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RSS feed for this sectionFlute 365 Day 55 – Maple Two
Further progress being made on the maple flute – Work on the lathe is now done.
Flute 365 Day 54 – Precision Chiselling
Sometimes you have to use a chisel to cut the ramp and flue… and you have to be ACCURATE.
Flute 365 Day 52 – Maple
Well today I’ve been shaping a new Maple flute – and came up with a new idea for detail.
Flute 365 – Day 51 – Splitsville!
So… here we go again after a seven day hiatus due to my day job! Sadly it’s with bad news about the branch flute… 🙁
Flute 365 – Day 50 – Planning a Branch Flute…
There’s a privet bush at the end of our drive which regularly needs trimming… today I took this off – and decided to make a flute with it. It’s going to be a while drying – the ends are capped with beeswax.
Flute 365 – Day 44 – Slots
Cutting a slot for a thread binding is not always an exact science, even on the lathe.
Flute 365 – Day 43 – GRIPS!
You can’t put a round hollow wooden thing into a vice. Nuh-uh. It squashes and splits. So – you cut a “V” into a couple of bits of wood, line the Vs with old leather, and use THEM to grip the flute in the vice. Now it’s being held from all sides and can’t squash […]
Flute 365 – Day 42 – Rough beginnings…
While it’s being made, a flute’s potential for beauty is only dimly visible.
Flute 365 – Day 41 – She came and made a flute
A friend of ours came to our house and made her own flute under my tutelage.