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- Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:12 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: hardening brass for bends
- Replies: 8
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Unlike silver, which softens by heating and quenching in water, brass will get harder after reaching annealing temperatures if immediately quenched in cold water. The above statement might be a bit misleading to some. If I may: Annealing a non-ferrous material is accomplished by heating to somewher...
- Fri May 26, 2006 7:32 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: *SOLD* - Froment B pipes
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8829
Be glad to get rid of them. I don't like 'em around much and nothing seems able to catch them that I've noticed. A 12 guage would catch them just fine I expect. Looks like a great set up Larry. Good luck with it. k How about a bow and arrow. Hunting season is only 6 weeks long and it's over now. Pl...
- Fri May 26, 2006 7:05 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: What kind of camera?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3497
Easily solved Bill. Here's a free hosting site I've used for some time. The price is right and I've found it very useful:BillG wrote:Dave - Sorry but I don't have samples as I don't have a web site to host them.
BillG
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Cheers, Kevin
- Thu May 25, 2006 9:21 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: *SOLD* - Froment B pipes
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8829
- Tue May 02, 2006 12:25 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Are these Kirk Lynch drones?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1805
What's the giveaway? Besides what's already been mentioned...just quality issues. The turnings, while of similar layout are no where near his standard. Kirk also does very nice details on his metal work. The inscribed lines aren't even close. Additionally, the radius' on the tubing bends are wrong ...
- Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:41 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: glue for keypads
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2291
That is why I use the shellac flakes, I can fill the cup up with the stuff, heat the key over a flame and drop the pad into the goo, then fit it on the flute while it is still soft. It hardens in about a minute. Hey Jon, Here's a twist on the pad floating method. I melt a bit of shellac onto the cu...
- Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:32 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: ivory billiard balls
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5952
- Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:12 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: ivory billiard balls
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5952
I just read about half of the Humane Society document Bill provided...very sobering and depressing. I had to stop and take a break. Of particular interest is the CITES experiment in 1999 allowing the one time export of ivory from Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe to Japan, the purpose of which was to ...
- Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:19 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: ivory billiard balls
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5952
- Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:41 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: ivory billiard balls
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5952
- Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:26 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: ivory billiard balls
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5952
Technically David Lim is right, CITES doesn't _directly_ cover re-working... Thanks for clarifying that David and Bill. I think there is a specific prohibition on reworking newly made craft items e.g., from the Inuit...or am I confused? In any case that wouldn't technically apply to antique stuff. ...
- Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:35 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: ivory billiard balls
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5952
You guys are killing me. First off, reworking or altering ivory artifacts is against CITES conventions. Secondly, if you do said reworking and put together a set of pipes with it you'll not be able to transport it legally across borders nor would you be able to sell it. You need CITES certification ...
- Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:01 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: cutting keyways
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12490
This thread is a bit stale but I found some pics of my setup, such as it is. Not much to it really but the results are excellent. I'll let the photos do the rest. Just click on the thumbnail if you want to see a larger image. Basic set up for cutting keyway: http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/835/rout...
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:00 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: cutting keyways
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12490
My method has some similarities. I mount the chanter or reg between centers on my wood lathe, the blocks centered uppermost and the spindle locked. I have a fixture that I mount to the bedways that's basically a U shaped box with rails along the top edge. These rails are aligned parallel to the body...
- Thu Dec 22, 2005 4:36 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4151
Here's wishing you a white trash Christmas courtesy of my evil mentor...and me too:
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Yours in Political Incorrectness,
Kevin
http://www.toonedin.com/movies/WhiteTrashXmas.html
Yours in Political Incorrectness,
Kevin