Engine Turning of Flute Bands

Irish Flute
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I just spent Thursday and Friday at a fantastic class on Engine Turning, taught by Brittany Nicole Cox (see http://www.mechanicalcurios.com and David Lindor (see http://www.lindormachineworks.com. Engine Turning is a type of engraving process using hand driven machinery, either a Rose Engine or a Straight Line Engine. In this video I am using the pumping action of the Rose Engine to engrave the surface of flute bands. I am working on an attachment to my primary lathe to be able to do this type of artwork in-house, and make this a standard feature on my more expensive flutes.

See https://vimeo.com/208780114

Casey

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Cheers for sharing Casey, I know another maker who has a rose engine, it looks a clumsy piece of machinery but the end result is class.

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Damn, that’s cool.

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AccordionStu, who is the other maker? I know that Wilkes did some of this as well.

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I’m pretty sure Robert Bigio uses one for his ornamental crown stoppers - if this is the same machine???
:confused:

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Yes, that is a Rose Engine.