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Flutes and sawdust

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Nature Man said:
That’s pretty exciting you are able to mass produce these flutes so quickly. Chuck
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Thanks! I've got the conveyor belt going pretty well now. I'm averaging about one per day this year.

I love how at the start of a batch I make a really careful note of which wood is which, but by the time I've finished I know exactly what they all are.
 
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Kingwood at like $8, it hasn't been sold recently!
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And an interesting block of Andaman padauk

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daveflutes said:
Here's a transverse flute for @Harry-thefluteatelier , @ronnybounds and any other interested flute makers. It's from another of my many mahogany table legs. I'm just waiting for some steel rod in the right size so I can hot metal the embouchure hole nice and clean. It plays already but not great

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That's pretty cool!!!


What if you were to do 6 holes, make them a lot smaller, like 4-6mm and use flutomat (set with spacings of 2 groups of 3) for holes 1,3,4 and 6 but then make holes 2 the same size as 3 and 5 the same size as 6... should get you pretty close to flute capable of a chromatic range :P

If that makes any sense... you basically ignore flutomats size for holes 2 & 5
 
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A set of flutes using wood from the lovely folks at Mooloo Timber in Australia. Left to right: white cedar, gidgee, gympie messmate, white beech, hoop pine, spotted gum and black bean

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Gidgee is my new favourite!
 
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Thanks @daniscool . I got five pieces of each and that was the nicest gidgee, I like colour contrast.

I should add that I have spare spindles of all of these if anyone sees something they like!
 
Gidgee is nearly always at the top of my list! Your Gidgee flute confirms that! Beautiful! The Black Bean is rather interesting, one I've never heard of! Chuck
 
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Nature Man said:
Gidgee is nearly always at the top of my list! Your Gidgee flute confirms that! Beautiful! The Black Bean is rather interesting, one I've never heard of! Chuck
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Thanks! I should do another gidgee with one of the pieces that looks quite different. The black bean has a really nice mottled appearance, I should photograph these in close up as the beech has a nice figure too.
 
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Your lychee crossed over with theirs, but it's a lovely wood to have spare of. This takes me to about 250 woods in the queue:/
 
daveflutes said:
Your lychee crossed over with theirs, but it's a lovely wood to have spare of. This takes me to about 250 woods in the queue:/
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How many species have you down now? And how many are to go? You’re aiming for 1000 right?
 
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daniscool said:
How many species have you down now? And how many are to go? You’re aiming for 1000 right?
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I've finished 260 and this batch should take me to 500 species total in hand. I always seem to have twice as many as I've finished so I should keep going forever! About 50 more and I'll have no more surface space in the house to store them
 
daveflutes said:
I've finished 260 and this batch should take me to 500 species total in hand. I always seem to have twice as many as I've finished so I should keep going forever! About 50 more and I'll have no more surface space in the house to store them
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What a great problem to have! Time to build some shelves! Chuck
 
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Nature Man said:
What a great problem to have! Time to build some shelves! Chuck
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Exactly what I was thinking! Know any woodworkers???
I've got 17 spots left for my usual size of flute, which is why I've been doing more of the slightly bigger ones lately
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The one at the front is primavera just oiled. It's going to look amazing
 
daveflutes said:
Exactly what I was thinking! Know any woodworkers???
I've got 17 spots left for my usual size of flute, which is why I've been doing more of the slightly bigger ones lately
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The one at the front is primavera just oiled. It's going to look amazing
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Great display! I can envision a wall unit mounted with pegs at about a 60 degree angle to display hundreds of your prizes! Chuck
 
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