Look what I found at work today! I have plans . . .
Look what I found at work today! I have plans . . .
I was afraid of this! I wonder who “lost” it?
Keep us posted.
Feadoggie
I’m afraid you’re right, too! That poor old lady is having to crawl around on hands and knees, no longer the proud possessor of a genuine William Morris patterned walking stick. But don’t you think it was wasted as a walking stick when it could make such a beautiful whistle? A whole new reincarnation for it!
Whistle makeing can be a disease much like Whoa. My own mother has an anodized aluminum walking stick and I have to admit that, with some guilt, I have wondered what kind of whistle I could make from it.
Feadoggie
It’s beautiful. Are you going to do it the “hard way” and bore with a gun drill bit? or the easy way by using a scroll saw to cut the cane in half and then cut the bore in 2 halves with a router? Both ways will still allow you to use a shell reamer for a tapered bore, or did you prefer cylindrical?
What are your design thoughts?
Good God woman, Is NOTHING sacred!!??…. ( see I warned Ya )…
Can’t wait to see how it turns out….
Tsk Tsk Dancer,
You’ve crossed the line of no return, mugging old ladies for their mobility aids puts you into truly insano whistle space.
THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THIS WOMAN, SHE HAS JOINED THE LEGION OF THE LOST, SHUN HER, SHUN HER, LEST YE TOO BE DAMNED!!!
Where did those men in white coats come from??? Wait!!, Put that syringe away!! It wasn’t me I tell you!!Aaaaarggghhh, Goodbyeeeeee!!!
You’ll be sorry when I make this gorgeous whistle! Then you’ll wish you too had a William Morris walking stick! (As does a certain elderly patient!)
Thomas - it’s hollow! Perfectly formed!! It is actually in two telescoping parts, one of which has holes in to make the height adjustable. Unfortunately I don’t think those holes will be in tune! However, I shall use the non-holey length for the whistle and hope I can get a mouthpiece or tuning slide out of the other piece. Planning required, yet, and I am in the middle of an A so am not quite ready to start. Thanks for your suggestions, though - I shall bear them in mind when I “acquire” another! Being a nurse provides an unlimited supply!!
It will be even more exciting than the Orange Peril! This is fun.
Plastiman - nice to see you back! Your tapered windway worked brilliantly for back pressure on my last one - thanks.
Ka-lump.. s c r APEeP!… ka-lump.. s c r APEeP! ka-lump.. s c r APEeP!! Has anyone seen my cane??
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Ahha!!!… What’s that beautiful sound I hear??…. It, It, sounds like music I hear.. It, sounds like Egan’s Polka
… NO!! WAIT.. It, it sounds like….. MY CANE!! … 
Ka-lump….. s c r APEeP!… Ka-lump.. s c r- APEeP!!..
followed by…
" … wha??.. wait!.. Ka-thup… scrEEEch… OW!.. Ka-thmp… OWWW! … wait! … Whack… Ka-thump… ScrEEEch… … Ka-lump, click, kalump, click, kalump, click, kalump, click, kalump, click, kalump, click, … mmmph… grOannnnnn…
Cheers Dancer,
Glad the tapered windway idea worked for you, I think I said I got the idea off Guido, he deserves the plaudits, not me.
Been busy doing other things unfortunately, had to pull the engine out of the '76 Kombi, the clutch throwout bearing collapsed, making horrid grinding noises and making gearchanges a little uncertain, the band has been going from strength to strength while breaking in a new and very keen Bass player, while I’ve been pretty busy doing solo work as well.
I’m also doing my regular job in disability support as well.
It’s all too much darling (said in neurotic voice, while dramatically clasping forehead).
I’ll be around, just a little busy ATM,
Cheers,
Ian
Thanks, Guido!
Plastiman, I note you work in disability support. What is a walking stick but a disability support? So you work in walking sticks, and therefore have a neverending supply of materials for all your whistle making!
The sound, by the way, is more a sort of “slither, slither, groan” - hands and knees is hard work!
I’ve been looking at Zimmer frames with intent, too . . .
I’ve been looking at Zimmer frames with intent, too . . .
Oh no! Is this the fountain of youth to you?
Feadoggie
Funny aside.. Just this morning my boss caught me tapping on a lovely hollow brass coat rack that’s in our lobby. He just said, “No you can’t take that and make a flute out of it” and kept on walking. I guess he knows me too well.
He’s right you know, wouldn’t be a very nice flute but I do see a few sweet whistle bodies there.
I’m glad there are others out there who sympathize with my affliction.
Great fun, isn’t it?!
No, silly,
I do community access stuff, mostly with wheelchair-bound people with cerebral palsy, swimming programs, dining out, shopping, etc etc etc, and you can’t cut up a wheelchair without someone noticing. Wrong sort of tubing anyway.
I actually buy my aluminium tubing from the hardware shop (boring I know), but the actual cost per whistle is still less than $2.00 Australian (about a pound?).
Where else can you have this much fun for so little money?
Cya,
Ian
Definitely a good guy! He doesn’t pinch the wheelchairs and he buys the tubing! Wow, Plastiman, I’m stunned!
My old ladies, of course, are falling over themselves to “donate” their sticks and frames! Or is that after they’ve donated . . .
Blasphemer!
Devon, Final word?
If you find the ID to be too large, You can use a “sized” internal manderel and inject many types of “GOOP” to reduce it. This is the technique used by Monty Levenson with his bamboo shakuhachi