I'm fairly new to your channel, but I really like it. You're very skilled! One idea...which you can discard without hurting my feelings: Consider taking a few "before" shots and then having parallel "after" shots. Then end your videos with comparisons between the two. A great example of this would be any of the projects on the "my mechanics" channel. Just go to the end of any of his videos and watch the final minute to see what I'm talking about. Cheers!
One of the things I love most about watching this instrument repair work is the fact that at times it can be so counterintuitive to what a novice would do. For example the first thing I would assume you would do in order to "beat down" the high spots at the guard would be to "beat down" on the high spots! As opposed to tapping the edge of the guard laterally. But once you see it done it becomes evident that the formula remains: 'how' + 'why' = 'desired outcome ÷ effort'....(+plus tax in Ohio and Kentucky) 😂 Fun and interesting stuff Wes. 👍
I guess it's a 2-generation thing but if I had merely scratched the baritone horn that the high school had loaned me to play 50+ years ago I would have been mortified (not to mention the tenor sax that belonged to my dad!!). Love watching you remove the signs of abuse from these sweet old horns.
I don't recall having a dent machine in the shop I used to work in, but it's possible I just forgot. Fun to see it at work here. Really impressive for you to get that now back into healthy shape. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic, I'm very happy to found your channel, I'm from uruguay, anda started a few time to work reparing instruments of marching bands like a apprentice, can you tell me the name of the machine you use 01:34, thanks
I love watching you work, Wes. If I hadn't been determined or dedicated enough to FINALLY make it through engineering school I like to think I could have been an artisan like you.
Wes that dent machine is amazing. I've never seen one like that. In autobody all we tend to use are standard English wheels, shrinker-stretchers, bead formers and press brakes to shape steel. I bet I could do some funky stuff with that thing.
I fiddled with the z60 in my shop recently. Found there are adjustments to get the bottom ball centered with the axis of rotation of the head. Made it so I didn't have to mess with the tension wheel nearly as much.
Wes. Recently started working at a musical instrument repair shop. Love your work and love the way you teach. I was very fortunate to be taken in by good people and learn the trade. Working on brass is my favorite to work on. A lot of patience, passion, and dedication goes into it. Goes into all of it but brass is got a special place in my heart idk why. That’s for the content brother. Keep pushing through these hard times we’re dealing with as hard working Americans. Much love from New York
I have a guitar restoration shop and have wanted to learn band instrument repair for a long time. Wes, I'm so glad you put content up. I've been binge watching for a couple of days and I'm astounded. I'd be very interested to learn about your education in the field. Did you apprentice? I did 2 years back in the 80s. Thanks brother - you got some talent there.
Wes went to a school to learn how to do this work. He has hundreds of videos on his TH-cam site and has described his education, but I do t recall the specifics.
Love watching your work Wes. I run a primary school band program in Australia. I'm curious as to how long in total this repair will take, and also what it would have cost the customer. I'm sure that over here the cost of that kind of repair work (if you can even find someone here to do it..) would exceed the cost of a new student Tuba.
Intrigued to know if this instrument has simply been to chosen to show skills and techniques or if it is going back to a customer who brought it in for repair. Great video as always Wes.
With all the cuts (which I’m assuming are for the monotonous repetitive parts) have you considered doing a timelapse instead? It could be cool to see the minute changes add up
yes, I play everything that I work on. not always great, but yes, have to be able to play and have musical conversations about what you are working on.
Incredible work. I thought that tuba was wrinkled for life. Love it. Is that instrument valuable? Is it worth the level of work you put in? I’m old fashioned, and I don’t mind reviving old instruments.
It's a cheap entry-level instrument, but even a cheap tuba is pricey new. His repair will cost about 1/4 of a new one, especially now with metal costs going through the roof.
@@milesparris4045 Is correct, a new “cheap” tuba is around $3,500. Most students either have it on loan from the school. I know that is what I had to do when I played. Even with the vast repair work being done to this one, it is a fraction of the cost of a new one.
