dubrosa22
17th May 2016, 04:15 PM
G'day,
After enjoying playing and restoring wooden flutes (8-key and keyless simple system, Boehm, et. al.) I started making bamboo, pvc and aluminium flutes. Buying/cutting down pre-bored stock was too easy and not quite 'right' (dimension-wise that is).
So, it was inevitable that I would buy a lathe, drill press and assorted bits of turning and boring kit and start trying to turn wood flutes.
Cylindrical Renaissance tenor flutes to begin with. Later I hope to produce conical Irish flutes and Baroque one-key flutes. Making or acquiring reamers will a challenge.
So far my attempts have been moderately successful. Soft/brittle cheap wood blanks being chiefly the problem, splitting during the final turning of the sockets and tenons. Mountain Ash ain't cutting it!
Plus I need a better chuck...
Anyway, good to join this forum to learn a few things and maybe trade some timber blanks.
Cheers,
Vaughan
After enjoying playing and restoring wooden flutes (8-key and keyless simple system, Boehm, et. al.) I started making bamboo, pvc and aluminium flutes. Buying/cutting down pre-bored stock was too easy and not quite 'right' (dimension-wise that is).
So, it was inevitable that I would buy a lathe, drill press and assorted bits of turning and boring kit and start trying to turn wood flutes.
Cylindrical Renaissance tenor flutes to begin with. Later I hope to produce conical Irish flutes and Baroque one-key flutes. Making or acquiring reamers will a challenge.
So far my attempts have been moderately successful. Soft/brittle cheap wood blanks being chiefly the problem, splitting during the final turning of the sockets and tenons. Mountain Ash ain't cutting it!
Plus I need a better chuck...
Anyway, good to join this forum to learn a few things and maybe trade some timber blanks.
Cheers,
Vaughan