International customers who use our online shopping cart will be charged a SPLIT shipping fee. At checkout, the $15 base fee will be charged. After you place your order, we will email you an invoice for the balance of the shipping fee. This amount will be the difference between the $15 you pay at time of check out and the actual cost to ship to your country.

I was really glad I had that chat with you (and that you convinced me to go to a F#) so I would like to do that with her!

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LARGE SIZE FLUTES   TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE FLUTES     Made Especially For You           Flute Key Choices: E,F,F#,G,Ab     These are the large/low range flutes. They sound exceptionally haunting when you play slow meditative melodies. When you hear music played with a Native American Flute, it's most commonly tuned to the key of F or F#. They range 20" - 27" in length.             CHOOSING YOUR FLUTE * Listen To The Flutes   Choose your favorite key.  Scroll down page to hear flutes.      *  Look At The Wood Choices Choose your favorite wood.  Scroll down page to see wood grain closeups.      $$225 - $350

. RETURN TO MAIN FLUTE PAGE    Click Traditional Flutes LARGE SIZE FLUTES   TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE FLUTES     Made Especially For You           Flute Key Choices: E,F,F#,G,Ab     These are the large/low range flutes. They sound exceptionally haunting when you play slow meditative melodies. When you hear music played with a Native American Flute, it's most commonly tuned to the key of F or F#. They range 20" - 27" in length.             CHOOSING YOUR FLUTE * Listen To The Flutes   Choose your favorite key.  Scroll down page to hear flutes.      *  Look At The Wood Choices Choose your favorite wood.  Scroll down page to see wood grain closeups.      $$225 - $350       CUSTOMER COMMENTS "I received the F# Flute yesterday. Thank You! It has wonderful full tone (voice) and I am very pleased with it. I also appreciate the way you finish your flutes with shellac, and that you can still smell the aroma of the cedar. Other flutes that I have are finished with urethane or other chemical finishes and have that chemical smell. Thanks once again for an excellent musical instrument!" ~~ Howard Warren Internet Customer Purcell, OK U.S.A.  "Funny you should mention friends hearing my flute and wanting one of their own Jerry! I introduced my Mum to my flute last night and she said "I want one!" She tried to prise my flute from me so she could play with it overnight but to no avail! I wasn't parting with it for a minute! So my step father and I shall buy her a flute for her birthday (in July). They are going away for a couple of weeks but when they return I will sit her down at your website and get an idea of what she wants. We will then probably call you to put the order through. I was really glad I had that chat with you (and that you convinced me to go to a F#) so I would like to do that with her! And Jerry, I don't just like my flute - I LOVE it! Thanks again!!" ~~ Ruth Ingham Internet Customer Australia  " Received my flute today at work. What a beautiful piece of heart and soul, a gorgeous instrument. It has an excellent feel to it. Your flute has made its way to # 1 of my collection. It has a very beautiful voice and the love that went in to it to make it is wonderful.This will not be the last flute I will purchase and I will spread your name around. Tnx again for the beautiful work of Art" ~~ Mike Fuller Internet Customer Little Rock, AR U.S.A. FORGIVENESS Can Not Be Earned Can Not Be Deserved Forgiveness Just IS It's Free It's a Gift It's Grace   Give yourself the gift of emotional FREEDOM by forgiving others. LISTEN TO THE FLUTES Click on the blue letter to hear that flute.    Large Flutes E F F# G Ab  Dial Up Internet is very slow at downloading files. Be Patient ... Sound Files Are Worth The Wait.   Which Key Of Flute Touches You?   The natural rich warm sound that comes only from an instrument made from wood, touches the soul of all those who hear it. It is our experience that each individual person has a specific key that touches them uniquely. Discovering which key calms you, is easy on our website. We have lots of flutes for you to hear.       Concert Quality ~ A440 Tuned Your flute will be tuned using an electronic tuner to ensure that it has concert quality pitch. This will enable you to play along with other instruments.         