Hi Wes, love your videos. Can you include a brief description of the instruments (maker, model, etc) and also I'm very interested in knowing the history of what happened to them, had a bus run them over? Did the whole band march on top of them? Or a less interesting "somebody drop 'em"
Mr. Lee,, you do fantastic work! I find your channel relaxing and informative. I am curious, do you ever have issues with the top roller transferring marks to the piece being worked?
I used to when I didn’t listen to the machine and tried to force it to take all the dents out. You know, “it says it’s a dent machine so it will do all the work”, and I wrecked some things which gave me a lot of clean up work. Once I figured out how to use it properly I do not have those issues, my results are as shown in video
I’ve been thinking about “the heat” lately because it is such a common comment and I really think that if I were still living in Mn or St. Louis, where winter is much colder than here, I would use some. Not to the point of lacquer burn, but rather just to warm the molecules. It can’t be so hot that you can’t hold it. But the weather here is 70* degrees today so I don’t see the rash temp changes that others do. That’s my thoughts on it today. Which may change tomorrow, everything with me is. Thanks for watching for so long.
@@ms-mac521 be careful with boiling water, it removes certain lacquers. Our rule of thumb is if it's too hot for you to bath in, it's too hot for horns. In our chem flush process, we use heated tanks at around 110 F. I will have to try a warm bath before I start some time and see how it results.
@@wesleemusicrepair9820 it was just a thought from a clueless person. your work always fascinates me. may God continue to bless you regards from Germany
I'm a pretty new subscriber and I'm absolutely loving the videos. I do a lot of jewelry making in my free time and I was wondering what kind of torch you're using because that torch looks like it would be amazing for my purchases as well. Looks like you're using a mini oxy acetylene but I could be wrong
It is a Smith little torch and it uses an oxygen concentrator and a propane canister. The oxygen concentrator produces that breathing sound as it cycles oxygen from the air and concentrates it. Similar to portable devices for people with COPD
I recently noticed that on the tubas our school uses (YBB-641’s) the dent guard on the crook at the bottom has another smaller dent guard. Is this seen across other brands or is this a feature unique to Yamaha?
i AM CURIOUS- WHAT IS THE CHARGE RATE you have for the repair that you offr? That is if you do not mind telling me. I am Jack (retired AF & civil service).
Wes to the tuba: "Arise and walk".
Amazing skills and job. Thanks for sharing your work.
that's mighty lofty
Having a tool as wonderful and beautiful as that torch is almost cheating.
That torch is nice!
Only the best surgeons can achieve this level of perfection!
The Brass Whisperer!
Im not a woodwinds and brass player im a rock drummer but yet im here watching these videos 👍
I enjoyed watching, and look forward to your next video. I approve. 👍👍👋
So relaxing to watch! I like that you don’t feel the need for background music. The music is in the raps of your mallets.
I was thinking it would be cool if he incorporated some mallet taps rhythmically into the new theme music. 😊
Thanks for the video. I am glad to see you back on TH-cam. I like the long format. You make it look easy! (I know it is NOT)
Summed up nicely
I'm fairly new to your channel, but I really like it. You're very skilled! One idea...which you can discard without hurting my feelings: Consider taking a few "before" shots and then having parallel "after" shots. Then end your videos with comparisons between the two. A great example of this would be any of the projects on the "my mechanics" channel. Just go to the end of any of his videos and watch the final minute to see what I'm talking about. Cheers!
I too would love to see this - great suggestion!
I have almost zero interest in brass instruments, but I could watch Wes fix them for hours.
Nice job 👍
That looks like a lot of work and it's looking good so far... can't wait to see the finished Tuba.
Pretty darn impressive. Can't wait for part 3
Dang! You truly have some skills!
Outstanding! You sir are a wizard!
mis respetos Mr. Lee.....
