Make your own bite-valve hydration system

Step 4 Tools

I fabricated my parts at TechShop in Menlo Park, California. Some of the tools that I mention below I purchased, while in other cases I simply used parts available at TechShop.

Machine tools:
-- metal turning lathe;
-- Bridgeport-style vertical milling machine;
-- band saw.

Hand tools:
-- Small-diameter Hole Punch, 3/4" Hole Diameter, Trade Size 18, $17.91 from McMaster-Carr, part number 3424A51;
-- 1/8-27 NPT tap and tap handle;
-- 1/2" shank micro tap guide, $14.48, MSC Direct part number 95267472 ;
-- No. 30 slow speed drill for brass, $2.98, MSC Direct part number 01388305 ;
-- Letter Q high speed drill, $8.40, MSC Direct part number 01149178 ;
-- Allen wrench set (for 10-32 cap screws);
-- Philips screwdriver (for 8-32 machine screws);
-- Small hammer (for pounding hypo tubing and punching bottle caps);
-- Small tubing cutter (for hypo tubing);
-- Files and deburring tools.