Hi everyone,<br>I am new to this club and to flute making. I decided, only a week ago, to try my hand at crafting a NAF. The experience I have in woodworking...
Carole,<br><br>I have a black and decker work table that I use to router my flutes. It's one of those that crank open and I lay my flute balnk in it flush with...
So long as the bore is fairly round, U-shaped, square, or close to it (not too thin and slit-like) the estimate Lew Paxton Price makes is you can approximate...
Randall and others regarding over/under drones:<br><br>I have a reason when making both side-by-side and over-under drones<br>for keeping the slow chambers ...
AHAAAA! Look at the diagram in the our photos album, and PLEASE tell me if I have this thing right! I was considering boring out the divider between the slow...
I found some flute-size scraps of wood labelled as andiroba at a hardwood shop. Has anyone experience or knowlege of this species? Tips, comments, warnings?...
Good luck, and let us know the results!<br><br>Intermittently people have posted alternate double flute/drone suggestions. I've only made drone-side and...
This flute is long for it's short size to move the bird away from the face. Total length 15.5" 5.5" from mouth hole to the dividing wall center. 10.0" bore...
Bob,<br><br>I was looking at your pictures of the Bocote and the maple drones and I noticed what looks like a wooden flue spacer (as opposed to some of the ...
my advice is to log off and forget you were ever here.....it will run your life!<br>You've been warned!<br><br>Get some basic hand tools, learn how to keep...
That remeinds me.....<br><br>we must be diligent about not using endangered woods in our efforts as builders. Find out whre to wood comes from, and if its not ...
I have notice several pics of finger holes where theholes are off to one side or the other of a a cneter line. is there a "knuckle method" for finding that ...
Dear Carole,<br>It looks like what you have in your diagram will work. Does the D shape equal in volume to a round bore at 3/4"?(I assume you calculated this...
Dan<br>I do have a concern about using endangered woods myself, and how can one ever be sure where it from or how it was cultivated?? There's such a variety of...
and how can one ever be sure where it from or how it was cultivated??<br><br>easiest way is to ask. the better lumberyards/wood stores will know their sources...
There's more than one way to scan a cat.<br><br>The air channel could be in the body of the flute, in the bottom of the bird, or between.<br><br>Lew Price ...
Ok, again after browseing the pics....<br><br>as you tune...it is posible to have various sizes of finger holes.....?<br><br>and you tune each indendantly of...
walnut hollow makes a set of hand gouges for wood working, i have a set and use the quite a bit. they have a flat bladed tool i use the most for carving the...
As a new member I have been reading and checking photos, trying to get the basics of flute making. I noticed that some photos and drawings have tunning holes ...
the tuning holes arent really nessesary. its an alternative to shortening the physical length of the flute. 1 tuning hole 2 , 4 ,6, its a matter of personal...
Ojibwa_man...Anin!<br><br>I too am Anishnabe...very distant, but none the less. I would enjoy sharing what I have learned about NA flute making. Especially the...
Dan, offset fingers lead to offset holes. I just had a customer who had great difficulty playing one of my flutes and it turns out he plays left hand down. I...
Occasionally you will have finger holes that all are the same size, but rarely. First tune the bottom hole. Then leave it OPEN and tune the next hole up. Then...
3/4 bore will make a better G# or A flute. F# will have small finger holes and be tender to play. Tuning holes are not necessary if you tune by cutting off...
