Making Wooden Dent Balls

Video : Making Wooden Dent Balls --
When working on dents on larger tubes, such as the tuba, you need larger dent balls. You can spend a goodly chunk of change for a Magnetic Dent Repair System and that would make sense if you do this often, or you can make your own dent balls from hardwood. This video shows that alternative.

[@nikiprag9184]

Super cool

[@nef003]

Thank you very much man.. This is something I’ll consider doing since I realized that brass repair tools are ridiculously expensive. It’s ludicrous. So much money for such simple pieces of metals. Thank you sir.

[@billhatcher9303]

Why not drill through the ball and insert a bolt. Lock it down with a nut. Chuck up the end of the bolt in a drill press. Spin the ball and use a chisel or rasp or sandpaper to diameter the ball.

[@richardhannemann4594]

Good idea :) Personally, 1) don't have a drill press and 2) I'm so used to carving in general that I probably wouldn't have thought of your suggestion anyway. My go-to has always been a four-in-hand and a pocket knife -- I've also hand carved small piano parts that are no longer available due to the age of the piano.