Turning blanks

[Skeeter]

I like to know what I would need to have for turning too make a trumpet
IM thinking THERES more to it than just turning and what and where to get
The mouth PEICE and a FERREL     

[ncturkey]

The internal dimensions is what is important for the sound part. Mouth piece hole diameter is very important. They are very hard to make. But it can be mastered. The guys on here should be able to lead you in the right direction. But internal dimensions are probally private info. to most callmakers designs. Think of it like a wingbone caller. The bell end is the largest the mid section is a tad smaller and mouth piece is the smallest. The trumpets are very similar  to the wingbones. The ferrules are usually made by someone else. Steve Lumna makes some ferrules. Good Luck.   

[Skeeter]

THANK YOU NCTURKEY I appreciate  YOU POINTING ME TOO A STARTING POINT . I HAVE A FEW TRUMPETS FROM SOME WELL KNOWN CALL MAKERS , I WANT TO START AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO . I MIGHT MAKE IT MIGHT NOT
IM GOING TO TRY AND SEE .

[trumpetturner]

Skeeter,  I'm sorry I didn't see your post sooner.  I just recently started looking at the "workbench page".

Most of us start with brass tubing to make the ferrules.  You can buy brass tubing, aluminum tubing and other metal tubing at onlinemetals.com or other online suppliers.  Brass and aluminum can be worked on woodturning lathes.  Once you've decided on what size you want, and have it in hand, mount it in a 4 jaw chuck and use a thin parting tool to cut it to your desired length.  I use a cartridge case chamfering tool to chamfer the cuts on the inside and outside of the tubing.

Several trumpet yelper makers use cartridge cases as ferrules.  Steve Lumma makes some really nice ferrules, but until you have your final design figured out, tubing and cartridge cases will work just fine.  Both are traditional ferrules.

Other than the standard turning tools of a chuck, spindle gouge, parting tool, roughing gouge, and maybe a skew, a couple other accessories can come in handy.  Some guys use a tapered reamer to flare the inside of the bell.  If you're going to turn the inside of the bell to flare it, you'll need a spindle steady.

The biggest challenges with a trumpet yelper are knowing how to hold the work on the lathe, and drilling the holes.   You can drill the holes on the lathe or in a drill press.
Sometimes the blank is held between centers, and at other stages the blank is held with either a 4-jaw chuck or a collet chuck.

Mouthpieces can be made from bone, usually camel or giraffe leg bone, from acrylic, buffalo horn or gemsbok horn.  I would not suggest starting with gemsbok horn.  One horn will cost almost as much as small piece of ivory and knowing how to cut it is a little tricky, and you'll only get one mouthpiece from one horn.  Delrin is a big favorite for those just getting started and its cheap and easy to turn.  Then there's also ivory.

How you hold to the blank, how you do the drilling and turning in the beginning, mostly depends on what tools you have on hand and how much you're willing to invest in some other tools.

Hope this helps you get started.

Danny

[Skeeter]

THANKS DANNY THIS IS VERY HELPFULL, IM GOING TO TRY AND DO MY OWN ferrules . THANK YOU...