The boxwood (buxus sempervirens) chanter in the picture is a few months old, and has been oiled with linseed oil. The lathe is a Myford super 7, and the quick change fordom handpiece holder is made from a bored out 1" coupling nut with a piece of 1/2 inch square stock welded to the side. I’ve used the razor saw and chisel method, the Copeland non-rotating blade method, and have cut slots on the milling machine, but this quick change setup is the fastest and most elegant I’ve tried.
I use the same setup as Uillmann does for cutting keyways and drilling toneholes with my high speed rotary tool mounted using a jig I made and attached to the toolpost. This is very nice as it is quick, easy and guarantees perfect alignment.
Cheers,
CJ
This thread is a bit stale but I found some pics of my setup, such as it is. Not much to it really but the results are excellent. I’ll let the photos do the rest. Just click on the thumbnail if you want to see a larger image.
Basic set up for cutting keyway:
Closeup of cutter in position:
Plunge router slides on metal rails:
Rotated perpendicular for cutting key seat:
Hope that’s helpful.
Kevin
I have found some piceleens too: the old hacksaw, chisel and mallet hammer approach
Works fine.
Geoff Wooff makes excellent pipes. Probably my favorite. If he can do it that way, it must be good.