You should go the the beginning of these posts, take a little time and read through them. Click on messages and click on "go to start". Pictures are good but ...
Page me and we can discuss the "pictures" you are using to construct your flute. The first picture of a Tom Stewart cross section will mislead you because the...
I've seen and read about using a strip of brass for the nest. A lot of hobby stores carry 1/2"-3/4" strips that are 12" long and about the right thickness. ...
There is a catch with the brass strip...that is that is is not going to be FLAT when your done making a hole in it unless you use a laser cutter...even then....
I use to use a stainless steel gasget type flue that I had laser cut and the man there said that they couldent cut brass with the laser becalse it would burn ...
How well do they play? Do you use a bevel on the cutting edge? From looking at the one I have, I'd say that a bevel on both the top and the bottom of the ...
Dusty:<br><br>My absolute favorite flute has a brass "gasket". Simply placing it between a fold of thin hide and giving it a squeeze in a vise flattens it...
Jack:<br><br>When you have not had sufficient sleep (for weeks), and are experiencing any physical discomfort that may have a detrimental effect of your focus ...
Welcome to the club officially, Jack!<br><br> If we could just make the posts in here into a book, with chapters on equipment, hole placement, wood types, and...
The flue is 1/4 wide the entire piece is 5/8 wide and I had the cutting edge was cut into the flute body. Level with the top of the flute body As far as the...
Thank you for the welcome. Been a member for quite some time. Been makin' flutes for years, but I have never bled in the endeavor before. Always a first time...
carole-mo knows!!!....Get rid of the "guard thingy" on the router. Caveratlc, when you came to the shop to visit we talked more than anything else, but if you...
So this is a "U" shaped gasket and not a 4 sided gasket. The one I replaced is a gasket WITH the cutting edge. The benifit of these things is that a large ...
I use brass nests on some of my flutes. They are more effort to make and do allow for the possibility of more air leakage, but I find them attractive and there...
To All,<br>I still remain so computer challenged that I have not posted photos myself. However, (thanks to Mark Lafferny of Zoom Studios) in addition to those...
I hold in my hand a flute missing wood chewed from the left side of the nest almost to the flue. It took off to the RIGHT during a plunge route at the back of...
Hope you have taken Dusty up on his offer of telephone advice on crafting the sound mechanism of your flute. <br><br>Also, his advice to read every post on ...
hello i am new to the club. i am very interested in making my own flutes. i saw some beautifully crafted flutes at a little shop at chimney rock north ...
although i have yet to be officially bitten by a power tool, i have been nipped by a hand tool or two. i once 'tried' to debone my thumb with a wood gouge(keep...
Lessons keep on being learned.<br><br>Most of my tools have red plastic surrounding the danger areas, such as the collar on the router table, and the insert on...
i know this isnt a political forum but this is sure to be of interest, please spread far and wide.<br><br>spetember 9th, lawrence, kansas. <br>the Leonard...
sorry folks, that link is the printer friendly version,heres the web format link.<br><br><a href=http://www.angelfire.com/yt/littlesparrow/benefitinfo.html...
I talked to Dusty for a long time yesterday and am forever in his debt. I am in the process of going thru all of the messages. For that I am grateful to you...
Rstandinghorse said: on the other hand auto mechanics say you arent a real mechanic untill you bust a knuckle or two. <br><br>local Montana folklore says if ...
Dusty this is a four sided gasket. The sound hole is round. I can place a "flue in the bird" block on it and it palys just the same. If there is no cutting...
Thanks for the post. Something else I can implement in my shop as well as use in the classes I occasionally teach on wood sculpting. The first 20 minutes I ...
Hey folks! Thought I should clarify exactly how my little incident occurred. Dusty, guard was up. However the "hold downs" which are dual arms that attach ...
the why and wherefore comes under the heading of shit happens, pardon the expression.i didnt plan on deboning my thumb a couple years ago either, but still i ...
Jack, <br><br> I've been around here for the better part of a year<grin>, just very low profile. Dusty tutored and sweated with me through making my...
