Thanks guys. I am 36 years old, toolmaker by first trade and Goldsmith by second. I am currently self employed manufacturing windblown musical instruments or more precise fipple based flutes. I have always been interested in model engineering and my father has just started to learn it at his local model club so I am passing on a lot of my machining knowledge to him and letting him use my machines and tools.

At some point I will begin making models but feel I am not quite ready due to lack of some key machineary. I am very interested in machines and look forward to discovering new machine tools and the vast array of machining processes, especially milling work set ups on lathes. I am based in Plymouth UK.

Thanks Neil, well that would be a Low Whistle then. I make Low Whistles and Penny whistles one of the thing's I am looking to do here is to explore ways to cut the windways (slightly tapered). The pipe being Brass and 1.6mm thick. So really I am just cutting out a slot from the end of the tube, but the walls having a slight taper toward the end of the bore. There are many ideas on how to do this.

Check this resource out Neil to get you started http://www.ggwhistles.com/howto/

Hey Bazyle, it's a great site indeed which gets you up and running in no time. Yeah Tavy is very close, I am not a member of any clubs, not yet anyway!