D narrow bore reed making dimensions

Uilleann Pipes
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I am going to start making reeds for my new Pat Stones D narrow bore chanter soon.

I have Pat Stones reed making dimensions to start with and would like to experiment with different reed sizes

If anyone has dimensions for D narrow bore chanters please reply so that I can begin experimenting.

Cheers

Ferg

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Ray Sloan NBD dimensions.

Staple:
5/32 tubing (.15")
51 mm long
Eye 1.5 mm
Taper 24 mm from eye

Slip:
105 mm long
11 mm to 10 mm wide
17 mm from center of the slip to 2nd gouge
23 mm from center of the slip to shoulder.

Cane diameter: 18 to 20 mm

Hope this is what you’re looking for.

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Slip:
105 mm long
11 mm to 10 mm wide
17 mm from center of the slip to 2nd gouge
23 mm from center of the slip to shoulder.

Joe can not understand the meauserment from center of the slip

What I need is

The slip overall length
The slip head width
The tail length
The length of slip head just as the tail begins
Overall length of reed after binding.
The sanding block Diameter.

Cheers

Ferg

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Right you are, sorry.

Here’s a scan of the template I use. I hope this explains it a little better. The width of the head can be 10 - 11 mm wide. The over all length of the reed is around 70 mm, give or take a mm here and there. The slip length can be 105 or 106 mm, again give or take a mm. But try and keep to the inner dimensions.

I hope this helps some.

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I can understand it better this time Joe.

Cheers

Ferg