Flute Sound Files ~ Not Electronically Altered Our flute sound files DO NOT have any effects added to them. Our flutes sound exactly like this naturally (Clear, Crisp, Loud, Non-breathy, & No air hiss). Your flute will sound this way for you when you play it at home. Your flute will produce a rich, clean quality sound and have tremendous volume, without the use of a microphone. LISTEN TO MORE LARGE SIZE FLUTES       Click Here   Key of E Sassafras  Click Here   Key of E Curly Maple   Click Here   Key of E  Cherry  Click Here   Key of F   Eastern Cedar  Click Here   Key of F   Oak - White Click Here   Key of F   Bubinga  Click Here   Key of F# Eastern Cedar Click Here   Key of F# Mahogany Click Here   Key of F#  Western Cedar Click Here   Key of F#   Curly Maple  Click Here   Key of F#   Pink Ivory  Click Here   Key of G  Osage Orange  Click Here   Key of G  Mahogany  Click Here   Key of Ab  Eastern Cedar  Click Here   Key of Ab Red Heart     Need help determining the size of flute that is a perfect fit for you? Call us ~ Phone: 1-417-535-6032. We'd love to hear from you.  CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE WOOD FLUTES IN THE PICTURE LEFT TO RIGHT Ash, Oak, Eastern Cedar,Mahogany, Walnut, Lace Wood, Curly Maple, Curly Walnut, Osage Orange    Flute Tone and Wood Choice The tone of your flute is determined in part by the type of wood used. The softer woods produce a warmer tone. The harder woods produce a brighter tone. Tone is not volume. Tone is the texture of the sound.     The Joy of Wood Shopping " I have a blast when we go wood shopping. I'm like a kid in a candy store. Soooooo... many beautifully grained pieces of wood to choose from. We always come away with much more wood that we went to buy. Some pieces of wood, I "just can't resist". They just beg to be made into a flute." I just "love" to go wood shopping." ~~ Lisa Fretwell  Most of our hardwoods and exotics we purchase from a speciality store about an hour away from our home. We hand pick each piece. We look for unique and beautiful grain patterns as well as exceptional color. We purchase our Eastern Cedar wood from a local young man. He cuts and mills the cedar from here in the Ozarks. Some of our rare and exotic woods, we purchase from other sources around the country. Koa and Curly Koa we purchase directly from Hawaii.       Availability of Unique Woods Most wood will make a wonderful flute. Call us ~ Phone: 1-417-535-6032 and ask about the availability of woods not shown on our website such as: Koa, Curly Koa, Honey Mesquite, Black Mesquite, Quina, Spanish Cedar, Sapele, Quilted Sapele, Rose woods, & Quatersawn woods. Pieces of Wood Special to You If you have a piece of wood that's special to you, send it to us and we will make your flute from that piece. Some of our customers go to their local wood store and choose their own piece of wood. Wood grain and color are unique to each board that is cut. Each piece of wood has it's own unique spirit. When you can see and touch the piece of wood, the spirit of the wood can talk to you.       Combination Flutes        We can add inlay, endcaps, or rings to your flute.   You choose your wood combination. Call us (1-417-535-6032) to discuss your specialty flute and pricing.       Three Commonly Asked Questions Q: What do you use to seal the wood? A: Over a period of several days, we apply several thin coats of non-toxic, humanly edible shellac to the outside of your flute. (It's the same shellac that is used in the food industry when making licorice candy.) After the shellac has set completely. We give your flute a mineral oil bath and we place it in the drying rack for a couple of days to dry. Clear shellac lets the natural grain pattern and color of the wood stand out. Your flute will have a soft shine.      Q: What woods are the softest and produce the most warm tone? A: Eastern Cedar, Western Cedar, and Sassafras.    Q: What woods are the hardest and produce the most bright tone? A: Purple Heart, Osage Orange, and Pink Ivory.  WOOD GRAIN CLOSEUPS AND PRICING   Natural Colors and Grain Patterns We have taken great care with our website images so that they are a good representation of the "true" color and grain patterns of the wood choices we offer. Wood naturally varies from piece to piece. The grain pattern and the shade of the color are things that vary slightly from piece to piece. The colors of the woods you see in our website images are what the wood looks like, naturally. We do not stain our flutes.   