My Take-Home Tools
Even though I work in a workshop about 50 feet from my front door, sometimes I work from a backup bench in my house- in inclement weather, or perhaps I am feeling lazy. I have an old toolbox where I keep my most-used tools, and over time I have honed it into a fairly complete set of what can get me through 90% or so of my work- once dentwork and cleaning has been taken care of, anyhow. In the event that you find it interesting to know, check through the photos below to see what my personal toolbox contains.

Key oil, torch, butane, lapping compound, alcohol lamp, assorted sandpapers, contact cement, bench block

Misc. stuff: rawhide hammer, tonehole files, lapping compound, glues, epoxy, old school cork grease, aluminum foil ball, dremel with pink silicone wheel

Calipers, pin vises, spring hooks, keyguard adjustment tool, tweezers, drumstick stub, pad irons, assorted natural and synthetic corks

Razor blades, assorted materials (felt, teflon, synthetic felt, leather, teflon and heat shrink and polyethylene tubing)

Assorted pliers (flat, round nose, duckbill, spring cutting, spring installing, spring removing, parallel, Utica 1300-6, whole spring removal pliers, tiny adjustable wrench), swedging collets, pipe cleaners and q-tips.

Exact shape pivot reamers, pivot screw counterbores, hinge tube facers, assorted swedging pliers and post fitting pliers, lapping compound.

Tonehole lifting set (Votaw), assorted tubing, key bending arms (Ferree’s), key bending wedges (Ferree’s), assorted files.