Hi Don,<br>Here in Australia we have been metric for about 25 years but we just get router bits in metic equivalents ie 5/8=16mm 3/4=19mm 1"=25.4mm but I had...
Yes YES yes..."flare" the opening up on the inside of the TSH. It will greatly enhance the sound but do this BEFORE tuning to pitch. Flaring the TSH will raise...
Just go to the hardware store and take some measurments. The router basically only needs a hole for the bit in the table. Three machine screws (from the top, ...
Flaring the sides inside of the TSH will IMPROVE the tone. I know. I've improved the tone countless times with only this action. The difficulty is in not ...
I've been lurking here for a while and have really been enjoying the posts; there's a lot of experience represented by these bits and bytes...<br><br>After...
I will be going out tonight to route out a couple of blanks. I just talked to our tech guy about posting a couple of pictures next week. I will show the inside...
Whoa. Let's be VERY clear on this before someone misunderstands.<br><br>Dusty, I think we mean the same thing, but your first response to Oldmoore's posting...
Sure. I was asking for a friend who is not in this club and wants to make exactly cylindrical bores on transverse flutes. I'll have to ask specifically what...
Hey Fishhawkk, your close about the beaches. According to "The Travel Channel" this year you are ranked number four in the world (Miami #2). Wanted to publicly...
I may get shot down for making this statement, but here it goes. Tom I have had some luck when this happens (twice for me)to use the knuckle method. Sometimes...
gang-<br><br>yidaki is a Yolgna word for a didgeridoo. Yolgna being a Aboriginal Nation (like Lakota is ....). Didgeridoo is a white man's word (" they play on...
WWOOWW, I feel like I'm back in college. Thanks for the explaination. I've looked on Jonjb's site to see what one of these animals look like. They sure do come...
I'm saying YES to flaring the sides open, too. Not much but at least straight or past straight. Anything past straight down into the bore is flaring and the...
our beaches are pure white quartz until i moved here i never saw beaches like these they say the quartz was brought down during the ice age .i sure hope i can...
greetings and salutations, y'all.<br>i got my computer back up and running.finally.<br><br>i got a favor to ask though. dusty, im crashed at my sisters house ...
Click on "send message to founder" to the left and e-mail me an e-mail address where you want this sent. And you get the joiner/planer....hummmm...ok. My ex...
There ya got it. Thanks all. I didn't know how to explain it, but basically my question was about flairing the sides of the ramp downstream from the cutting ...
Glad you're back. Make sure that guy with the jointer/planer has sharp blades and that they are set perfectly and the fence is squared up. Otherwise, you can...
Make sure that guy with the jointer/planer has sharp blades and that they are set perfectly and the fence is squared up.<br><br>And be freekin' careful while...
Not that we're in the 11th hour before the Ft Walton Bch gathering, but if others who are planning to attend are interested in flute blanks, I've got some ...
I'm wanting to make a very small flute with a 1/2" router bit, but what key would work best? Also seeing how I never made a flute smaller than a "G" I'm not...
thank guys for the responses to this new member. your suggestions have been very helpful.i still don't know what a flipple is... but i'll keep looking. there ...
flute making evolved over thousands of years. check the links file in this club for a link to a 4000 year old flute relic make from a bear femur or ...
Fipple = bird in this application. There is NO reed but some of those kits insist on calling the gasket a reed. The metal gaskets are a 4 sided square with the...
