Love all the videos, currently thinking about making instrument repair a side job in the future, currently I’m 17 and just buying and selling(and fixing a little) of all kinds of horns, French horns, trumpets, and one time a trombone lol. I’ve made a few thousand in less than a year doing that and funding other projects I have. I truly want instruments to be my career but I don’t feel it pays enough so my current plan is possibly a teacher job and instrument repair after hours and over the summer. I’ve done a few complex repairs at this point, fixed a few trombone slides and some odds and ends for my own band that saves my program money(our program gets no money from the district at all) I wouldn’t call my self a pro but I do good enough work no one complains.
What a great ambition! You can make enough money at this job to raise a family, Wes has. Definitely need young people to want to continue this craft. Look in to schools to learn, like the one he attended. It is Southeast Minnesota Technical College now I believe. We knew it as Red Wing Tech.
I have an old vice, probably 60 or so made in England ,blue no 5 and it’s my favourite vice tool and those jaw clamping never fails on holding. It’s pretty beat up. If I found one new like that one it probably would be a$600 Canadian new. Founding a lot vices these days are made
Invest in a vintage vise. I have a couple of Wiltons. I was able to acquire them for relatively little money. They both needed restoration. About 5-7 hours each. They will outlast me. There are RUclips tutorials in vise restorations. Well worth the investment in time.
Previously I watched you remake a mouth pipe for a tuba. It would have been interesting to display a timeclock as to how long it takes to make a pipe fro scratch. I would also like to see a video on a complete stripping and replate silver instrument.
Bom dia maestro gostaria de saber se existe algum recurso ( mecanismo)no trombone com rotor para pessoa esquerda poder tocar. Agradeço sua atenção, sou do Rio de Janeiro _ Brasil.
I have a king 605 and the bottom tuning slide has broke and part of it is stuck in the slide and part of it is stuck in the trombone any idea on how to get the sides out?
Great episode. Us tool mongers like it.
Love all the videos, currently thinking about making instrument repair a side job in the future, currently I’m 17 and just buying and selling(and fixing a little) of all kinds of horns, French horns, trumpets, and one time a trombone lol. I’ve made a few thousand in less than a year doing that and funding other projects I have. I truly want instruments to be my career but I don’t feel it pays enough so my current plan is possibly a teacher job and instrument repair after hours and over the summer. I’ve done a few complex repairs at this point, fixed a few trombone slides and some odds and ends for my own band that saves my program money(our program gets no money from the district at all) I wouldn’t call my self a pro but I do good enough work no one complains.
What a great ambition! You can make enough money at this job to raise a family, Wes has. Definitely need young people to want to continue this craft. Look in to schools to learn, like the one he attended. It is Southeast Minnesota Technical College now I believe. We knew it as Red Wing Tech.
I have an old vice, probably 60 or so made in England ,blue no 5 and it’s my favourite vice tool and those jaw clamping never fails on holding. It’s pretty beat up. If I found one new like that one it probably would be a$600 Canadian new. Founding a lot vices these days are made
Today’s vices are made cheaply, even if it’s made in Canada or the USA.China for sure.
Nothing like the vintage vices!
Invest in a vintage vise. I have a couple of Wiltons. I was able to acquire them for relatively little money. They both needed restoration. About 5-7 hours each. They will outlast me. There are RUclips tutorials in vise restorations. Well worth the investment in time.
Previously I watched you remake a mouth pipe for a tuba. It would have been interesting to display a timeclock as to how long it takes to make a pipe fro scratch. I would also like to see a video on a complete stripping and replate silver instrument.
Lobe watching these :) hi from Cali
Awesome work Wes! Greetings from Argentina
Another Great Video !
Do you have to tailor your approach to a particular repair (say a crunched bell) given the different trumpet brands, e.g: Bach v. Shilke v. Conn?
Bom dia maestro gostaria de saber se existe algum recurso ( mecanismo)no trombone com rotor para pessoa esquerda poder tocar. Agradeço sua atenção, sou do Rio de Janeiro _ Brasil.
I have a king 605 and the bottom tuning slide has broke and part of it is stuck in the slide and part of it is stuck in the trombone any idea on how to get the sides out?
carefuly using an expander, or soldering a piece of brass inside to use as a grip... Which requires a tech skill