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

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.