What did you make today?

glatt · 06-20-2010, 12:59 PM

Maybe it was a sandwich, maybe something else.

Today I made a whistle. My son found instruction in a book he had on how to make a whistle from a tree branch. So we tried it out. A willow tree is apparently the best, but a tulip poplar will work, and that's what we have. We messed the first one up, but the second one works! We cut the branch sections before lunch. Soaked them in a bucket while we had lunch, and then spent about 20 minutes after lunch making them.

Griff · 06-20-2010, 01:05 PM

Any chance we could get a sound file?

Cloud · 06-20-2010, 01:17 PM

very cool!

glatt · 06-20-2010, 01:21 PM

Lemme see what I can do. It's kind of quiet. If you try to blow too hard, it doesn't work. I think if we play around with various dimensions and stuff, we could make a really sweet sounding one.

glatt · 06-20-2010, 01:30 PM

Hopefully this will work. Don't know if Youtube has the video file fully processed yet.

If it's not embedded, this is the file name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV_ThJ6-vNI

Griff · 06-20-2010, 01:31 PM

Excellent!

Cicero · 06-20-2010, 01:35 PM

LOL! That is great! The sound alarmed my dog! Happy fathers day BTW...I can't find the proper thread...

HungLikeJesus · 06-20-2010, 02:15 PM

I'm in the (ongoing) process of making and installing base and case moldings. This weekend I'm working on the big bathroom, which is divided into an upper and lower area. I hope to finish the upper area today, but the house is not cooperating.

The moldings are hickory, to match the floors that we put in last summer, 3 inch case and 4 inch base.

I'm also making a presentation for the Department of Homeland Security.

Shawnee123 · 06-20-2010, 02:24 PM

I made a meatloaf. Well, it's in the oven.

I tried putting some pickles in it this time, at a friend's suggestion. I'll have to see how it is.

skysidhe · 06-20-2010, 03:15 PM

The whistle is amazing glatt.

Shawnee

I might have to put you on ignore just so I don't accidentally read about the pickles in your meatloaf again.

monster · 06-20-2010, 03:27 PM

Just as long as somebody else isn't putting their pickle in your meatloaf!

I made a ceramic napkin box. Well finished it anyway. I rolled and cut the pieces last week.

monster · 06-20-2010, 03:28 PM

Cool Whislte, glatt -can you post the instructions, please?

Shawnee123 · 06-20-2010, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe

The whistle is amazing glatt.

Shawnee

I might have to put you on ignore just so I don't accidentally read about the pickles in your meatloaf again.

I'm frightened. I won't be eating it until later, though. We'll see.

monster, pic of ceramic napkin thingy, please.

monster · 06-20-2010, 03:31 PM

didn't take one yet. It needs fire then glaze then fire.....

Elspode · 06-20-2010, 10:07 PM

I made cheeseburgers and hotdogs on the grille, made the dishes go into the dishwasher and made the pots and pans clean by hand, made the downstairs bathroom clean, and made Selene buy me a new chainsaw and a new set of lopping shears.

06-20-2010, 12:59 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What did you make today? Maybe it was a sandwich, maybe something else. Today I made a whistle. My son found instruction in a book he had on how to make a whistle from a tree branch. So we tried it out. A willow tree is apparently the best, but a tulip poplar will work, and that's what we have. We messed the first one up, but the second one works! We cut the branch sections before lunch. Soaked them in a bucket while we had lunch, and then spent about 20 minutes after lunch making them. Attached Images

06-20-2010, 01:05 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Any chance we could get a sound file? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-20-2010, 01:17 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	very cool! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-20-2010, 01:30 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hopefully this will work. Don't know if Youtube has the video file fully processed yet. If it's not embedded, this is the file name. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV_ThJ6-vNI Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 06-20-2010 at 03:19 PM. Reason: Fix youtube form

06-20-2010, 01:31 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Excellent! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-20-2010, 01:21 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Lemme see what I can do. It's kind of quiet. If you try to blow too hard, it doesn't work. I think if we play around with various dimensions and stuff, we could make a really sweet sounding one.

06-20-2010, 01:35 PM	#7
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	LOL! That is great! The sound alarmed my dog! Happy fathers day BTW...I can't find the proper thread... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

06-20-2010, 02:15 PM	#8
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I'm in the (ongoing) process of making and installing base and case moldings. This weekend I'm working on the big bathroom, which is divided into an upper and lower area. I hope to finish the upper area today, but the house is not cooperating. The moldings are hickory, to match the floors that we put in last summer, 3 inch case and 4 inch base. I'm also making a presentation for the Department of Homeland Security. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-20-2010, 02:24 PM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I made a meatloaf. Well, it's in the oven. I tried putting some pickles in it this time, at a friend's suggestion. I'll have to see how it is. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-20-2010, 03:15 PM	#10
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	The whistle is amazing glatt. Shawnee I might have to put you on ignore just so I don't accidentally read about the pickles in your meatloaf again.

06-20-2010, 03:27 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Just as long as somebody else isn't putting their pickle in your meatloaf! I made a ceramic napkin box. Well finished it anyway. I rolled and cut the pieces last week. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-20-2010, 03:28 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Cool Whislte, glatt -can you post the instructions, please? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-20-2010, 03:31 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	didn't take one yet. It needs fire then glaze then fire..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-20-2010, 10:07 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I made cheeseburgers and hotdogs on the grille, made the dishes go into the dishwasher and made the pots and pans clean by hand, made the downstairs bathroom clean, and made Selene buy me a new chainsaw and a new set of lopping shears. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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