Fixing Holes When Carving a Wood Flute

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Vlad Cardema. Today I'm going to show you how I make these Peruvian flutes. I specialize in making these flutes, and I make didgeridoos and drums. But today, I'll show you how to make a Peruvian style flute out of black bamboo. And so if you take a close look, you will see how this bit, this stone bit, melts a clean hole onto the flute, and at the same time, seals it by burning the pores, right there. And then I can take this file and widen it like that. If I want to make it sharper, I go towards the mouthpiece, towards the aperture. I file it inward like that, and that makes it sharper. If I want to make it flatter, I go away from the aperture, that makes it flatter, that widens the hole. And if I found that my hole is too big, then I have to get glue and make the hole smaller with glue. Usually I use Super Glue, just put a bead around it like that. "