Re: Re: ASHIKO DRUMS
Richard Estes (restes@pacificrim.net)
Thu, 4 Jan 1996 02:29:08 -0500
Hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season.
At 03:40 PM 12/22/95 GMT, John_McConnell@together.org wrote:
>Hey Richard:
>Well, it sounds like you have more than enough mahogany to make an Ashiko.
Yes, I have enough for several drums. My concern and question
now involves the thickness of the wood. The mohogany that I have
is a full 1" thick and I know that this would make a very heavy drum.
I therefore intend on plaining it down a little to reduce this weight
factor. This particular wood that I have is VERY dense and heavy.
Some questions;
On thickness of the body walls;
Is starting out with 1" material too thick? I have no lathe available, and
therefore would limited to smoothing the exterior with hand tools. This
could be done with a draw knife, or power sander.
On size;
I want a drum with good tonal variety. I am thinking 18 staves of approx.
2 1/2" width each. I have drawn this out on paper, and it comes out to be
about 14" diameter head. What would be a good length for this size of head?
I am thinking 24 or 32".
>Ahhhhh jigs............wish me luck for this WRITTEN explanation!!!!
Yeah, a little hard to follow. I do feel that I can successfully make
a jig that will work.
With Love,
Richard Estes
restes@pacificrim.net
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