As a tuba player for the last 55 years, it warms my heart to see an instrument rebuilt with such attention to detail. You are one of my heroes Mr. Lee.

My grandfather was born in 1896, he was a self taught machinist, mechanic, carpenter, electronics guy. I truly admire the skills and dedication that Wes has.

Man don't sell yourself short. You are most decidedly a machinist as well as a heck of a fabricator! A true pleasure to watch. Thanks for sharing.

What a treat to watch. You’re a natural teacher and technician. I feel lucky to have found your videos.

Great fabrication of a complex rod. Must say by doing these videos not only do new instrument repair technicians learn, you have all the procedures documented very smart Mr. Lee. Ah yes McMaster Carr u name it they got it.

Fabrication is fascinating. There is an artistry to it that i so enjoy. I could watch videos like this all day. Thanks Wes!!

You take me back to some great memories of when I was a machinist for King Musical Instruments in Eastlake Ohio. Nickel Silver was not my favorite material to work with. I pulled a lot of slivers out of my hands the years I worked with it.

Great video! Such amazing ingenuity and talent.

That's quite a cool tuba you have there. It appears to be in remarkably good condition.

Great repair and video!

Love the content and I learn a lot from your videos. I teach low brass private lessons in central Texas and I like to do minor repairs for my students. It would be great if you could make a short video on how to restring a trombone rotor. When I restring a rotor I always try to find a video to reference, but there are not any good videos to watch on KZfaq. Most my kids have the Yamaha 448g. Thanks in advance and keep making these great videos!!!

Love your sense of humor in your commentary!

I like watching you work especially when you fab stuff to give the instrument a new life

5 valve rotary tuba in a school... I wish I had gone to school there.

Thanks Wes, beautiful work. Great to watch.

👍👍👍 💯 from Germany

What an instrument whisperer guru 😂 your repairs are so cool, even just custom working that thumb note is perfectly so cool, to bad the manufacturer isn't on it...

The magician is at work again! Nicely done brother!!!

Tu est le chef d'orchestre de la réparation 👍💪👋🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

Great to watch your video and the content was superb, so thank you again, tis often said the cleverest tools are at the end of your arms and you prove that over and over.

That's artwork! Reminds me of fabricatinng a linkage for a carbeurator! Fantastic!

IM EARLY WOOOO IM A TRUMPET PLAYER I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

Wes! Love to see you back. Could you possibly describe more things as “just like downtown”? When I first heard you say that I thought it was definite tshirt material

I like your Dr. House whiteboard approach for analyzing the fabrication.

Your channel to me is like Marshal over at "Wristwatch Revival". I have no interest whatsoever in doing what either of you do... but I do love watching a master at work.

As a former toolroom machinist, you learn to work with the tools you have. It is the end result that counts.

I'd really love to know the background on that horn because, given the condition of everything else, I'd love to hear the story of how the rotor section got to be in such a state. I really enjoy the videos...thanks for the insights!

yet another interesting video for many reasons

Thank you Mr Lee, I enjoyed that.

Thanks for another great video. I have a mid 1900’s outboard motor with missing linkage for the carburetor. I think I can manufacture the missing linkage using the same technique you showed.

Retired BD here. I remember sending a similar tuba to the shop; same problem - no repair parts available. The repairman said he even paid for an overseas call to find them. As far as I know, that horn is still sitting on a shelf in the back of the band hall.

Excellent machine work. Highly skilled and you do an amazing job. Can you put the microphone somewhere where it doesn’t get scratched by your beard though???

Looking forward to future videos on this tuba!

As a toolmaker, when you run the die on the round for threads you could have put the die in the lathe chuck and the round piece in a drill chuck in the tailstock and free wheeled the lathe chuck to turn the die. This would keep everything concentric. Just food for thought for the next time you do something similar.

Fantastic work!

Superb work!!

Nice!

Us machinist wing it... a lot... LOL. Certainly appreciate making the best part that you can.

Fun fact. Your barb makes a crispy sound on your microphone. Intakes me time to understand where that noise was coming from😊

looks like a new director is cleaning out the closet.

I wanna see the rest of the repair

Interesting to see a tuba here

Good afternoon Wes: would it be possible to list the tools you used for fabrication video: ex. bending tool, cutting tool etc...? As well as lathe and the chucks used.

Hi Sir. Excellent job. You are MASTER!!! :) I have one question, where do You buy mini-bols, do You have a reliable supplier of this elements?

The modern way to make this linkage is wireless.

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Wes Lee custom handmade instruments coming soon? =)

Is that a Zeiss?

23:05 I'm no expert, but the shorter linkage arm looks a little too long

Hope its not a St Petersburg

Kids...

Your beard is making noise on the mic

How on earth could any reputable band director ever permit such a instrument to get in that condition?