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2nd February 2011, 03:48 PM
Thread: Tongue Drum, In Progress
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I have some pictures of the plans and template...
I have some pictures of the plans and template for the top here:
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2nd February 2011, 03:41 PM
Thread: Tongue Drum, In Progress
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Here is a picture of the finished drum: ...
Here is a picture of the finished drum:
http://i.imgur.com/QGYjf.jpg
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18th November 2008, 02:43 AM
Thread: flower planter, in progress
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There is a bit of figure to some of the white oak...
There is a bit of figure to some of the white oak pieces. Hopefully it will look nice after finishing.
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17th November 2008, 02:51 PM
Thread: flower planter, in progress
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flower planter, in progress
I've been making a flower planter for my woodworking class' leg and rail project. The legs are white oak, with walnut sandwiched inside, the rails are hard maple, and the square rods are cherry. ...
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25th October 2008, 12:42 PM
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Starrett is amazing
I bought a Starrett 4" double square recently, and love it to death. Here's the link to it:
Amazon.com: Starrett 13A Double Square with hardened Blade: Home Improvement
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1st October 2008, 04:21 PM
Thread: Prototype Tongue Drum
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Hmm, it really sounds like you don't have to...
Hmm, it really sounds like you don't have to remove much material. I think the soft maple was very inappropriate for the top of my original drum. I was also wondering if I should drill holes most...
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1st October 2008, 01:12 AM
Thread: Prototype Tongue Drum
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Scally, I would love to see a picture of your...
Scally, I would love to see a picture of your bought drum if possible. I'm curious how the professionals go about tuning these things. On my prototype drum, I had to remove quite a bit of material...
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30th September 2008, 03:22 PM
Thread: Tongue Drum, In Progress
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Tongue Drum, In Progress
I've been working on my tongue drum in woodworking class quite a bit lately. It has hard maple sides (plain cut, but with some figure), a padauk top, and a 1/4" baltic birch plywood bottom. The...
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30th September 2008, 03:04 PM
Thread: Prototype Tongue Drum
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New Tongue Drum
I have gotten pretty far in building the full tongue drum. Since it is for a class, I unfortunately have a very limited time to work on it. I jointed/planed all my solid stock down to 3/4" (~20mm)...
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22nd September 2008, 03:23 AM
Thread: finishing hard maple
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finishing hard maple
I was thinking of using some minwax tung oil finish on hard maple (http://www.minwax.com/products/specialty_products/tung_oil_finish.cfm). I've heard that hard maple is difficult to finish... is...
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8th September 2008, 01:54 PM
Thread: Prototype Tongue Drum
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I'll try to leave the tops of the tongues looking...
I'll try to leave the tops of the tongues looking the same while removing material from the base and head underneath to change vibration frequency. I'm aiming to tune it to this scale:
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8th September 2008, 07:17 AM
Thread: Prototype Tongue Drum
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I tuned it on the sound box. Trying to tune...
I tuned it on the sound box. Trying to tune without a sound box is about impossible... the sounding board does not make much sound on its own. For tuning, I used a microphone attached to my...
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7th September 2008, 05:10 PM
Thread: Prototype Tongue Drum
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Prototype Tongue Drum
I made this prototype tongue drum as a test before attempting a bigger, nicer drum in a woodworking class. It's constructed from maple, with some odd bookshelf backing for the bottom (since I had a...