Step by step will be best since I have never done this ... Bud, if you will email me your mailing address to texbrandt@... I will send you one of my...
Howdy folks, Here is a fun survey that will tell us a lot about what techniques most folks use in their Flute Making. QUESTIONS: 1. Do you put the FLUE in the...
... Nest ... 2 piece split limb and bored ... Hand tools ... Another method ... Only burn river cane and bamboo ... Many with the lathe and the rest by hand....
Here are my answers... :) QUESTIONS: 1. Do you put the FLUE in the Nest or the Fetish-block? ANSWER - In the nest 2. Do you make 2-piece Routered flutes or...
1. Do you put the FLUE in the Nest or the Fetish-block? A.Usually in the nest, have tried the block. One worked great, second ended up in the nest. 2. Do you...
1. Block 2. 2-piece 3. router-table 4. Hole location is determined by way of analyzed computer program. 5. Burn finger holes, airways are done by hand using...
Hi Keith, Did you get my paypal payment for the CD? Chuck ... From: Keith Stanford To: basic_naf_making@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:12 AM ...
Hi Keith, 1. Mosty in the nest. 2. With wood - 2 piece routered. With cane and pvc - one piece. 3. Table held router. 4. NAflutomat, the Gilliland method and...
Howdy folks, Survey answers: 1. Do you put the FLUE in the Nest or the Fetish-block? make wood shims for use on either surface/otherwise block. If it fails,...
Hey Keith, This is my answer 1. Nest 2. 2-piece routed 3. router-table 4. computer design software 5. nope 6. router round over and belt sander 7. Ark oil then...
1. Spacer 2. 2 piece hand gouged 3. Hand gouge 4. Hybrid computer/korg tuner/ear. 5. I don't burn. 6. Spoke Shave 7. Shellac Regards, Bruce Sent via BlackBerry...
1. Nest 2. 2-piece routered 3. router-table hand made 4. computer tuner 5. drill bits then, file for fine tune 6. Hand held beltsander turned upside down in...
My $.02 worth, 1. flue in nest 2. 2pc routed 3. router table 4. knuckle 5. bounce around from burned and drill/cut 6. spokeshave, I have even used a campknife...
1. In the nest 2. Two pieces 3. Hand gouges 4. Knuckle modified 5. Burn the finger holes, drill/cut/file the sound holes. 6. Branch are already round...If not,...
1. I have done Both methods. I prefer in the Fetish 2.I do both, depends on the peice of wood I start with. 3.Router Table 4.KNuckle method mostly, recently...
On the Same line as the survey on Methods. 1. What woods do you prefer, and why? 2. If you use a Lathe, why do you prefer it over other methods? 3. What is the...
Here are my thoughts... 1. What woods do you prefer, and why? I love beech for its color, iroko for its ease of workability and excellent look when finished,...
1. I like the cedar with light and dark colors showing on the flute, fir and cane. I like them because they're lightweight and are easy to work. 2. I haven't...
My More Experienced Flutemaker Brothers, Please guide me to a source where I can learn where to place the holes on my flutes. Is or are there a method or...
I'm sure there will be some that dispute this but it is how I feel. If you want consistent concert tuned flutes EVERYTHING needs to be precise. Bore size, bore...
I'm sure I'll catch hell for this...but... You cant truely concert tune a wooden flute unless of course it is adjustable. You have to be able to adjust the...
... The only thing you should catch from your statement is "Well Said" Out of the thousands of flutes that are made from the hands the individuals, how many...
Dear Mr Hrebec, Thank you for responding. I have routed (3/4 in) two blanks which I am ready to glue. I will decide on the fundamental, G, G#, or A, after I...
Craig, I believe your statements are right on. I think "concert tuned" has become more of a marketing term than an actual state of being for the flute. Surely...
Yes Craig everyone knows that temperature plays a roll. Hey! it plays a roll with metal transverse flutes too and actually all instruments, even drums. Does...
If you are new to flutemaking then there is a very simple way to calculate where to put your holes that will get you close enough to tune them up to pitch. It...
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