Home made : an exclusive template by noseflute.org

Today, Noseflute.org is glad to offer an exclusive cardboard nose flute template. Yes, a cardboard nose flute!

If you want to challenge yourself with this, just follow the instructions below.
You'll need ... cardboard that you can pass into your printer, or, if you prefer to draw, a pen, a ruler and a compass, and in any case, rapid glue, a very sharp blade (scalpel) and a round-edge puncher.

1) print the PDF (after downloading it here or without figures here) or redo the drawings, following the dimensions given in millimeters (pic. 1).
2) Cut by following the black lines only (pic. 2).

3) Prepare the folding by drawing the white lines with the puncher (better results if you do it both sides of the cardboard). Round the "neck" out by rolling it around a tube (pic.3).
4) Clearly mark the folds in the right way (pic. 4).

5) Glue the parts that must be glued (in dark red), one by one : begin with one side of the "neck" (little triangles), then the other side, and so on. Absolutely avoid leaving holes from which blown air could escape ! (Pic. 5).
6) Cut the nose cap and mark the folds as before (Pic. 6).

7) Glue the nose cap (pic. 7).
8) With a very sharp blade, cut the bevel of the mouth hole. Try to make it at 45° (pic. 9).

Personally, after that, I applied a coat of spray painting and one of varnish, not really for esthetics, but in order to get the cardboard stiffer.

Here is the result. It's not the best nose flute I ever had, but it works correctly. And it's quite fun to build one.

If you make one, please send me some pictures!