Brother! Outside. The. Box!!
One of the things I love most about watching this instrument repair work is the fact that at times it can be so counterintuitive to what a novice would do. For example the first thing I would assume you would do in order to "beat down" the high spots at the guard would be to "beat down" on the high spots! As opposed to tapping the edge of the guard laterally. But once you see it done it becomes evident that the formula remains: 'how' + 'why' = 'desired outcome ÷ effort'....(+plus tax in Ohio and Kentucky) 😂
Fun and interesting stuff Wes. 👍
I guess it's a 2-generation thing but if I had merely scratched the baritone horn that the high school had loaned me to play 50+ years ago I would have been mortified (not to mention the tenor sax that belonged to my dad!!). Love watching you remove the signs of abuse from these sweet old horns.
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Artist at work! There are two geniuses in this video! Wes and that dent machine! Great job!
Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
just as impressive as part 1looking forward to parts 3 and 4
Fantastic metal worker, I loved working with steel, I never knew about this trade you have going. awesome.
Im a late starter to your channel wes but im enjoying it immensely...👍👑🍻
Another awesome video!
I don't recall having a dent machine in the shop I used to work in, but it's possible I just forgot. Fun to see it at work here. Really impressive for you to get that now back into healthy shape. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Wes, really love the videos! It’d be great to hear a little back story on how each instrument was damaged
thought I included that, trying to get better with my explaining
Perfect
Amazing,
Fantastic, I'm very happy to found your channel, I'm from uruguay, anda started a few time to work reparing instruments of marching bands like a apprentice, can you tell me the name of the machine you use 01:34, thanks
I can really hear the change as it smooths out
I love watching you work, Wes. If I hadn't been determined or dedicated enough to FINALLY make it through engineering school I like to think I could have been an artisan like you.
Wes that dent machine is amazing. I've never seen one like that. In autobody all we tend to use are standard English wheels, shrinker-stretchers, bead formers and press brakes to shape steel.
I bet I could do some funky stuff with that thing.
I've been waiting for this video. Thanks
I fiddled with the z60 in my shop recently. Found there are adjustments to get the bottom ball centered with the axis of rotation of the head. Made it so I didn't have to mess with the tension wheel nearly as much.
OMG Sir, you are awesome.
Wes. Recently started working at a musical instrument repair shop. Love your work and love the way you teach. I was very fortunate to be taken in by good people and learn the trade. Working on brass is my favorite to work on. A lot of patience, passion, and dedication goes into it. Goes into all of it but brass is got a special place in my heart idk why. That’s for the content brother. Keep pushing through these hard times we’re dealing with as hard working Americans. Much love from New York
Aha, so that's the dent machine.
"It's a piece of steel and doesn't know what French horns are" is thought-provoking. Kind of philosophical.
I have a guitar restoration shop and have wanted to learn band instrument repair for a long time. Wes, I'm so glad you put content up. I've been binge watching for a couple of days and I'm astounded. I'd be very interested to learn about your education in the field. Did you apprentice? I did 2 years back in the 80s. Thanks brother - you got some talent there.
Wes went to a school to learn how to do this work. He has hundreds of videos on his TH-cam site and has described his education, but I do t recall the specifics.
Good afternoon, about the flux is it acidic? and how would you go about neutralizing that inner part of the curve protection?
Looking good so far.
I need to find somebody to do this to my cello...
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Love watching your work Wes. I run a primary school band program in Australia. I'm curious as to how long in total this repair will take, and also what it would have cost the customer. I'm sure that over here the cost of that kind of repair work (if you can even find someone here to do it..) would exceed the cost of a new student Tuba.
this was a days job spread over 2 days
Intrigued to know if this instrument has simply been to chosen to show skills and techniques or if it is going back to a customer who brought it in for repair.
Great video as always Wes.
It belongs to a middle school and has already been returned in working order.
