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turbo:
Nicely done and thanks for the pics! Those copper platforms really need to be stout.

1442:
thanks turbo
I have always struggled to get a good flute and have started isolating the platform a little more and grinding it flat as a flitter.
I have trouble holding the point flat 90 degrees to the force of the rod and my flutes are off center for that reason I think, and the second flute , I don't know. I usually have to do a double and it just don't turn out the same for some reason.
I'll keep trying

mullet:
Thanks for the step by step, nicely done. I like seeing how others accomplish the same thing but with different tools and techniques.

turbo:

--- Quote from: 1442 on December 25, 2016, 07:52:38 pm ---thanks turbo
I have always struggled to get a good flute and have started isolating the platform a little more and grinding it flat as a flitter.
I have trouble holding the point flat 90 degrees to the force of the rod and my flutes are off center for that reason I think, and the second flute , I don't know. I usually have to do a double and it just don't turn out the same for some reason.
I'll keep trying

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You're welcome, awesome work you've been doing. I hear what you're saying, I know support is tricky especially for indirect fluting. A lot of the originals had multiple flutes so don't worry about that part. Looks authentic.

1442:
You're welcome Mullet.
I like taking pics when I knap. I think it helps me slow down and do better.
Simple process pics like that have been a huge help to me learning to knap, and I hope that  what I post might help some one  a little bit.

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