tenterfield, folded tin with a couple of holes in it whistle

[andrewbron]

after listening to the podcast the other day i had a nothing to do so i went out to the shed and whiped this little bugga up!
it not the best looking one but after bout 15 mins i got it going, much louder than i thought!





these are the other two that i normally use.. got the button whistle off my grandfather so god only knows how old it is.





thanks for having a look!

Andrew

[kjd]

Nice mate very nice!! Good luck with it!!!

[ruffy]

The shottie shell whistle looks a ripper, how does she work mate...

[ogre6br]

The shottie shell whistle looks a ripper, how does she work mate...

better yet- how do you make one

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[kjd]

I've had buttons, I've had US predator calls, I've never used an electric predator call and only ever called foxes with the tenterfield I swear by it and don't think you can go past it once you learn it.

Though maybe we should called the tin whistles or folded tin whistles as Tenterfield is patented lol.

[andrewbron]

ok well the shotshell one you just blow through it or yoiu can suck air through it to vary the pitch...


to make you grab two shotshells, just make sure they are empty for obvious reasons then heat the brass bit with a lighter or a blow torch.. basicly anything that will heat it .! then after it is heater the plastic hull of the shotshell will slide clean out.so you then have two bits of brass from the shot shells.. oh yeh make sure they are the same size! then knock the spent primers out. You then slide one bit of shotshell brass inside the other.. you may need to taper one of the ends for then to go together because they have the same diameter... then force them together with a vice or somthing similar untill they wont slide any further. The shells will not come appart even like this but it you really wanted to you could locktite then or somthing... oh and yhey are 12 g shells... never tried any other than that size... somone should try and let us know!

btw i dont want to seem like i am takeing any credit for the whistle as i brought one off ebay and thats how i learnt.. i made a few for a couple of mates so thats how i found out the method.... bit of trial and error.


kjd- i am hopeing to get out tonight and give it a wirl! sounds great i have no doubt that it will work!


cheers andrew

[kjd]

btw i dont want to seem like i am takeing any credit for the whistle as i brought one off ebay and thats how i learnt.. i made a few for a couple of mates so thats how i found out the method.... bit of trial and error.


kjd- i am hopeing to get out tonight and give it a wirl! sounds great i have no doubt that it will work!


cheers andrew

Hi Mate,

I didn't mean for you to change your posts title lol. I was just mucking around. I'm sure the fella is fully aware that its not a hard thing to make.

Hope you do well with it mate!
Cheers,
Keith.

[andrewbron]

lol yeh i know keith just did it as a bit of a laugh. ow well.
thank again

[fenring]

The shotgun brass ones do work well - use one high brass and one low brass.

[ogre6br]

The shotgun brass ones do work well - use one high brass and one low brass.

why
does blowing one way make a different sound than blowing the other- through the high or low first??

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[fenring]

Nope - the low brass case head is easier to slip into the high brass head, that's all.

[1010011010]

What sized holes did you drill in the "folded tin whistle" I tried making one a while ago but couldn't get it going.

Cheers

Mick

[andrewbron]

mick the drillbits i used were
-4mm
-2.5mm.

good luck with it.

Andrew

[Model70]

They are good in the way you can tailor them to suit you, I use 1/8 (3mm) for the small hole and 3/16 (5mm) for the large.

[Jock]

My 14 year old son, reckons you are all wrong, he says they are:- 5/32 & 7/64.