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Permalink Reply by Dane Donato on May 2, 2015 at 1:03pm

Thanks, man. If you get the chance to teach, jump at the chance. I have one more scheduled for the fall at a festival in Vermont. It makes you think about what you are doing in the shop, too. I came up with inexpensive slides made from 3/4" Schedule 40 PVC pipe for each student which I really like, and will continue to make.  

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Permalink Reply by Dane Donato on May 3, 2015 at 12:41am

They are okay. I like my brass slide best. Each material is slightly different. But, I got about 70 slides out of one 2.85 cent pipe, so it is a great bargain. 

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Permalink Reply by TN Twang on May 4, 2015 at 2:25am

I had thought about it but figured PVC was too soft. What's "Schedule 40?" I know there are different substances, but can't tell them apart.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 8, 2015 at 3:42pm

Been wanting to try a PVC slide, just never got around to cutting one out. Will,hafta go rummage around my stash...

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Permalink Reply by 14 buck bass (aka antonio) on May 3, 2015 at 3:27am

right on man good on you

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on May 3, 2015 at 6:02am

good on you Dane.

keep it up.

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Permalink Reply by Dane Donato on May 3, 2015 at 11:36am

Thanks, everyone. 

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on May 8, 2015 at 2:10pm

Nice project, I bet they are having a blast playing them too.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on May 8, 2015 at 6:49pm

Cool project.  I think I'll do a simple diddley bow as an activity at the San Diego Maker's Faire in October.  

I cut a piece of PVC pipe, and found the slide to be very dead... It works, and it's a different sound...  might be useful . . .   but for me, as the kits go, I will probably stick to deburred copper pipe...

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Permalink Reply by Dane Donato on May 9, 2015 at 12:57am

Thanks. PVC pipe is not an ideal material, but I needed 50 in a hurry, and I saved a bunch. 3 bucks vs. 50 for copper couplings. Brass is my favorite slide material for my own use. 

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Permalink Reply by Mike on May 9, 2015 at 7:35pm

Great stuff, it is great to teach others. I am in the middle of doing the same with a bunch if brownies. We finish on Monday splitting the session in half 1.5 hours each. Lots of fun to do. Lots of prep on my part but lots of fun all the same.

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Permalink Reply by TN Twang on May 11, 2015 at 2:05am

Took one of my 3-string wonders to a church-based pick-and-sing. 8 year old kid saw it and asked a LOT of questions. Yesterday he told me he had built one out of a shoe box he found in the closet.

Under 10 years old they get it!

I've got no business working with kids that young. I need to figure out how to do a train-the-trainer session to show the (mostly female) kid workers how to build and play these things. (Diddley bows, washtub basses, tin-can percussion, plastic jar shakers and rattles and scrapers, water-glass xylophones, any other ideas out there???)

All suggestions greatly appreciated--including dire warnings if you see problems.

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