Tongue Drum Not-so-fun-but-done

[WoodWrangler]

Well, after seeing DAVEO's drum and reading the article, I decide to make my own. It turned out "ok" ... but practice makes perfect.

Looking at the directions I thought "well, it doesn't get much easier than this" ... I was wrong.

The design is simple, but the between the jig saw cuts, messy and brittle Paduak, and fussy glue-up ... I had a "fun" few hours. In the end, it worked out. Here's my pic.

 

[Monty]

Looks great! How does it sound?

 

[DaveO]

Jeremy, it looks great. I too thought it would be very easy, but it's not as easy as it looks. Did you use a jigsaw to cut the tongues? What do you plan to finish it with? I ended up using lacquer.
Dave

 

[WoodWrangler]

Sounds like sweet music ... :lol:

I did use the jig saw with a 20 TPI Bosch blade. It cut pretty good, though I broke one of the blades (ouch!).

Not sure about finish ... probably laquer. I'll have to see what I have around here.

 

[clowman]

Looks great to me. I think I will jump on the bandwagon and make one for my kids.

 

[cskipper]

Very sharp.

 

[skeeter]

Tounge drum looks good. Do I detect a website band starting up??

 

[NZAPP1]

That looks nice :icon_thum . I am glad my kids are older or I would have to make one.

 

[NZAPP1]

I hope I have some time to do some of the other stuff on my list first :lol:

 

[PeteM]

Hey Nick - They're not just for kids!
They sell them at the Renaissance Festival for big bucks.
Different woods - differect keys - very cool.

pete

 

[NZAPP1]

:eusa_thin Hum might have to look into that