Just make sure you are using Sugar Maple, known in the woodworking trade as
Rock Maple, rather than Red Maple, also called Soft Maple. As the
woodworking terms imply, there is an appreciable difference in the hardness
between the two species.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Richard
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Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:31 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Pipe making
Malcolm
" . . . blackwood or ebony . . . "? I may live in California, but
my genes are still Scottish! I work everything in maple until I'm
absolutely sure of the dimensions, and only then does the expensive
wood come out!
BTW, I don't know of the availability of maple where you are, but
it is just fine for pipemaking in terms of tone and workability.
Alec
In a message dated 2/2/2010 10:17:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Looks like you have a D and F set. It's the new style Drill and Fill
so common when a good reed is found for a crappy chanter. A mixture
of powdered blackwood or ebony with super glue works wonders after
filing then wet+dry then finnish off with a green scouring pad (nick
the one from the kitchen sink) glue remover will free your hands
from the chanter when finnished, have fun! Malcolm.-- CalecM wrote :
I have just renamed the pipes I'm making. Only one drone, drone
and
chanter of different wood, chanter holes clearly moved by filling
and
re-drilling. May never be done. Only one thing they could be
called:
"Scottish half-dones"
Alec MacLean
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