Fixing a crack

[littlejohngael]

Hi Folks,

I own a really, really, really old low D bamboo flute by Erik the Flutemaker. I love it. It's fun to play and, until recently, durable as heck. Well, I pulled it out and started playing the other day, and it sounded horrible (in a very thin, weak sort of way) I discovered a four-inch crack at the end of the flute and nearly cried. ... Okay ... Maybe that's an exaggeration, but I was rather woeful.

Anyway, short of binding it closed with duct tape, I really don't know what to do. Does anyone have a better idea? If not, I'm going to go the duct tape route -- but I'm gonna make it a really cool style of duct tape. LOL.

Thanks in advance,

Best,

Little John
/a.k.a., Ken

[Denny]

still around

super glue, the very thin stuff that will flow
thread wrap after, something esthetically less challenged than duct tape JMHO

lay a loop over the area to be wrapped, leave a tail, and wrap toward the loop...tightly
tuck the end through the loop and pull the tail until the loop is just hidden
cut off the end & tail
put super glue on the wrapping

[skyspirit]

In Native American flutes and shak's, glue and binding is recommended. If interested, I can give you a url that will talk about it? I have done with a lot of success for bamboo and river bottom cane.

[Feadoggie]

http://www.navaching.com/shaku/binding.html or maybe
http://clintgoss.com/binding.html

[Denny]

if ya learn my way ya can make a hangman's noose

[skyspirit]

http://www.navaching.com/shaku/binding.html or maybe
http://clintgoss.com/binding.html

That is it. Thanks. I got sail thread from one of the sources. It works very well and good advice on sealing after binding. I have done it on bamboo and stabilized cracks that way.

[Feadoggie]

if ya learn my way ya can make a hangman's noose

Or being slightly more positive in nature... you can make cane fishing rods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6XLdMbimS4

[Steve Bliven]

if ya learn my way ya can make a hangman's noose

Or being slightly more positive in nature... you can make cane fishing rods.

Only more positive if you're not a fish.
(Wonder how many fish are part of the forum?)

Best wishes.

Steve

[Feadoggie]

I could have said buggy whips but,,, you know...

Denny describes a universal skill for making/repairing many an implement.

Feadoggie

[Denny]

it is versatile, innit!

[Denny]

pdf w/piccies!!!

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=86122&p=1055099#p1055099

from the Cracked Head thread in the whistle forum

[littlejohngael]

Ah! You folks are great! Thanks! ... A hangman's noose. ... Those things come in handy for doing something other than ... um ... hanging things? Hahahaha! I'll check that out, as well as the binding links. Those look nice.

Thanks again. Like so many others, I don't have the funds to just get another one, and to be honest, I love this particular flute.

If it works out, I'll post pics.

Little John

[Denny]

Halloween anywho...


ya need to fold one more time at the start