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The little sling is just perfect as far as fit and finish goes. Mr. Allen certainly doesn't have anything against a little sanding! Not a mark anywhere except of course his trademark.
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The little sling is just perfect as far as fit and finish goes. Mr. Allen certainly doesn't have anything against a little sanding! Not a mark anywhere except of course his trademark.
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:headbang: Excellent :headbang:
That's some great Slingmail right there
That's some great Slingmail right there
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Sweet haul!
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No worries Steve, glad you got it and appreciate the work that goes into arrowheads and sanding efforts for a nice finish......just sorry I was rushed to ship and totally forgot to send back the slightly enhanced twisty sagebrush frame you sent me a while back.
That frame was one of the two Wild Indian Mock Orange raw forks that [mention]Clint [/mention] sent me for Christmas.....the other one is almost done and will be going out the door soon.
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SJAaz, that is fantastic slingmail.
Darrell is a fine slinger, knapper, and human.
I rang a sawmill blade gong in his honor at 100 yards ( I think that's right). He sent it to the Tennessee Slingshot Weekend... it'd be awesome if he sends his person this year.
Darrell is a fine slinger, knapper, and human.
I rang a sawmill blade gong in his honor at 100 yards ( I think that's right). He sent it to the Tennessee Slingshot Weekend... it'd be awesome if he sends his person this year.
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I really appreciate the gifts Darrell. I'll get even with you somehow. Maybe I'll see some wood that's not familiar to you or something with a flute ish look to it.
By the way, how DO you make a hole down through a long piece of wood without splitting it.
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I buy ( or used to ) the flute blanks from a friend with a custom built machine....kind of the same process as a gun bore drilling setup.
Otherwise, you can use bamboo or Urban Pine ( PVC)
Most flute makers use the split and route method, by having two equal size wood blanks, route a 1/2 circle channel in each using a cores box bit, then gluing the 2 halves together and rounding over from there.
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Hi, I get the idea that many here are also musically oriented. Here is a pic of one of the penny whistles I have made. This one is is D tuning, and made of thick nickel silver, with a plastic pinned fipple. I have made about 30 or so in different keys and metals, also titanium jaw harps.
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Have never tried making a penny whistle Cass, but I made Native American style flutes for about 13 yrs, starting out with bamboo, then wood, and LOTS of PVC flutes.....your penny whistle looks great.
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Hi thanks, I have only made one Native style flute, very difficult. I am very obsessive about things, and after I got a nice Copeland penny whistles, I had to make my own. I couldn't find any instructions or information about this, so I started from scratch. I measured all the whistles I had and did a lot of calculus and I have two formulas for strait and tapered bores. Tells were to put the holes, but the diameter is done with a tuner.
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Wow! I would love to have a tin whistle...
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I spent many years in a 18' sea kayak, picking up Indian Artifacts from the shorelines of the Chesapeake Bay. They were some of the best times of my life. When I was not chasing them from a kayak, I was walking low tide lines.IMG_20210206_102950297.jpgHey guys I went to the post office today and came home with a prize! A box from sling-n-shot! Inside was the cutest little sling and a slew of arrow heads. I told Darrell if he sent me an arrow head, I'd still have it the day I died. I have a mall tin, and I'll put a bed of cotton in then the arrow heads then another bed of cotton. Then they are going into my treasure drawer!![attachicon.gif]()
The little sling is just perfect as far as fit and finish goes. Mr. Allen certainly doesn't have anything against a little sanding! Not a mark anywhere except of course his trademark.
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The closest I ever got to a tin whistle was a Bosun's Pipe. We were handed a new pipe (made in england), were told to tune it, make a lanyard and learn to blow it.
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