Large Size Flute Prices Flute prices are determined by the size of the flute, the cost of the raw wood to us, and the wear and tear on our equipment by the harder woods. We have 5 categories of pricing.  $225 Cedar Woods   $250 Domestic Woods - USA   $275 Imported Woods and X-tra Hard Domestic Woods   $300 Curly and Highly Figured Grain Woods - (Domestic and Imported)   $350 Rare Woods  *All amounts are listed in United States Dollars (USD) Cedar - Eastern  Cedar - Western Ash  Ash - Curly  Birch  $225 $225 $250 $300 $250 Birch - Flame Bloodwood Bubinga Bubinga -Pomelle  Canary Wood $300 $275  $275 $300 $275 Cherry  Cherry - Curly Juniper  Lacewood Leopardwood $250  $300  $250 $275 $275 Mahogany  Maple Maple - Curly Osage Orange Padauk $275  $250  $300 $275 $275 Red Heart Sassafras Sitka Spruce Walnut Walnut - Curly $275  $250  $250  $250  $300 Yellow Heart Oak - Red Oak - White   $275    $250    $250   Red Oak can be the same color tone as white oak or it can have a pink/red hue to it. Each board is unique. What differentiates a piece of white oak from a piece of red oak is the "Tick Marks". White Oak has long lines as tick marks. Red Oak has short lines as tick marks.   Pink Ivory Purple Heart Zebra Wood Kingwood  $350  $275  $275 $275 Pink Ivory has many shades of pink, salmon and pink/orange. Each piece of wood is unique.  Purple Heart darkens the longer that is it exposed to air and sunlight.  Zebra Wood has two distinct grain patterns depending on the part of the tree that the board is cut from. Each board is unique.  Kingwood has two distinct grain patterns (Swirls and Stripes). The color tone can be a purple/brown or a blonde/brown. Each board is unique.  F.Y.I. 5 Hole Flute vs 6 Hole Flute We can make you a 5 hole flute but, we prefer a 6 hole flute. Let me explain why. The Open Hole Fingering Minor Pentatonic Scale is played exactly the same on a 6 hole flute and a 5 hole flute. The difference is, on a 6 hole flute you keep the 3rd hole from the top covered all the time. As you progress in your playing, you will want the benefit of being able to use the additional hole on a 6 hole flute. FLUTE BUILDING AND DELIVERY TIMES Your flute will be made especially for you when you place your order. Building your flute takes 3-4 weeks. Transit time in shipping is dependant on your country's postal system and customs clearance process. We will email you with the tracking information when we ship your flute. Flute Arrival To You U.S.A.  4-5 weeks Africa 5-6 weeks Australia 5-6 weeks Canada 5-6 weeks Czech Republic 6-7 weeks Denmark  4-5 weeks  France  6-7 weeks Germany  5-6 weeks Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5-6 weeks Ireland 5-6 weeks Italy 5-6 weeks Netherlands 5-6 weeks New Zealand 4-5 weeks Spain  4-5 weeks Sweden  4-5 weeks Switzerland 4-5 weeks All Other Countries 4-7 weeks   International (non-U.S.A.) Transit Time The delivery speed of the postal system in your country and the customs clearance time in your country determine how long your flute is in transit.         SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEES We use the U.S. Mail System to ship our products. We ship using the Priority Mail and Priority Mail International Service. This provides tracking and insurance.   . International Orders : Shopping Cart : Shipping Fee International customers who use our online shopping cart will be charged a SPLIT shipping fee. At checkout, the $15 base fee will be charged. After you place your order, we will email you an invoice for the balance of the shipping fee. This amount will be the difference between the $15 you pay at time of check out and the actual cost to ship to your country. We use a simple inexpensive online shopping cart service. It can not calculate multiple country shipping charges. This simple shopping cart keeps our costs down and allows us to pass the savings onto you. We apologize for the inconvenience of having to split up the shipping fee. ORDER YOUR FLUTE Order Online ~ CLICK HERE Order By Phone: 1-417-535-6032    All Rights Reserved http://www.FretwellFlutes.com - Phone:(417) 535- 6032 ~ Native American Flute Music ~ Native American Flute Instruction ~ The Musicians' Flute Maker - Concert Quality - A440 Tuned - Musical Instrument

