Greetings, I believe post #4844 asked about eastern flute events and I wanted to share that the West Virginia Native American Flute Circle meets Saturday June...
Hey folks, Take a look at Scott August's latest `blog' where he has a really neat video clip of the song "Temple of the Sun" off of his recently Nammy...
Hi, on Thursday, I got a gal of shellac. I put it on the back seat of my car. I was going to take it and fill the dip take on Friday, well Friday, Roger ...
... Marie HI Marie, I hate it when that happens. I just had two unopened sodas do the same thing in the back of my car. A hazard for us that live in the hotter...
Well, Marie...first of all my condolences to Roger. Second of all, denatured alcohol will help clean up the mess. Third of all, I don't think I would trust...
Hello everyone, My name is John Stillwell and I've been making flutes for a number years now. I've got a pretty comprehensive background in wood working having...
Hi John, Did you get the e-mail I sent you? It had the e-mail address of the person you requested. I did not have a phone number. Hope to see you in...
An aromatic cedar flute that I bought a couple of years ago has a tuning
problem. The fundamental note shows as F#. Unfortunately, the rest of the
notes are...
Very easy ! You just need to shorten the bore little by little, until you reach G. You can add some tuning holes too, if you don't want to reduce the lenght of...
Since I am new to NAF making I am concerned about injury when using a routing table. Do some of you use push handles to push the flute blanks through to be...
... Hi Joe, as someone that has gotten his fingers into a spinning core box bit the answer is emphatically yes. I use two push paddles that have a rubber pad...
I have a homemade jig that I hold the blank with. My fingers never come close. A good thing 'cause I've got a short finger already. I have also seen one in ...
Hi Dale have you had good results doing it this way? any time i have tryed this it changes the tuning hole placement and all the other holes will be off after ...
Hi All i would like to know the best way to split branchs for flutes? i just got a whole load of branchs in from my sister in Kentucky she sent me 14 different...
... Thanks to both Larry guys for the great reply to my question above. I am ordering the kit from Woodcraft today. I like my fingers too and also use them to...
Another thing to think about is not trying to take too much wood in one pass. Bring the bit into the wood slowly in several passes. Don't try to hog it off....
Well Mary look on the positive side............now you have the largest dip tank around......... please please don't pour the remaining shellac on my head. ...
According to Ozarkguru (John can correct me if I'm wrong) he uses a stiff hunting knife and wood mallet of sort and split as evenly as possible. I've got a...
Steve, you are mostly correct. I demonstrated that method at the Tahlequah workshop last month. However, there are woods that do not have a good straight wood...
Hey Walt, Good to see you back in there guy hope all is better. Take care. Runningbear yo-nv- a-di-si_____ _____________********_________________ Children are...
I don't have much direct experience with this, but I plan to. The traditional tool used to split out shingles and the like is a Froe. I don't see why one...
Correct, a froe will work fine. I do not have one, but I find a hunting knife or small hachet works fine, if a froe is not available. Wishing you best on your...
I received an official looking message last night, that I needed to update my paypal account, or it would be discontinued in a few days. It looked suspicious,...
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