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Making progress on the frame. Today I'll drill holes for the fasteners I made to hold the picture in, run to the hardware store for a sawtooth picture hanger, and get it hung. Once that's done I want to take some pictures of the frame and the joinery. After it's hung for a while I'll decide if I want to leave the finish matte or wax it to make it satin.
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On to the next project. A stave sided mahagony tom. Concert style (open bottom) 13" head and 13" deep. First step make a 2" deep mockup out of scrap pine to make sure the way I plan to do the milling will work and that (most important) the stave size makes a cylinder that can be turned on my lathe to a 13" outside diameter.
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Got the mock up cut and glued. Lathe is set up to turn the outside to exactly 13". So far everything works fine.Glad I had the idea (as I was falling asleep) to spline the staves. Not much more work but it makes the assembly way easier.
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Turned the entire mock up to 13", took it off the lathe and gave it the lightest squeeze to see if it flexed - and ... it shattered into many pieces. It was only 1 3/4" high so a 13" high cylinder might have better strength - or not. Way too mucvh work to take a dhance. So I ordered an unfinished drum shell. I can finish that and put the hardware on and be sure I'll have something I can play.
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Getting delivery today on a fine block plane. I loaned my Stanley to my daughter & her husband. They had some doors to trim. I came across a Bridge City Tool Works one that dazzled me. So I decided to treat myself to it. THe loan is now a gift.One for them and one for me.So much better than spending the money on booze.
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The orchid club meeting was very good yesterday. The speaker was great and I just had to buy one of the plants he had for sale. He is my favorite orchid hybridizer and I walked away from the sale plants once. But then took another look and one plant stood out to me. This happened once before when he was at a meeting several years ago. That plant had stupendous flowers. No telling what his plant will turn out to be - but ... I couldn't not take the chance.
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Did a good deed yesterday by picking up some wood that was just going to go into a dumpster and giving a suggestion where they might get rid of the rest. Hope it works out for them. I did what I could.
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Drum shell came yesterday. Now I have to decide if I want to leave it natural wood with a semi-gloss finish or use a semi-transparent stain. Firat I need to put it on the lathe and round the bearing edge. There's a lot of other stuff I need to accomplish before my shoulder replacement so it's not something that needs to be done right away.
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Stained the shell yesterday. I was going to take a long ride on the bike today but it came in rain. So I'm going to fine sand the shell and probably re-stain it. Then I can put a high gloss finish on it. Hopefully today.
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Got the drum together and semi-tuned. Now I need to build some legs. I'm really getting into the idea of doing some drumming again. Looking at used snares and a new ride cymbal as a minimal set.
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Decided on a better used Gretch snare and a used I series Zildjian rather than the Planet Z. Should get the stuff some before surgery so I can get it set up and play a bit. After surgery, once I'm over the innitial pain, I can still practice with my right hand till my left heals.
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