We use the U.S. Mail System to ship our products. We ship using the Priority Mail and Priority Mail International Service. This provides tracking and insurance.   .

International Orders : Shopping Cart : Shipping Fee International customers who use our online shopping cart will be charged a SPLIT shipping fee. At checkout, the $15 base fee will be charged. After you place your order, we will email you an invoice for the balance of the shipping fee. This amount will be the difference between the $15 you pay at time of check out and the actual cost to ship to your country. We use a simple inexpensive online shopping cart service. It can not calculate multiple country shipping charges. This simple shopping cart keeps our costs down and allows us to pass the savings onto you. We apologize for the inconvenience of having to split up the shipping fee.

Flute Arrival To You U.S.A.  4-5 weeks Africa 5-6 weeks Australia 5-6 weeks Canada 5-6 weeks Czech Republic 6-7 weeks Denmark  4-5 weeks  France  6-7 weeks Germany  5-6 weeks Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5-6 weeks Ireland 5-6 weeks Italy 5-6 weeks Netherlands 5-6 weeks New Zealand 4-5 weeks Spain  4-5 weeks Sweden  4-5 weeks Switzerland 4-5 weeks All Other Countries 4-7 weeks   International (non-U.S.A.) Transit Time The delivery speed of the postal system in your country and the customs clearance time in your country determine how long your flute is in transit.

" Received my flute today at work. What a beautiful piece of heart and soul, a gorgeous instrument. It has an excellent feel to it. Your flute has made its way to # 1 of my collection. It has a very beautiful voice and the love that went in to it to make it is wonderful.This will not be the last flute I will purchase and I will spread your name around.

Downcut spiral tools are best used for thinner materials that will be pushed down into the machine bed rather than lifted with an upcut spiral. This can be particularly useful when using vacuum hold down where maintaining the seal between the material and sacrificial bed is crucial. These tools are predominantly used when a high-quality cut finish is required on the top surface of cut parts.

Really good router bit. I've given mine a real punishment, deep cuts into rosewood and a hard mahogany and it still cut well. My bits were delivered extra fast. Probably the best 1/8 inch bit with more than 1/2 inch depth on the market.

FORGIVENESS Can Not Be Earned Can Not Be Deserved Forgiveness Just IS It's Free It's a Gift It's Grace   Give yourself the gift of emotional FREEDOM by forgiving others.

We can add inlay, endcaps, or rings to your flute.   You choose your wood combination. Call us (1-417-535-6032) to discuss your specialty flute and pricing.

We use a simple inexpensive online shopping cart service. It can not calculate multiple country shipping charges.

International (non-U.S.A.) Transit Time The delivery speed of the postal system in your country and the customs clearance time in your country determine how long your flute is in transit.

"I received the F# Flute yesterday. Thank You! It has wonderful full tone (voice) and I am very pleased with it. I also appreciate the way you finish your flutes with shellac, and that you can still smell the aroma of the cedar. Other flutes that I have are finished with urethane or other chemical finishes and have that chemical smell. Thanks once again for an excellent musical instrument!"

