Maintenance kit in your pipecase

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:07 pm

If you were putting together a small but comprehensive maintenance kit for your pipes, that you would keep in your pipecase, for on the road upkeep as it were ,what would you put in it ?
or if you already have such a kit as I,m sure some of the more experienced pipers have ,whats in it?

RORY

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:10 pm

Waxed thread, unwaxed thread, Xacto knife, small pliers/pincers, beeswax, 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper, spare reeds.

djm

piperdoc · Post by **piperdoc** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:57 pm

and those 7 items surely become six if you fly! after all, you know how the tsa feels about waxed thread
meir

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:17 pm

I forgot about you freakwent flyers.

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:11 pm

djm wrote:Waxed thread, unwaxed thread, Xacto knife, small pliers/pincers, beeswax, 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper, spare reeds.

djm

All of the above, plus a tube or two of cane, staples, a spare pack of cigarettes and some C-4 in the event I can't get things fixed.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:34 pm

Don't tempt me!

djm

qwertymarka · Post by **qwertymarka** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:59 pm

Joseph E. Smith wrote: C-4 in the event I can't get things fixed.

i see that right there as a good excuse to get a case. i want C-4!

mark

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:18 am

I would put Andreas Rogge in it and to keep him company Alan Burton.

Slán Go Foill
Uilliam

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:03 am

Uilliam wrote:I would put Andreas Rogge in it and to keep him company Alan Burton.
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam

Where can I get one of these kits?

Reepicheep · Post by **Reepicheep** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:12 am

Hemp, beeswax, cotton thread, small pliers, small leatherman (no, not a man in leather, ahem!), spare chanter reed and Evangeline Lily.

lundblad · Post by **lundblad** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:20 am

How about a spare full set?

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:32 am

Reepicheep wrote:... small leatherman...

My pipes do not go anywhere that my Leatherman Blast can't follow.

piperdoc · Post by **piperdoc** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:21 pm

maybe i am blind, but did anyone say plumber's tape (or whatever tape you happen to like?)

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:07 pm

Oh, geez! Good point, Meir. A roll of surgical tape and a wad of blue tac for emergencies.

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:28 pm

djm wrote:Oh, geez! Good point, Meir. A roll of surgical tape and a wad of blue tac for emergencies.

djm

... you know, C-4 can be used in place of blue tac.