Flute Maker:
Chipping ! Nearly a lost art !!! There's an old photo of a man at work on the rough forging of a LARGE steam locomotive connecting rod. He's working a handsome chamfer onto the edge of the rod with an air chisel, and he's raised a chip about 18 inches long. Obviously a worker with a steady hand!
Joe Michaels once said that the cold chisel is the 'poor man's shaper'.
Good used cold chisels go for a dollar or less at local flea markets. They are often found in the bottom of a "box of rust" Get an old text, get some old chisels, and try your hand at chipping. It opens up a whole new world.
Hacksaws, Cold Chisels, Files. You'd just be amazed at what you can do if you have enough time and it is not mass production of interchangeable parts.
JRR
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