Mike Turner
04-29-2018, 8:55 AM
I am a flutemaker and am starting working on a new flute(new to me that is). I already see that I need some how to hold a somewhat irregular shaped flute so that I can rout about a approx. 2" long groove with a straight bit..Ideally an inexpensive milling would be the set up...I don't think is such a thing as an inexpensive one....I thought about using my drill press but I wonder if that would damage the bearings on it.
The flute would be approx. 1 1/4" with some taper to it. As seen in the pic there are actually 2 steps to making this...I would have to rout or mill the longer wider groove and then rout the smaller one.Then I would have to drill the two small holes and then do some file work to make them square and then some work making a ramp on the inside of the square holes but i can do that part with small files....All this is the sound mechanism to this flute. I need to be able to "see" what I am doing as I do it so a router table isnt the way I want to go.
http://www.secondvoiceflutes.co.uk/pages/fipples.html
I do have a dremel and a foredom tool that I bought 30 yrs ago that is still good but I would have to make some kind of jig to make them work.
http://www.ottofrei.com/Foredom-K.52...YaAiIHEALw_wcB (http://www.ottofrei.com/Foredom-K.5240-Woodcarving-Flex-Shaft-Kit-115V?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2pXXBRD5ARIsAIYoEbe3vW_ZA9d5pRz-pZs9xPN47POwj2x0cUA-cxcPwiWvspsgxYRLE7YaAiIHEALw_wcB)
I would probably need a milling machine or cross slide vice depending on which way I went with this. Im not going to be mass producing these flutes but would want a decent set up.The one I am working on now has had most of this work done with a drill press,sharp knife and needle files but it is sort of rough....be a lot cleaner/neater with a better process.
Any help is appreciated.Thanks in advance!!!
The flute would be approx. 1 1/4" with some taper to it. As seen in the pic there are actually 2 steps to making this...I would have to rout or mill the longer wider groove and then rout the smaller one.Then I would have to drill the two small holes and then do some file work to make them square and then some work making a ramp on the inside of the square holes but i can do that part with small files....All this is the sound mechanism to this flute. I need to be able to "see" what I am doing as I do it so a router table isnt the way I want to go.
http://www.secondvoiceflutes.co.uk/pages/fipples.html
I do have a dremel and a foredom tool that I bought 30 yrs ago that is still good but I would have to make some kind of jig to make them work.
http://www.ottofrei.com/Foredom-K.52...YaAiIHEALw_wcB (http://www.ottofrei.com/Foredom-K.5240-Woodcarving-Flex-Shaft-Kit-115V?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2pXXBRD5ARIsAIYoEbe3vW_ZA9d5pRz-pZs9xPN47POwj2x0cUA-cxcPwiWvspsgxYRLE7YaAiIHEALw_wcB)
I would probably need a milling machine or cross slide vice depending on which way I went with this. Im not going to be mass producing these flutes but would want a decent set up.The one I am working on now has had most of this work done with a drill press,sharp knife and needle files but it is sort of rough....be a lot cleaner/neater with a better process.
Any help is appreciated.Thanks in advance!!!