Doug, As you know, there are many steps in making a single flute. Most flute makers are so inefficient at controlling those steps that their time is the most...
Do you really believe that "It can be (spiritually) satisfying to know that you have brought flutes to tens of thousands of happy customers" ?... Making 300...
I make flutes both ways. I buy the bored blanks. It takes me about as long to make a flute either way. This is probably because I make them one at a time and...
Thanks Keith, Good advice, I appreciate it as always :) About 75% of what is going will be in the $100 - 150 CDN range. I am following roughly the same sort of...
Hi Jim, I live in Nova Scotia LOL and if you can wait for a couple of weeks till I pass through the city I would be happy to get some for you. My blood come...
You might try Terry and Carol at tcwuudproducts@... Chuck ... From: jim balcarras To: basic_naf_making@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006...
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... weeks ... My ... from ... Scotland . ... JIM B ... I live in Motherwell in Lanarkshire not to far East Lothian about half hour drive Thanks a million,Hope...
Dale, I donate a lot of time to maintaining www.flutetree.com where I provide a lot of NA flute information. It is used by many flute players and future flute...
Robert Well said. I have a Ken Light plastic flute. It got me started on my first cedar flute, now there have been many. I also have a web site, nothing to do...
I have a too big respect for what you do, to really want to continue this virtual I've said/you've said fight... More, I feel, beyond the words, that we are...
Branchs are already round when I found them...;-) But, making "regular" flutes, I use a little hand plane...Not sure it's better than a spokeshave, but it...
A new idea for this evening... It would be fun if everyone wanted to share what was the most beautiful flute he've ever seen (A picture or a link would be a...
I still don't have good luck with a spoke shave or plane. I guess I have a difficult time reading the grain yet and in certain spots it will take out more than...
Dale Excellent choice of photos. The Dayton Miller collection has some awsome original flutes, some can be inspirational. As far as the best sounding flute, I...
Maybe I am learning it backwards but I am using a lathe because that is the tool I have access to and I am able to create shapes that I do not think I have the...
Can I get a weigh in on who burns in thier finger holes and what tool you use to accomplish this? What size tool do you start with as your first holes? Thanks,...
i use block plane, spoke shave and micro plane rasp,but im going to get a lathe. i got to meet some flute makers(the orange county CA.flute makers group) that...
Here is an old picture of my burning sticks... http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c134/monalisaboutique/dale/step8-thetools.jpg I still use the same ones,...
Hi Carl, I'll bite. I burn holes because I make cane flutes and that's one of the few ways to make them without breakout. At first I'd use a 1/16" drill bit...
Thanks - did you buy rods at that size from somewhere and grind them to your dimensions? What do you increase to (next size up) after you burn your 1/8”...
... Keith may I ask you use these things and not a lathe. I use a lathe because I can be real precise on the wall thickness and the shape of my flute. Leonard...
I have yet to use a spokeshave, but used to use the lathe for exactly the reasons Leonard stated. Now I use the hand gouges for every reason other flute makers...
You're welcome, For the starter hole I use a small welding rod,,, or a piece of coat hanger will work. For the others,,, I used larger welding rods, big...
Recently I had a very hard piece of walnut. My spokeshave slide or chattered and did very little cutting. I used a small plane but had little success. I...
I'll try to respond as best I can without refering to my personal "issues" he-he! I use a spokeshave. Why? Because I don't have a lathe and I don't mind using...
