Hi All
Still on my 6 note whistle/fipple flute crusade and rapidly depleting the stocks of straight elder in my local vacinity! Who would have thought it would be this complicated... not me!
So I was wondering, to my knowledge elder is one of our only native species with a pith in the centre (easy to remove and create a hollow tube for a flute... and then kindling!) or am I wrong? Are there any other species that I could potentially use.
(I know I could raid the local garden centre for bamboo but thats not really in keeping with the exercise.
Alternatively any suggestions on how can I bore the 'bore' to create a cylinder out of solid stemmed species (without deliberately splitting and gouging out the core). I know machine turners have nifty jigs etc they employ for the job but I shouldn't think a pole lathe could be adapted for this purpose as it has a reciprocating action and the tolerances too wide.
Your help and advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Leo
Still on my 6 note whistle/fipple flute crusade and rapidly depleting the stocks of straight elder in my local vacinity! Who would have thought it would be this complicated... not me!
So I was wondering, to my knowledge elder is one of our only native species with a pith in the centre (easy to remove and create a hollow tube for a flute... and then kindling!) or am I wrong? Are there any other species that I could potentially use.
(I know I could raid the local garden centre for bamboo but thats not really in keeping with the exercise.
Alternatively any suggestions on how can I bore the 'bore' to create a cylinder out of solid stemmed species (without deliberately splitting and gouging out the core). I know machine turners have nifty jigs etc they employ for the job but I shouldn't think a pole lathe could be adapted for this purpose as it has a reciprocating action and the tolerances too wide.
Your help and advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Leo
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