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VIDEOS => D.I.Y. Guides => Metal => Topic started by: beverchakus on October 24, 2008, 05:04:32 AM

Title: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: beverchakus on October 24, 2008, 05:04:32 AM
i made these awesome nunchucks that whistle. i made them out of copper so i could drill the holes with ease.
they are kinda heavy, but still really awesome. and i'm going to try and get a different rubber cap for the top, because these ones are very bulky, and ungly. but it's all i could find. also, i may drill more holes for a better whistling sound, and to take a little more wight off them.


(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k189/beverchaku/DSC_2171.jpg)

(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k189/beverchaku/DSC_2173.jpg)

the cool thing is, the knot is hidden. =]

(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k189/beverchaku/DSC_2178.jpg)

this shows mroe of the real color of them.

tell me what you think.
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: chuckcamo on October 24, 2008, 05:49:42 AM
They look great, good job. 8-)  now you need matching copper tonfa's and bo.  I was going to do something like that "no whistle though" a awhile back until I calculated the price.  :whahaa   They will turn green unless you coat it with something.
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: Numbnuts on October 24, 2008, 05:53:24 AM
Polish them with Brasso whenever they tarnish. They will tarnish no matter what but heat, cold, air, and oil from your skin will make them turn a nasty green very quickly.
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: beverchakus on October 24, 2008, 06:35:20 AM
yup yup. i polished them once already.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: Yayu on October 24, 2008, 07:40:13 AM
Those look great man :thumb:
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: Yetibutt on October 24, 2008, 01:01:26 PM
They look great.  How do they sound?
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: Paragon on October 24, 2008, 01:07:47 PM
nice. How effective is the whistle?

Where did you get the copper caps from, its just what I am looking for to finish off my chucks.


Have you thought about lighter tubing like aluminium, or thin walled steel tubing. you can get some from DIY stores as shower curtain rails.

I by thin walled steel tubes for my cucks and I can get 4 sets (8sticks) out of a 9GBP pipe, with each stick 30.5cm long.
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: jmvicuna on October 24, 2008, 02:43:11 PM
They look great.  How do they sound?

Agree... i want to hear the sound!  :eeeh


Where did you get the copper caps from, its just what I am looking for to finish off my chucks.



I know them as "dead end" or "stoppers", and can be bought in any hardstore (or where they sale copper pipes, like home depot)
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: beverchakus on October 24, 2008, 03:20:14 PM
opk, i will make a video with them today.

also, i thought about using aluminium, but it wanted to go with something that was alittle bit out of the norm.
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: Oz on October 25, 2008, 02:58:53 AM
wow!! those chucks look great... can't wait for a vid with the actual sound of them...
the idea of using copper is good, but don't those pipes make your hands stinks after chucking or handling them?I don't know why but I don't like the smell they leave in my hands...
they look cool, so, nevermind, I was just being "princess" lol
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: psionics on October 25, 2008, 03:43:24 AM
whoa!! nice whistle chux!!   :daah:

does it goes whistling even if the tip has caps?

* hoping we can make a tune when holding some hole combinations.. then if it happens, you've just invented a new musical instrument  :2thumbsup: sweet!!
Title: Re: Copper whistle chucks
Post by: Marlon Bangkil on April 01, 2017, 10:10:25 PM
i made these awesome nunchucks that whistle. i made them out of copper so i could drill the holes with ease.
they are kinda heavy, but still really awesome. and i'm going to try and get a different rubber cap for the top, because these ones are very bulky, and ungly. but it's all i could find. also, i may drill more holes for a better whistling sound, and to take a little more wight off them.


(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k189/beverchaku/DSC_2171.jpg)

(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k189/beverchaku/DSC_2173.jpg)

the cool thing is, the knot is hidden. =]

(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k189/beverchaku/DSC_2178.jpg)

this shows mroe of the real color of them.

tell me what you think.
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