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Terry McGee wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:50 pm Great video, Sirchronique, thanks for sharing.



What isn't clear to me is what makes the blank want to "take up" with the mandrel as it is rotated. Is there a slot in the mandrel?

Yes there is a slot.

Terry McGee wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:07 pm Don't these people have Occupational Health and Safety legislation?)

With only two employees OSHA has no jurisdiction!

I have a vintage flute with silver rings and tuning slide that appears to have brass with silver plating that extends into the embrocher hole. It has a small space between the wood embrocher hole and metal liner. Thinking of removing it to clean up air flow through the blow hole. The markings are fa...

Before the advent of alloy steels what did they use 100 plus years ago to make a conical bore flute?

Interesting video. I doubt if Robert clark had any machines when he went on the road with cart to make and sell penny whistles. Yes his cart had a simple machine (wheel).

Im sure these whistles can be made with simple hand tools.

Here is an interesting link of insight and motivation.
https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewt ... p?t=105777

https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/05/ee/TgN0HjvQ_t.jpeg Reverse engineering. The reproduction of another manufacturer's product following detailed examination of its construction or composition. Click on picture for larger view. I don't think I would do this with a vintage whistle. However it was an aid t...

I hope this helps the original post reach their goal of making whistles from flat rolled metal. Where did SirC go!

I've often wondered about (but never explored!) the notion of approximating a tapered bore by using a series of short lengths of the "telescoping" brass tubing sold in hobby shops. I guess the question becomes - do the improvements arising from a generally better acoustical shape more tha...

the notion of approximating a tapered bore by using a series of short lengths of the "telescoping" brass tubing sold in hobby shops. The tubes don't telescope well enough to be airtight, so you'd have to run some glue in there, or perhaps some other temporary goup if you were trying to fi...

Hello, how are you today? I was hoping to find some resources for learning to make whistles In the old way, out of sheets of metal that are rolled into a conical shape. I’ve recently been making whistles with plastic heads and brass bodies, and I’m becoming satisfied with the results, but I’d reall...

Im sorry Terry I did mean visual flare or bling, ornamental. The primary purpose of the ferrule is to prevent the bottom end from breaking open.
It is not acoustic flare.

Interesting, Tommy. So, see if I understand your approach correctly.... Tommy starts with a 5/8'' copper pipe, and remove a wedge on one side leaving the bottom end open and the top end round. where the short side is the diameter of the bottom of the whistle, the long side is the diameter of the to...

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Hello, how are you today? I was hoping to find some resources for learning to make whistles In the old way, out of sheets of metal that are rolled into a conical shape. So, to get down to my intention- What I would love to do is to be able to copy these whistles as closely as possible based on the ...