Instrument Carver Wannabe From Nc

[Andy B]

Hello all,

 

I have had a long term interest in carving and making musical instruments as a hobbyist that I hope to make my semi-retirement profession someday. I am in my mid 50s now, so my plans are starting to be a little more concrete. I found this site looking at various carved woodwinds and stumbling on Yuri's ocarina.

 

I make whistles like this one:

 

 

Which is a little rough but actually properly tuned. Most of my whistles are ending up in the hands of kids as toys right now as I try to get better at it. I plan to start adding carved elements to the whistles as their quality improves. I have made a few string instruments as well:

 

and done carving on some of them:

 

 

and I often make my own patterns:

 

 

A lot of my carving I do for my kids.

 

There is fur patterned under that thick coat of paint. I had to swallow hard when my daughter said she wanted to paint it.

 

I also turn:

 

and I have a threaded spindle that fits in my PanaVise so I can combine carving and turning on bowls.

 

I do a bit of scroll saw work that is sometimes combined with carving (if you consider contouring as carving):

 

I do the odd spoon:

 

a few woodcuts:

 

and various other projects.

[Christophe]

Hi Andy

 

Welcome on board. Cool that you've tried so many different kind of work with wood

 

Take care

 

Christophe

[yloh]

Hi, Andy.

Beautifully done.

Yloh

[Thomas M.]

Ah... lute-making....love it but never found the courage.

 

Welcome on board!