Tongue Drum

[Chrism3]

Padauk and pine.

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[Wongo]

Beautiful work. I like it.

[TasSculptor]

Very nice! Any chance of a short video clip of it in action?
Jason.

[Ruddy]

Great work. How does it sound? Is it your own design?

[Chrism3]

Sounds loud!
No, not my design - I used an article from Wood magazine for the basics (a smaller version), and copied the top pattern from a commercial photo online.
I'll post a video when I get one. The drum is now in the hands of my grandson.

Update: now have a video .NVEExport.0002.mpg

[Chrism3]

Bump

[yowie]

I love these. How do you cut the slots so accurately and neatly?

[Chrism3]

I used a scroll saw for a first cut, and then a jigsaw in a Triton router & jigsaw table to widen them. I used a fence on the table to make sure I didn't wander offline with the jigsaw. (you can see I did wander slightly on one slot). Then a strip of sandpaper to clean up.

[Ruddy]

Thanks for the video.
Sounds great.