Hey Kuz, Totally agree with you, I had to learn the hard way that day dreaming about flutes or even thinking about what needs to be done next while running a ...
Larry, I'm pretty good at staying with my work but often have a hard time when doing longer runs, especially on the router. Usually in these situation I will ...
From: David Farris barleyd48@... Subject-HVLP sprayer system. Keith, My sprayer is a cap spray unit, it is quite a few years old. I bought it at the...
Hello, I just looked at a decent KVLP rig at http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10469&filter=HVLP. It is on sale for $79.99! Blessings, Rockie ... <snip>...
This brings an interesting question to mind. I've never seen someone injured using a lathe, and I have long considered an exacto knife to be much more...
Trent, Had a logo thread hanging from a sweat shirt got wrapped around a flute on the lathe. Took that logo out in an eye blink. I don't consider the lathe one...
Perhaps one of the best investments I have made with regards to the lathe is my turning smock. It is short-sleeved with velcro on the sleeves and neck....
I have been using a lathe for a number of years and have experienced some minor but potentially dangerous or severe accidents. Safety equipment for any tools...
all of your safety points are valid about the lathe. I suppose that I got to see some really dumb kids in 7th grade shop class trying to be macho and real...
Laugh on the left handed zipper. I absolutely love the full leather apron I bought from Wood Carvers. It is ony about 30 bucks. it goes over the head and has...
Where is it, how does one find it and keep it when tuning the flue? Wasting a lot of good wood up here. Hopefully soon the mystery of the edge will real itself...
I'm not going to try to reinvent all the information in the archives. Please take some leisurly time and do some simple searches. I do not recal whether on...
Larry, A few months back I went through a thing playing with edge placement and it's relationship to other components of the sound system. I destroyed 33 out...
The only glove I wear while turning is the Ov-Glove. The ones you buy in the kitchen section that is a wear-able pot holder. I wear it during sanding and it...
Good Day, Â Just to say Hi to all the new people that have joined up hoping to find some answers to help them on this journey. I am writing this to tell you...
As I suspected, your list includes a lot of important things I do by habit that I didn't think to list as safety concerns. It is a very good thing to...
Thank you for the additional reply and experiences and tips. I hope that Kaieta Keith is taking down the notes to complie a sense out of all of them. As an...
Hey Keith, I've been meaning to get back with you on this air sprayer thing for quite some time. I received as a gift over twenty years ago a Paasche Airbrush...
Through what path should air reach the TSH? From pictures I've examined, I can't tell whether the air stream travels through a slot in the bottom of the bird...
You were good up until the last sentence. There are different philosophies on where the flue goes. Most of the flutemakers I know put the flue in the nest of...
I have made flutes with the flue in the bird and the nest also. It was more by trial and error but it seemed to work fine. The flute had to much back pressure...
Hi Everyone, I saw this topic on shop safety and had to post this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbPJEeHLvIA It's a bow maker preparing a bamboo strip to...
Baqash, I can not remember that term either. Trent, With the flue in the nest you can easily swap birds with smooth bottom surfaces. With the flue in the bird,...
That is so scaryyyyyyyy ... From: Greg Jones To: basic_naf_making@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:21 PM Subject: [basic_naf_making] Shop...
I put mine on the nest. This is how Bill Hughes. does his, so that is how I do mine. He has a video that is just awesome and it sure is a big help to me....
Thanks everyone for explaining this to me. It looks like I will go with the nest flue for my first flute. This is one of those areas where my engineering...
Trent: If you really want to discuss physics, mechanics and all that there is another group called Native American Woodworking. They love to cover that stuff....
Thanks. I am a member of NativeFluteWoodworking, and I am mostly a lurker in that group. There are a lot of design variations being discussed there which I...
My husband is a engineer so he is having a hard time making the flutes also. He keeps saying there is a better way. So we let him try, and he failed then...
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