made my first bamboo flute last weekend, and I learned a ton by doing the whole thing in one session. Start to finish in 4 hours. I made the flute from the ...
just made my first flute and it sounds great,but as I was planing it,I planed it to close to the slow air chamber and now I have about an 1/4" hole. How do I...
hanks for the info I have tried to find the Ben Hunt book without success I never though of Tandy Leather I have not done leathercraft for years. Thank You ...
i I've just joined this group after reading all the messages posted so far I have made about 11 flutes so far and still find there are so many variants as to...
ancy, Fast cure epoxy will work when mixed with a little saw dust. It becomes like a puddy. Use scotch tape to smooth the epoxy while it cures. Tape it and...
have a question for the group. I have recently made a nice D# flute. I have tuned it perfectly. There is a 7/8" bore. My question is how can I make it so the...
didn't 'cure' the flute. I am not experienced enough with the bamboo yet to have an answer. However, I got the bamboo stock from Bamboo Giant in Santa Cruz, ...
he problem with the link that I posted is that yahoo decided to include the trailing period in the link. Here it is again without the period:<br><br><a...
ry using the technique of putting the third finger hole up from the foot just under halfway up the bore. Then use a spacing of the knuckles of the individual...
ew's calculations are good if the flue and soundhole are exactly as he prescribes. But please consider the effort Lew put into his software and suggest that ...
utting bamboo on a full moon will result in more splits than when it is cut on a new moon (no moon). To cure it I use a propane flame from a bunsen burner and ...
am not sure if the group addressed this question in the past, if it did I appoligize I could not find it in the past posts.<br><br>I want to use bee's wax as a...
ou can soften beeswax with denatured alcohol or pure ethanol or methanol from the pharmacy. Or just use the dremmel buff pad and buff the rubbed on hard wax....
on't be shy. Ask questions. Give opinions. Share secretes. Making flutes is an evolving craft with variables galore. I certainly don't have all the answers...
'm curious about the steps people take to tune a flute. I'm thinking about dipping my flutes in varnish, but I'm not sure how well that's going to work because...
omming from a boating mecca like Annapolis, I see lots of varnish finishes on wooden boats. Varnish is probably one of the most difficult finishes and many...
s there a way to increase the size of this little window I have to type in?<br><br>That Plexiglas flute sounds cool. I might have to try that. Sounds like a...
've seen two thoughts about sealing the compression chamber. The first is not to so that the wood can absorb moisture and the second is to seal it so that it ...
'm curious what kinds of control of moisture and temperature makers use while tuning. The problem I see is that if the flute isn't tuned at about 90 degrees,...
I use the two halves method of flute making. When I'm ready to clamp I use the spring clamps to initially hold the two pieces together. I'll use 4 of those ...
use "standard" clamps to clamp up my flutes. By standard I mean the hard maple ones with two hand screws on them. They have a cantilever action to them which ...
usually look for affordable solutions. The Wolf Craft clamps are about $2 each and c-clamps just a little less. So whenever I'm in the hardware store I usually...
umidity and barometric pressure seem to affect the "color" or quality of the sound, not the tuning. On bright sunny days (high pressure, low humidity) flutes...
emperature affects the tuning. Cold = flat. Hot =sharp. The temperature is working on the column of air in the bore and heating the wood. This excites the ...
