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Howdy folks, I have heard of many different methods for getting the Flute smooth. What I do is to first use sandpaper, starting with a course grit and ending...
Hey Keith. I do my sanding while I have the flute on the lathe not so much work that way I start with 80 and go to 1200. ... Runningbear Walk in peacs Without...
Hi Keith, I skip the 60 grit to start out with 80 and then go up to 400 without skipping any grits in between. I wipe between grits with mineral spirits on a...
Hi Keith, I use a sander with 180 grit to smooth then use 0000 steel wool. I use 0000 steel wool and a tack rag between coats of Tung Oil. Hope you are having...
I get it as round as I can with a belt sander. Then by hand, I start with 80 grit. I go to 1200 grit. I do the same thing with the bore. I find I get...
Well now , after sanding as smooth as I could with sand paper I used the brown paper bag , walla then I had a idea to use same wood and rubbed wood on wood...
Hi Keith and all, I do about what Keith does but lately I have been using the new style of nylon(?) pads that come in 0 and 000 pads so you have the same...
Keith, If you want to get a little bling after you finish with 0000 steel wool or similar product rub out the finish with some automotive polish and it will...
Hi keith....for final sanding I first use my lath and fine sand paper then fallow up with Scotch Bright type pad. I try for a natural wood feeling to my...
Hi guys, This is a good topic, and I've learned much by reading the responses thus far. I pick up a combination box of sandpaper from Wal-mart. It has five ...
Hi, I have used arc oil and it seems to make my flutes rustic Chuck yodan flutes ... From: Tom To: basic_naf_making@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February...
Hi guys, I use a routing table to make my bores. When I line up the center mark at the end of the flute blank with the center of the core box bit, invariably...
Hi Greg, I use one-true-side routing (Don Forshag put together a nice file about this procedure in the file section) so it doesn't matter if the bore is a...
Thanks Russ, Actually, I use the one-true-side method. I'll run the fence side of the blanks through the jointer to make sure they're even. Once the blanks are...
Hi Greg, Let me see if I've got this straight. You are getting the blank centered for the first part of the process, but after a bit change it's no longer...
Hi guys, I went back to the drawing board on this one and tried another approach. Instead of measuring to the center of the router bit itself, I cut out a...
That's about it for me! I go to about a 400 grit, then finish it off with a sealer coat. I use the 400 grit again, and follow with another coat of sealer and...
I had a beautiful piece of curly maple. I kept looking at for a flute. everytime it said it didn't want to be a flute. Another flute maker saw the wood in...
Morning Chuck, I'm glad there is someone around that understands. You started me off good thin morning. Art ... flute. everytime it said it didn't want to be...
I'm hoping someone can help me. I've been told that many years back that one way to hollow out the flute body was to take a hot coal and place it on the end of...
A while back Mark Barfoot told me he made his flutes that way (actually I think he said red hot pebbles), although these days I think he line bores them....
Two things I can think of relate to this: The way they used to make wooden spoons and hollow out the depression in the spoon was to use a hot coal to burn away...
I burnish my flutes with the saw dust ..just the way i was taught. Wado, Andrew connie fleenor <ladybugoflargo@...> wrote: Well now , after sanding as...
