Air / Steam Whistle 

Absolutley brilliant tutorial. Ive been trying to find all the salient points of importance when building a whistle and youve nailed it. Best regards Stuart from UK

I am also not a musician but I worked on a project to refurbish and old pipe organ and it's installation in our church. If you are still interested in air-powered notes, you may wish to research how organ pipes are made. They run on much lower air pressure but higher volume of air passing thru the pipes (our organ utilizes "4 inches of water" as its static pressure). Also there are videos of how to make train whistles out of pvc pipe. From these you could learn what notes each whistle should be tuned to to make your combined air horn sound like one of the big diesel locomotives. Loved this project. 😎👍

I just finished making a 9" one as per your instructions and it works great! It is LOUD!! One thing I would change is to make the diameter of at least the bell 1/4-3/8 wider diameter so that the bottom plate screws have a bit more room for their threads & heads. I wound up using M4 screws,

Fascinating project Lee - not something we'd come across very often! Quite a lot of machining involved. Great result - just imagine 200 psi of steam :)

Way to go Lee! Nice fun project, something the grand kids will enjoy. I always look forward to your next project, cheers buddy.

great video...as a student of machine shop can't wait to make one...thanks for all the good info

Great project Sir! Thank you for taking the time to detail the steps out. I have been looking into trying to make a set for a while now. I think now after watching, I can give it a try.

Thanks for the reference to my video and good job on this one,,,,,Ken B.

That is really something. All of your projects are very interesting and this one is no different. Maybe Keith Rucker can hook that up to his locomotive and see just how loud it can get. I think you guys are not too far from each other.

Hey, that looked like alot of fun! Nice job.

Something doesn't have to be useful to be fun... ;) Now time for a bigger compressor and a professional air delivery system... lol

Enjoyed the build Lee , thanks man !

I want to make a 3" one to hook to the bleed valve on the bottom of my compressor. Neighbors will love that.

It can be done without a lathe but I don't have one. Thanks for the lesson!

I love it. Another project for me to put on the list.

Great project. I enjoy all your videos. Lonnie

nice and fun project! Love it!

the reason that they are all the same note C sharp is that the length of each one is doubled in length causing the note to drop one octave. To raise a note one octave you need to double is frequency. If you want to made a 3 note cord you need to look up the ratio of the third and fifth note of a music scale. to set their lengths.

First COmment! cool! nice video, really interesting to see how it goes together. enough info to build one, when I get some other things out of the way! lol.

Were you ever able to run more volume of air through them? Half inch pipe should do it.

Would be interesting to hook up selanoid values to rotate between each to have a fluctuating sound .

Larger supply line right up to the manifold, if that's still not enough air volume, tee it and run a line to each end of the manifold... it would be interesting to hear those using steam if it doesn't require re-tuning.

It appears that the only component providing stability to the resonator is its tight fit to the cap. Is there any reason not to provide a mechanical connection between the resonator and the cap; e.g. pin or cap screws?

If the "bell" (cup) is drilled for 3/8x24 and the botton piece is drilled and taped for 1/4" NPT how does the set up on the lathe to turn the bottom round allow for the 3/8x24 threaded rod to extend through the 1/4 NPT bottom.

Wonderfull!!best regard from me..tony italy

Wonderfull!!

HEY MR PEEDIN, I TRIED TO DO THIS AND IT NO WORKS, CAN YOU FIX IT PLEEEEASE? THAT WOULD BE SUS 🤪

A 3/8 ID hose should bring them to life at 120 lbs.

For have loud frequency?how about diameter??and lenght of tube??best regard by Antonio italy

Uhh, all three chimes sounds like one chime

Is that a shower curtain hanging next to your mill?

I like(d) it!

lee try a 3/8 air line you need more volume.

Lee, how's your mom? I hope well, you're a good son.