I’ve been having too much fun with my GoPro Hero3 camera. Sadly, no Wingsuit flying or major surfing or diving or racing adventures though I’m increasingly tempted (see footnote). I wish I was 27, not 57. Sigh…
While doing the current batch of Folk Flutes I’ve been filming constantly with the GoPro either mounted fixed above, sometimes on the lathe, mounted on my Magnivisor headset, or even mounted on the handles of my lathe tools. I am hoping to have a video up eventually showing the various stages of how these flutes are made. However, I’ll be getting these and other flutes out into the world first so don’t expect a video any time soon. Don’t expect a polished Hollywood movie as I am a beginner as far as video editing goes. Sometime this summer if I get a chance unless I am too busy making flutes…
In the meantime, here are some screen shots to enjoy. Note the head joint with the wild sapwood. I love this stuff.
Casey
1st column: ready to cut a socket, cutting the socket, socket all cut. Most of the joint is hidden inside the Rod Cameron -built lathe head stock.
2nd column: hose clamps for reaming, gun drilling the pilot bore, laser engraving my maker’s stamp
3rd column: finish turning a head joint, reaming (note the hand screw. The clamps provide a way to hold the wood safely using the hand screw clamp, and keep the wood from rotating and splitting during reaming), head joint after linseed oil and super glue finish has been applied
4th column: turned flute parts for 26+ flutes - ready for the middle joint tenons and assembling flute bodies. This is what awaits me in the workshop this morning. I’ll be tuning and voicing these starting this afternoon and should have most all of these mailed off by the end of this coming week.
(footnote: Its great for underwater shots. I’ve been experimenting with it mounted on a long pole and in its underwater housing to film creatures in deep tide pools. Also useful for inspecting bees nests and maybe the robin nest I just discovered this morning in my wood shed. I’ll probably bring this camera, its mounting hardware and a hula hoop to Lark Camp in July and ask all of my somewhat old hippie friends (who were REAL hippies of the 60s and 70s, not the current generation of Hipsters) there to take a whirl - and produce “Geezer Hula Cam” or something like that)
