All in a night's work...

S.B.O'Gill · Post by **S.B.O'Gill** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:28 pm

Wow! I think I'm becoming obsessed! Hah hah hah! Here is tonight's handiwork. I made a low D flute then I made flutes in D, C, and Bb. I still have a little bit of pipe left. I wonder what I'll make tomorrow... I'm thinking a low G maybe.

Of this batch, I'm sort of partial to the Bb which is pictured on the left and turned upside down.

ctilbury · Post by **ctilbury** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:39 am

Your are not obsessed! Pipe is just a whole lot of fun to poke holes in; thats all.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:49 am

Where did you get your cork? That's the only thing that has kept me from cranking out a bunch of PVC flutes.

ShadowBG625 · Post by **ShadowBG625** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:01 am

fearfaoin wrote:Where did you get your cork? That's the only thing that has kept me from cranking out a bunch of PVC flutes.

You could just use a piece off of a dowel rod.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:40 am

ShadowBG625 wrote:You could just use a piece off of a dowel rod.

Really? And this seals well enough?
...I guess if it's a tight fit it would, maybe with some added cork grease... Hm.

talimirr743 · Post by **talimirr743** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:50 am

You could seal it with cork glue.

talimirr743 · Post by **talimirr743** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:52 am

Just go to your local craft store. It comes in a little bottle with a squirt tip.

talimirr743 · Post by **talimirr743** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:53 am

(and yes it will stick to PVC. I've tried.)

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:08 am

talimirr743 wrote:You could seal it with cork glue.

That sounds too permanent. I'd think you'd want to be able to change the intonation.

talimirr743 · Post by **talimirr743** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:12 am

fearfaoin wrote:
talimirr743 wrote:You could seal it with cork glue.
That sounds too permanent. I'd think you'd want to be able to change the intonation.

Yeah, but it would stay in there

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vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:48 am

Use a dowel slightly smaller than needed, wrap it in thread, and use cork grease or chap stick on it.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:57 am

vomitbunny wrote:Use a dowel slightly smaller than needed, wrap it in thread, and use cork grease or chap stick on it.

dem whistlers...

...ya gotta explain everything!

RonKiley · Post by **RonKiley** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:55 am

Two sources: You can buy corks at your local craft store. Wine bottles, the kind with the plastic top to pull it out. Cut off the plastic top. You may be able to get a local establishment to save you a few.

Ron

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:31 pm

RonKiley wrote:Two sources: You can buy corks at your local craft store.

I wish. Michaels fell down on the job this time.
If I do find cork there, it's in a sheet.
Can you cut cork without having it crumble at the cut edges?

Wine bottles, the kind with the plastic top to pull it out. Cut off the plastic top.

I was making a flute w/ 3/4 in. PVC, and I would have needed a cork
from a jug. Maybe that was my problem...

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:46 pm

wine bottle corks