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Light Box Update

Here are photos of the latest version of the adjustable light box for reed / slot work. It now uses an LED light bulb with a dimmer switch. I also built in a compartment for the wax / oil lubrication for the embossing tool, and a magnet to hold the

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Reed Removal Tool

Stay tuned for more info on this new reed removal tool I am developing. The idea is to take the best parts of the Farrell Rivet punch / Farrell Rivet anvil & flat punch and combine them in one tool ( The Romel Reed Removal tool was a similar concept

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Ultimate Files!

For years I have been using cheap Chinese Three square files to tune reeds with solder on them. They get the job done but they get clogged up quickly. After a couple reed plates, you can’t wire brush the solder out of the grooves. So you either keep aiming for

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Harmonica Slot Customizing Tool

The videos above show you how the burnishing tip of the Harmonica Slot Customizing Tool makes it easy to close slot gaps on your harmonica reed plates. I call the process burnishing when you work on one side of the slot only. The burnishing tip is machined from 1/8th inch thick stainless steel

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Velcro!

If you are looking for the ultimate answer to the question “How do I keep my cables from turning into a hopeless pile of spaghetti?”, here ya go… I like velcro…. I just don’t like paying someone to make me cable wraps that may or may not be the right

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New Burnishing / Embossing Tool

  These photos show a new burnishing / embossing tool that I have developed and will be making available soon. The idea is to have a tool that you can hold like a pen that allows you to close the slot the whole way. The other end closes both sides

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MB30 Sampler

  This video is a sample of some music played on the new MB30 harmonica designed by Brendan Power and Zombor Kovacs. The MB30-S is a version of the MB30 customized by Richard Sleigh.

Light Box Becomes School Project…

What you see here are photos of a light box built from the ideas in my sketches (below) that I posted at this website earlier. A man named Rich Eisenberg saw the drawings and started working on a version of this box. Richard runs the Bayfront Maritime Center in Erie

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Harmonica Work Station

  What you see here is a harmonica work station built by Denis Green. He sent me these photos shortly after I started the light box contest (see last post) Denis has this set up for the Lee Oskar tool kit, and intends to invest in the R Sleigh tools

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Light Box Contest…

Here are some sketches of the ultimate (?)  light box for embossing reeds. The idea here is to take a piece of plastic pipe, cut it into a half-round and then put on a flat top with a slot cut into it. You could then change the angle of the

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