Well, I didn't think of posting this project on the internet until a few days into the course so for my first flute I don't have any pictures of its true beginning. To sum it up, I started with a basic plank of Alder wood and cut it down to the two stacked pieces shown here. In my notes you can somewhat see what the basic design needs to be for the flute when completed. at this point in the process I have decided to make a 7/8 " bore flute and marked out the sections of the flute that will become the bore, the slow air chamber, and the mouthpiece. Due to restrictions on tools it would be a few days before I could actually use the router to route the bore into the wood.
So, on to the router. We use these fun little "jigs" our instructor invented to hold the wood in place while we use the router, this does two things for us, foremost it protects our hands from any injury the router bit might cause. (made of carbide, wouldn't be pleasant.) and secondly it holds the wood straight and steady to help ensure a straight bore, I say help because you can still mess it up.
So, here are the two halves of my flute after the bore and slow air chamber has been routed out to 7/8". Now I get to spend ages and ages sanding these spaces to make them smooth, starting with 100 grit and working my way up to about 1000 grit so tune in next week to see how far I make it. ;)
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