I has a new Drum!!!

[johno]

I has a new Drum!!!
Originally uploaded by JohnO.

ETA1:

Yes, I built it myself.

5 gallon wine cask.
Soak in water for 6 weeks.
Then dry for 6 weeks.
Cut, sand, biscuit, and glue back together.
Grind excess glue and sand smooth.
Stain and more sanding (to fix a bad stain job) and re-stain.
Multiple coats of polyurethane.
Soak & Stretch and soak & stretch again, then tack.
Then do the other end.

Hopefully it will be dried enough to play on Sunday at the taiko workshop at Consonance


ETA2:

12" head,
15" tall

Comments

[nitroace.livejournal.com]

Cool!!! Bang bang!!!

[johno.livejournal.com]

I've updated to add stuff.

Don-Kon-DoKo-Don!

So do we get to meet it

[capplor.livejournal.com]

at Consonance? Bet you'd liven up the drum circle big time.

Re: So do we get to meet it

[johno.livejournal.com]

It may not be dry enough for friday night's circle.

But hopefully it will be ready by Sunday for the workshop.

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

Neat! Is that a goatskin head I spy?

[johno.livejournal.com]

Actually it's Texas Cow.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Very nice looking - looking forward to what the sound is like.

[johno.livejournal.com]

It may not be dried out enough for Friday night, but it should be ready for Sunday.

[johno.livejournal.com]

C reminds me that you won't be at Consonance (unless you have a big surprise for Bay Area Silly folks).

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I was about to tell you how beautimous it is, and then to find out you made it yourself? Oh, *man*.

[luckinspades.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congrats! Its so beautiful ^,^

[johno.livejournal.com]

Thanks

[hellloooonurse.livejournal.com]

Sweet! :) Hopefully we'll get to hear it.

[lampblack.livejournal.com]

That drum is beautiful! Really exquisite work!

[johno.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

You did what to a wine cask?

[dinogrl.livejournal.com]

You mean there is a life after wine?????
Well, I suppose if a wine cask has another life, making sweet music should be it.
Congratulations. I made a drum once, and it is a labor of love.

Re: You did what to a wine cask?

[johno.livejournal.com]

I worked on it for over 6 months.

Probably 100 hours of total work. 20-30 of them for just sanding.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

That is a beautiful drum!

[johno.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[bardling.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a lot of work, but... oh, it *looks* to have been well worth it. May it *sound* as beautiful as it looks! (Wish I could be at Consonance to hear... both it & the IF & other guests! ;)

WN does teach excellent drumbuilding. :)

[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY !!!! :D :D :D :D :D

(I bet it sounds great too!!! :D :D :D :D :D)

Next drum I make, I want an exterior finish like THAT. (Last drum I made has a different finish, for reasons that were valid at the time, but are no longer.)

Re: WN does teach excellent drumbuilding. :)

[johno.livejournal.com]

The drums I've built have been for my and C's use, and are not for the dojo's pool, so I don't have to follow S's lead.


Cabernet stain.
2 heavy layers left for 15-30 minutes, then rubbed in then off.
"Rub on, Rub off" was running through my head.
1 med layers left on over night.
However it soaked back up the fibers, leaving one end very dark.

Sanded down till the stain was light but even.*
This also left many artifacts in the wood.

3 med layers of stain, rub in, rub off after 15 minutes.
I also did a light #220 sand between coats.**

The multiple layers, the rubbing and sanding, gave me the deep luster.
I was not expecting it to look so good.

2 very thin layers of minwax water based polyurethane.
#400 very light sanding.**
1 med layer of polyurethane.
#400 sanding.**
1 med layers of polyurethane.
Flipping the body ever 30 mintutes for the first 2 hours of drying time.

*I think this turned out to be important, as the stain oils worked into the wood to make it feel and take future working really well.

**The sanding leaves it all scratched up, but they mostly disappear with the microfiber tack cloth and get filled in by the next layer. According to my research, the light sanding is critical so the next layer can grip the previous.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Very nice. The wood is lovely.

[ramblingmom.livejournal.com]

Well -- I'm impressed.

[sailorv61.livejournal.com]

*drools* i think it is almost as sexy as you. not quite, but almost

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

Having seen and Heard the drum at Consonance, it is indeed a wonderful drum.
Very Very Nice. You are an excellent drum maker and drum player and teacher. It was a great Workshop.
Thank you!