Native American Indian Flute with an Australian twist #2: Making the flute

Very interesting blog.

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

Very cool, I always wondered how it was done.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

never seen a bevel tsh from on top before, usually the bevel or slop for the edge of the tsh is underneath, but if it works it works.
Dennis

never seen a bevel tsh from on top before, usually the bevel or slop for the edge of the tsh is underneath, but if it works it works.
Dennis

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As I said Dennis with an Australian twist, we are upside down down here you know. ;-)

-- "These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others." ... Cheers, David from Sydney Australia

I have been told to use shellac on the inside and once together flood the slow air chamber with it and pout out the excess to insure the wood does not pick up moisture.

Thanks for the blog !!

I forgot- what does tsh stand for?
I remember that the sac is the slow air chamber.

.............Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Hi Jim,

TSH is true sound hole, thanks for the shellac tip, I ended up giving the inside of the SAC a couple of coates of laquer prior to glueing together.

I am still milling over where to drill the finger holes, every site I look at has a different set of distances which is getting quite confusing.

-- "These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others." ... Cheers, David from Sydney Australia

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Hi Dennis,

I have finished the flute now but thank you for getting back to me. The last page of the blog is here;
http://lumberjocks.com/icemanhank/blog/42305

Cheers David

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-- "These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others." ... Cheers, David from Sydney Australia