That's very cool that you're hand-carving your first flute! I didn't mine, but plan to do one that way someday. If you decide to "burn" the holes rather than ...
Mix a drop of 5 min. epoxy and, using a tooth pick, run a drop around the fingerhole to "close" the hole slightly. The surface tension of the epoxy will allow...
The smoother the better. But it isn't super critical. Most silver flutists have a "bore cleaner" that swabs out the DUST. Now I know that perfectly smooth and...
I play a silver flute and sax and do use a swab on both of them to remove moisture after playing. I don't think my flute ever collects dust on the interior....
Thanks, Tim and Dusty. I'm going to a little local powwow today and will take my flute halves and sanding dowel along for something to do. From what you say,...
Hello Tiquose, <br>I to started makeing my flutes by the Ben Hunt plans. Just like a lot of people did its a good place to start. I didn't go as far as you di...
WAY TO GO Tiquose! By hand no less. I don't know how much effect the ripples will have but I gotta applaud your perseverance and technique. It's gotta be about...
Seems like a cabinet scraper filed, ground, or otherwise shaped to give an elongated half round shape would be ideal for making the bore smooth and uniform. ...
Having been working with irregular branches and sticks lately, I've found two things that speed up and improve the bores--<br><br>Get a Dremel or Dremel-like ...
A variety of sanding drums are available at hardware stores in a wide variety of sizes. Put them on a bit extension and you can smooth the entire bore while...
I can't use my log in to access this club (and a couple others. I'm at Tom's, but two days ago I was visitting in Taos and using someone else's computer and...
Well....yahoo! does have it's problems from time to time. This time of year you have a lot of people home from work, on vaction, trying out their new computers...
It may affect the fundemental by lowering it slightly, like what happens when you drill fingerholes, but the overall affect will be only slightly larger ...
I've been using split dowels and PVC in a hand drill for sanding inside, but I was thinking last night that a spindle mounted flap wheel on a drill bit ...
I'm lucky enough now to have a router and wood vice that allows me to hold the work in place to align it, but in the past, I've encountered the same challenge...
Point well taken from both of you, about having a guide in the center. The natural curves of the sticks would preclude using a straight saw cut as a center ...
I have been trying all weekend to join two other clubs and the problem appears to be Yahoo. Right now you can't get a reponse from them. Guess we just have...
I've had no luck accessing this club from another computer. I e-mailed Yahoo and they said it was a temporary problem and if it persisted to contact them...
Bought some bee's wax from a local hive keeper. He was reeping the bounty from his hives this Labor Day so I took some flutes to show him how his wax worked...
paulpittcoyoteclay-<br>Awsome flutes! Reading past posts and found your link! Folks if you haven't taken the time to go there, do it NOW! (reference the post...
Has anyone had experience using Minwax hardener? I saw it the other day for repairing rotten wood and it set me thinking that letting some of this soak into...
Eric I have never used their hardener, but am very please with their Poly crylic sealer. This is the finish that I use on my flutes. It goes on smooth, and ...
It sounds like it would be worth a go but perhaps you should try using a small diamond "dust" fingernail file. I found a small one at a knife kiosk in the mall...
I'll give it a go and report back. The product is described as soaking well into the fibers and providing hard substrate onto which one can add wood filler to ...
Dusty, You can read my reply because I am back on MY COMPUTER. I still can't access the members only part of our club from the computer at work. what do you...
Firewalls may be installed at your work. Yahoo! seems to be doing well from this point of view. Besides, what are doing reading Yahoo Club post "at work"? ...
>>By the way, I looked at some bloodwood last week and wondered what it would be like to work, then saw Dusty's post at Native Flute Woodworking2. Thanks...