With all the cuts (which I’m assuming are for the monotonous repetitive parts) have you considered doing a timelapse instead? It could be cool to see the minute changes add up
Hey Wes, do you play any instruments. If so can we hear some of your playing.
yes, I play everything that I work on. not always great, but yes, have to be able to play and have musical conversations about what you are working on.
I am curious how you restored the finish on the spot where you soldered the shop-made dent puller.
Incredible work. I thought that tuba was wrinkled for life. Love it.
Is that instrument valuable? Is it worth the level of work you put in? I’m old fashioned, and I don’t mind reviving old instruments.
It's a cheap entry-level instrument, but even a cheap tuba is pricey new. His repair will cost about 1/4 of a new one, especially now with metal costs going through the roof.
@@milesparris4045 Is correct, a new “cheap” tuba is around $3,500. Most students either have it on loan from the school. I know that is what I had to do when I played. Even with the vast repair work being done to this one, it is a fraction of the cost of a new one.
Hi Wes, love your videos. Can you include a brief description of the instruments (maker, model, etc) and also I'm very interested in knowing the history of what happened to them, had a bus run them over? Did the whole band march on top of them? Or a less interesting "somebody drop 'em"
Mr. Lee,, you do fantastic work! I find your channel relaxing and informative. I am curious, do you ever have issues with the top roller transferring marks to the piece being worked?
I used to when I didn’t listen to the machine and tried to force it to take all the dents out. You know, “it says it’s a dent machine so it will do all the work”, and I wrecked some things which gave me a lot of clean up work. Once I figured out how to use it properly I do not have those issues, my results are as shown in video
It's an English wheel for round rolling .
Great work, but I can't imagine that tuba is worth the amount of work (and cost) to repair so much damage.
At about 13:50 or so what type of press is that?
14:38, man would safety wire pliers make this operation more efficient.
👍👍👍 would be heated material Not easier to work with ?
I’ve been thinking about “the heat” lately because it is such a common comment and I really think that if I were still living in Mn or St. Louis, where winter is much colder than here, I would use some. Not to the point of lacquer burn, but rather just to warm the molecules. It can’t be so hot that you can’t hold it. But the weather here is 70* degrees today so I don’t see the rash temp changes that others do. That’s my thoughts on it today. Which may change tomorrow, everything with me is. Thanks for watching for so long.
@@wesleemusicrepair9820 I wasn't thinking about damascus steel production, just a bath in boiling water, you also have gloves 😉
@@ms-mac521 be careful with boiling water, it removes certain lacquers. Our rule of thumb is if it's too hot for you to bath in, it's too hot for horns. In our chem flush process, we use heated tanks at around 110 F. I will have to try a warm bath before I start some time and see how it results.
@@wesleemusicrepair9820 it was just a thought from a clueless person.
your work always fascinates me.
may God continue to bless you
regards from Germany
I'm a pretty new subscriber and I'm absolutely loving the videos. I do a lot of jewelry making in my free time and I was wondering what kind of torch you're using because that torch looks like it would be amazing for my purchases as well. Looks like you're using a mini oxy acetylene but I could be wrong
It is a Smith little torch and it uses an oxygen concentrator and a propane canister. The oxygen concentrator produces that breathing sound as it cycles oxygen from the air and concentrates it. Similar to portable devices for people with COPD
Am I the only one thinking "More cow bell!" at some parts?
Do you have the story on how it got so badly damaged?
I recently noticed that on the tubas our school uses (YBB-641’s) the dent guard on the crook at the bottom has another smaller dent guard. Is this seen across other brands or is this a feature unique to Yamaha?
What is the apprentice time for a beginner in your job?
So you're not concerned about wearing off the lacquer when using the dent machine? Do you ever have to re-lacquer an instrument?
i AM CURIOUS- WHAT IS THE CHARGE RATE you have for the repair that you offr? That is if you do not mind telling me. I am Jack (retired AF & civil service).
You can tuna tuba, but you can’t tuna fish.