[Woodcarver] terry zobl whistles

[Mike Gratton]

Terry,

I loved your whistles!  You took a toy and made it
into a work of art! :)  Thanks for sharing!  I really
liked the rocket at the end, that was cute.

thanks again,
mikeg
--- terry zobl <tzobl at email.com> wrote:

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> Greetings Butch Johnson
> The advise from Bill Smith and Bob Mau was very good
> so I assume they have made whistles.
> 
> Here is what I do;
> Drill the chamber hole in a stick.  The hole must be
> smooth.  If you drill wet wood there will be loose
> fibers hanging which is difficult to clean up. 
> Using dry wood makes it easier to get the chamber
> hole smooth even if you need to sand it.  If you
> drill too far and creat an air leak you will need to
> seal it or throw it away and start over.  Sometimes
> I chip carve too deep and cause an air leak which
> usually I can seal by dripping some glue into the
> chamber and sealing from the inside.
> 
> There are two holes, the slot hole and the blow-into
> hole, and size does matter.  I usually cut these a
> bit small at first and gradually make them bigger as
> I am tuning the whistle.  The blow-into hole is cut
> on the plug and must be flat and smooth.
> 
> The trickiest part is the location of the plug in
> relation to the slot hole.  In general you insert
> the plug far enough to reach the slot hole.  However
> very minor adjustments in or out is the most
> critical adjustment to making the whistle work.  
> 
> You play with the depth of the plug in the chamber
> hole until you find the spot where it whistles. 
> Then you gradually increase the size of the two
> holes to tune it for loudness.
> 
> When you are satisfied with the settings you glue in
> the plug and test/adjust it again before the glue
> sets.
> 
> Sometimes after the glue dries I find that the
> blow-into hole is a bit restricted which I clean up
> with a flat needle file or woodburning tool.
> 
> When all done I soak the whistle in boiled linseed
> oil and that seams to make it whistle even better.
> 
> If anyone has made whistles I would sure like to see
> some pictures.
> 
> http://community.webshots.com/album/131250938MjKQlC
> Terry Zobl, Michigan
> 
>
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> 
> can someone help me -- I can't get my whistles to
> sound load - I have tried and tried -- what is the
> secret?
> Butch Johnson
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