About the Oboe reed tip cutter
Oboe players who make or adjust their own reeds trim the tip to a precise finished length. This printed tool works like a small guillotine: a single-edge razor blade on spring-loaded guides cuts the tip square. Gauge inserts glued into slots in the base measure finished lengths of 68 to 72 mm, and an M3 adjusting screw fine-tunes the cut, half a millimetre per turn.
It's a precise little machine with a real hardware list, printed in ABS. We couldn't access the Cults3D gallery, so this page uses the catalogue image.
What you'll need
Printed parts
- Base, gauge inserts and cutter parts
Bought parts
- 2 × M4 × 50 mm stainless cap screws, cut to 44 mm
- 3 × M3 × 45 mm and 1 × M2.5 × 12 mm screws
- Heat-set inserts: 2 × M4, 3 × M3, 1 × M2.5
- Springs: 1 × 4 × 0.4 × 20 mm and 2 × 5 × 0.4 × 20 mm
- A single-edge razor blade
- 20 mm of 4 mm OD PTFE tube
Tools
- Soldering iron for the heat-set inserts
- Saw or cutter for the M4 screws
- Glue
Build overview
Print settings
- Material: ABS
Photos
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