CHOOSING YOUR FLUTE * Listen To The Flutes   Choose your favorite key.  Scroll down page to hear flutes.      *  Look At The Wood Choices Choose your favorite wood.  Scroll down page to see wood grain closeups.      $$225 - $350

WOOD GRAIN CLOSEUPS AND PRICING   Natural Colors and Grain Patterns We have taken great care with our website images so that they are a good representation of the "true" color and grain patterns of the wood choices we offer. Wood naturally varies from piece to piece. The grain pattern and the shade of the color are things that vary slightly from piece to piece. The colors of the woods you see in our website images are what the wood looks like, naturally. We do not stain our flutes.   Large Size Flute Prices Flute prices are determined by the size of the flute, the cost of the raw wood to us, and the wear and tear on our equipment by the harder woods. We have 5 categories of pricing.  $225 Cedar Woods   $250 Domestic Woods - USA   $275 Imported Woods and X-tra Hard Domestic Woods   $300 Curly and Highly Figured Grain Woods - (Domestic and Imported)   $350 Rare Woods  *All amounts are listed in United States Dollars (USD)

This simple shopping cart keeps our costs down and allows us to pass the savings onto you. We apologize for the inconvenience of having to split up the shipping fee.

So my step father and I shall buy her a flute for her birthday (in July). They are going away for a couple of weeks but when they return I will sit her down at your website and get an idea of what she wants. We will then probably call you to put the order through.

"Funny you should mention friends hearing my flute and wanting one of their own Jerry! I introduced my Mum to my flute last night and she said "I want one!" She tried to prise my flute from me so she could play with it overnight but to no avail! I wasn't parting with it for a minute!

I had previously been doing all my slab flattening on a home made sled. It worked ok and it got the job done, but it had many limitations, some of which I didn't even realize until I started using the SpeTool sled. The first issue was that it had too much flex in the wood rails and would sag when I tried flatting slabs larger than about 20" wide. The second issue was the mess it made in the shop. It was actually so bad that I would have to use it outside. The biggest draw back however, wasn't realized until I started using the SpeTool sled. With the SpeTool sled I was able to work the router with the grain down the long side of the Slab This was something that I couldn't really do with my homemade sled. Working with the grain produces a smoother surface and is less work in my opinion. Then when you add in the dust collection, I was able to work in my shop again. Now I am not going to say you won't need to vacuum when you are done, but the mess is drastically less than with no dust collection. Also, the aluminum rails are much stiffer than my wood ones and don't flex nearly as much over larger spans. I would absolutely put this kit at the top of my list if I was setting a small garage shop up for slab flattening. Rob @ RM Woodcraft llc

