I got on a Drum making kick again last weekend...

[Onebowonder]

Well - I finally got a little time to spend in the garage last weekend and so I 'could have' worked on any of the many incomplete bow building projects I have lying about, ...but I just wasn't feeling it.  Not sure why I wasn't really, but it just wasn't where my mood was leading me I guess...

So, I built drum frames out of the scrap bits of wood I have lying about left over from Bow and Boat building projects of late.  Waste not want not... 

Now I just have to find a way to get some rawhide at a more reasonable price so I can finish these guys up!!!


Onebow

[Onebowonder]

Some more...

[Onebowonder]

...and some more. 

I made 3 exact copies of the first one 'cause I had lot's of scraps that size. 

OneBow

[TrevorM]

You did a great job, they look really nice! What did you use to join the pieces together?

[Onebowonder]

I just cut the correct angles on my tablesaw and then glue up the pieces with quality wood glue.  I've used TB2,TB3, and these were done with the new Elmer's Carpenter's Wood Glue MAX.  It's said to be waterproof like TB3 is.  Then I wrap them in a rachet strap and draw them up tight till the glue sets up.


OneBow

[lebhuntfish]

Those are awesome buddy! I really like the 5 sided 11in one! You know me, I like the one that is different.
Patrick

[Zuma]

Do I see cedar, ash, walnut and the course grain maybe yellow pine??
Looks like you will have the entire musical scale going on.
Just add some skin.
Zuma

[Onebowonder]

Do I see cedar, ash, walnut and the course grain maybe yellow pine??
Looks like you will have the entire musical scale going on.
Just add some skin.
Zuma

You know your woods!  ERC, Walnut, and the Yellow pine were all correct.  What you thought was Ash I suspect, is actually American Holly.  The color doesn't show as well as I'd like in these little pix, but the Holly looks like aged bone.  Also, on one of the frames, I used Yew heart wood for the spacers, since I had a bit of it on hand, in place of the ERC.

OneBow

[Wolf Watcher]

I have built many drums in the past and the frames were always the biggest challenge.  I have raw hide from two moose and one elk that I plan to use with one really thick piece I want to use to make a shield.  I have never used moose raw hide so wonder how it will work.  These drums will be two faced and tall if I can figure out how to make the frames.  Your frames are a work of art and I really appreciate your sharing with us.  Joe

[Josh B]

Those are looking sharp Eric!  Very nicely done Sir!  Josh

[BowEd]

WOW those are nice Onebownder.Beautiful job.
Wolfwatcher....I've made a couple of shields out of buffalo using the heat shrinking method.You've probably done it but it sure makes the rawhide thick.Learned it in the book Mystic Warriors of the Plains by Thomas E. Mails.In fact I should of looked up drum making there.I just used a hollow log.

[Zuma]

Onebow,
I wish I was familiar with holly and yew.
I have a good supply of maple and hickory for white. lol
I'm a wood nut. I brought a redwood tree home to Virginia
Slabbed with a chain saw. I had to buy a trailer for it.
back in 07

I just used a hollow log.

Lol, I was just going to get some pictures of a big ole hollow Gum tree.
Very thin wall with a twist for strength.
I think I got 5 20"X3' sections I use for tables.
When I first brought them home everyone was beating on the sections
with 2x2;s. They sounded pretty good raw.
Zuma

[Pappy]

Man them look great, nice work.
 Pappy

[Jodocus]

Oh, sweet!