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Re: oil and stuff

tejasmed — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:23:43 GMT

... From: "Dale Robertson" To: Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: [Native Flute

Re: small bore flutes ie. high C etc.

KuzinBruceFlutes@... — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:23:37 GMT

Some of the things that help my smaller bore.... Flue depth is not so much a concern as the placement of the cutting edge in relation to the flue. The bottom

Re: oil and stuff

tejasmed — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:23:30 GMT

... From: "greatwave" To: Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:34 PM Subject: [Native Flute

Bird sits way back on nest to play sound

Larry Gralnik — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:56:01 GMT

my bird is flat, I'm don't see light under it on the nest. My TSH skills are so-so. Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong? Peace-Larry

Re: oil and stuff

Tony Seo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:08:56 GMT

... I missed the original post on this (what can I say, too many emails and not enough time). I make a finish of beeswax, linseed oil and I use mineral spirits

Re: oil and stuff

greatwave — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:08:51 GMT

Dale, I like to use ethanol and not denatures methanol. Both are toxic. Just in different ways. One makes you blind and the other ...blindly crazy. Both are

Re: oil and stuff

Dale Robertson — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:13:16 GMT

Another way is to melt the wax with pine turpenthine... Not the poisonous one sold in hardware stores, but the natural one coming from pines... Easy to find in

Re: small bore flutes ie. high C etc.

Michael Jones — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:02:01 GMT

I was also thinking about the hole(s) being too high but there is a limit to how close I can squeeze the hole together and still play it, LOL. Mike's thought

Re: small bore flutes ie. high C etc.

greatwave — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:26:38 GMT

WOW! so making the flue deeper may make the problem worse by allowing even more air to interfere. Reconfiguring the cutting edge may help by diverting more

Re: small bore flutes ie. high C etc.

moosewinds_mike — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:19:20 GMT

Deb, The top hole may be close enough to the TSH that the wind going over the cutting edge is interfering with the open hole. Try blocking the wind with your

Re: small bore flutes ie. high C etc.

Larry Evans — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:18:59 GMT

Hi Michael, I use 5/32 for the north/south measurement on my high flutes, of course this is not written in stone. LOL Also with the high flutes the cutting

Re: small bore flutes ie. high C etc.

Michael Jones — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:44:43 GMT

The same thing happened on a very small cane flute I made this week. It does actually play the correct pitch on the top 2 holes when blown VERY softly but

Re: small bore flutes ie. high C etc.

greatwave — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:12:07 GMT

Sometimes soft woods will lose sound in the smaller flutes. Make sure you seal up all wood surfaces. High frequencies can be affected by the pores in the

Re: A# PVC flute

Bob — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:57:07 GMT

Thankyou Donn & Mike Good tips . I'll give PVC a try this weekend . Great'day . . . Bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: oil and stuff

John Suttles — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:56:54 GMT

I never measure anything. I just heat both the oil and wax, then add the wax to the oil and mix well while cooling. If it is too thick or thin, I just reheat