Cedar - Eastern  Cedar - Western Ash  Ash - Curly  Birch  $225 $225 $250 $300 $250 Birch - Flame Bloodwood Bubinga Bubinga -Pomelle  Canary Wood $300 $275  $275 $300 $275 Cherry  Cherry - Curly Juniper  Lacewood Leopardwood $250  $300  $250 $275 $275 Mahogany  Maple Maple - Curly Osage Orange Padauk $275  $250  $300 $275 $275 Red Heart Sassafras Sitka Spruce Walnut Walnut - Curly $275  $250  $250  $250  $300 Yellow Heart Oak - Red Oak - White   $275    $250    $250   Red Oak can be the same color tone as white oak or it can have a pink/red hue to it. Each board is unique. What differentiates a piece of white oak from a piece of red oak is the "Tick Marks". White Oak has long lines as tick marks. Red Oak has short lines as tick marks.   Pink Ivory Purple Heart Zebra Wood Kingwood  $350  $275  $275 $275 Pink Ivory has many shades of pink, salmon and pink/orange. Each piece of wood is unique.  Purple Heart darkens the longer that is it exposed to air and sunlight.  Zebra Wood has two distinct grain patterns depending on the part of the tree that the board is cut from. Each board is unique.  Kingwood has two distinct grain patterns (Swirls and Stripes). The color tone can be a purple/brown or a blonde/brown. Each board is unique.  F.Y.I. 5 Hole Flute vs 6 Hole Flute We can make you a 5 hole flute but, we prefer a 6 hole flute. Let me explain why. The Open Hole Fingering Minor Pentatonic Scale is played exactly the same on a 6 hole flute and a 5 hole flute. The difference is, on a 6 hole flute you keep the 3rd hole from the top covered all the time. As you progress in your playing, you will want the benefit of being able to use the additional hole on a 6 hole flute. FLUTE BUILDING AND DELIVERY TIMES Your flute will be made especially for you when you place your order. Building your flute takes 3-4 weeks. Transit time in shipping is dependant on your country's postal system and customs clearance process. We will email you with the tracking information when we ship your flute. Flute Arrival To You U.S.A.  4-5 weeks Africa 5-6 weeks Australia 5-6 weeks Canada 5-6 weeks Czech Republic 6-7 weeks Denmark  4-5 weeks  France  6-7 weeks Germany  5-6 weeks Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5-6 weeks Ireland 5-6 weeks Italy 5-6 weeks Netherlands 5-6 weeks New Zealand 4-5 weeks Spain  4-5 weeks Sweden  4-5 weeks Switzerland 4-5 weeks All Other Countries 4-7 weeks   International (non-U.S.A.) Transit Time The delivery speed of the postal system in your country and the customs clearance time in your country determine how long your flute is in transit.         SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEES We use the U.S. Mail System to ship our products. We ship using the Priority Mail and Priority Mail International Service. This provides tracking and insurance.   . International Orders : Shopping Cart : Shipping Fee International customers who use our online shopping cart will be charged a SPLIT shipping fee. At checkout, the $15 base fee will be charged. After you place your order, we will email you an invoice for the balance of the shipping fee. This amount will be the difference between the $15 you pay at time of check out and the actual cost to ship to your country. We use a simple inexpensive online shopping cart service. It can not calculate multiple country shipping charges. This simple shopping cart keeps our costs down and allows us to pass the savings onto you. We apologize for the inconvenience of having to split up the shipping fee. ORDER YOUR FLUTE Order Online ~ CLICK HERE Order By Phone: 1-417-535-6032

Only having used this tool a couple of times, I am completely satisfied with it's performance. I have used the bit to flush trim a few patterns in walnut and white oak. This bit moved right through the wood. The cut was very smooth. I am also happy that I will be able to turn / swap out the cutters.

This is an investment! That being said, if you only doing one slab, I would recommend DIY build or having someone professionally flatten your project. I would hazard a guess that you would be saving for a fifth of the cost of this rig. I bought the dust shield with vacuum hose attachment and was disappointed on a few levels. Firstly, it's a gimmick that falls short of its intended purpose and although it may cut down a little of the waste being scattered in the shop, it does not work as advertised. Do your slab flattening outside or you'llbe vacuuming for days. Secondly the hose port fit is not standard for any shop vac, so you'll be needing some type of adapter. As for the router sled itself, the build is sturdy, and it does work as intended. However there is the minimal clearance issue. Even at its lowest setting, I still had to raise the work piece as the plunge depth of routers are limited. Also expect to clear debris (constantly) from wheel path as it collects and will hinder the smoorh and level tracking of the wheels Overall, it works. But I'm thinking I should have opted for the bearing rail system. I gave it 3 stars because that's where it falls in the overall rating. Average! These are my opinions from my experience. Your millage may vary. If I could send it back without the hassle. I probably would. I don't have the box, and the return policy says everything has to be in original unused condition, which is impossible after use.

U.S.A.  4-5 weeks Africa 5-6 weeks Australia 5-6 weeks Canada 5-6 weeks Czech Republic 6-7 weeks Denmark  4-5 weeks  France  6-7 weeks Germany  5-6 weeks Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5-6 weeks Ireland 5-6 weeks Italy 5-6 weeks Netherlands 5-6 weeks New Zealand 4-5 weeks Spain  4-5 weeks Sweden  4-5 weeks Switzerland 4-5 weeks All Other Countries 4-7 weeks