key spring installer-we annealed and bent brass tubes to make these.  We also used a cratex wheel to smooth the ends.  

Nosepicker- this removes dents from the mouth pipe.  This is a two sided tool as well.  The other side is similar, but the picker part of the tool is longer.  This was started on the sander, and finished on the strapper.

Porting tool-we made this using a bench motor, silver solder, and belt sander 

This tool was made on a lathe.  We faced the ends with a tool bit, and drilled a 1/4 inch in depth in one end.  This tool is used on the french horn.  We later added the bolt on the end by drilling and threading the hole with the lathe.  

Slide Tube Rounder- we made this tool on the lathe.  We had to turn the piece of brass to exactly .458" and then drill and thread it.

This is a flute head cork pusher.  We use it to remove old head corks, and set new ones.

This is another horn tool.  It was made on the lathe, and it is used in the bench motor to re-fit horn bearings.

I silver soldered a brass rod to an old flute pad cup to make a saxophone pearl protector.  We use this to protect saxophone pearls when heating the pad cups with a flame.