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Permalink Reply by Don Thompson on March 23, 2011 at 10:20am

I've used x ray film, worked well for me, especially considering the very humid climate I live in. Some hobby stores carry premade rings, you need them slightly loose and some good rope. Finding rings the right size may be a challenge.

Don

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on March 23, 2011 at 2:38pm

Packaging tape. Really!

Get tight and in a couple of layers. And it's cheap.

 

 

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Mungo Park on March 23, 2011 at 3:52pm

This guy has some for $25-$35, I have bouht from him and he has nice stuff, he also sells goat skins.

http://www.wwdrums.com/products/Painted_Djembe_Drum_8_X_16-824-78.html

 

 For the price of the skin, you might as well buy the drum.

 Packing tape is a capitol idea:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/the-squared-eel-banjo-pa...

 

You might be able buy a rod at someplace like Home Depot, pound it into a round, wrap it with cloth and you would have a ring, don't know if the X-Ray film will bend under the ring.

  Don would know.                    Cheers Ron.                 

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on March 23, 2011 at 4:32pm

I read a blog post on this They used a smaller concrete tube like from home depot then used the CLOTH paint drop cover soaked it in water till it was pliable then stretched it out over the tube and used a staple gun to secure it as the head. I have not tried it myself but hey could work. eh?? Maybe have a two-headed drum and have the edges doubled then run leather shoe laces to attach tighten.  ?

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 23, 2011 at 5:22pm

i get a whole goat hide for $60au.  it'll cover 10 drums easily..

if you lace to a ring on the underside of the jar the size of the ring is not too critical..

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Permalink Reply by jeff maurer on March 24, 2011 at 2:20am

i used packing tape on a christmas popcorn tin. the tin is to0 thin and produces sounds i dont like, however i think the tape itself works pretty good. do you have to use goatskin? if your a hunter or has friends that hunt you could get your hands on almost any kind of skin depending on what the season is. i just found out that most of my friends who hunt thro their deer hides out because they dont know how to tan them. never seen a glass drum, ive seen an ice drumset tho.  btw how did you cut the glass? and is it still strong enough to take a beating?

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Permalink Reply by Mungo Park on March 24, 2011 at 3:22am

A plastic tube or a plastic 5 gallon pail might be more practical, cardboard round cement form.

                            cheers Ron.

 

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on March 24, 2011 at 3:59am

Yea, I would be leery of using glass like that. The edges could be to sharp or the glass could buckle from pressure. Shoot just an empty pail with a piezo attached could produce some cool effects for your psyche band.

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Permalink Reply by Vaughan S. Nelson-Lee on March 24, 2011 at 11:08am

The idea was to put together some sort of collection of things for a variety of sounds. The edge of the jar is a bit uneven and sharp now, yeah, but I was gonna fix that with some wet emery paper. I'll definitely have a five gallon bucket to bang on.  Packing tape does indeed sound like the best option for this. I'll definitely buy a real djembe when I start up work again. 

 

Do you think getting an old leather jacket from a thrift shop and cutting it up would work? Or would it stretch a lot?

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 24, 2011 at 3:26pm

tanned leather wont be much good at all imho, u need rawehide..

 

theres plenty of places u can get a hide pretty cheap, i've found its much more cost effective to buy an entire hide, do a few banjos, drums etc..

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Permalink Reply by Kel Wilson on March 26, 2011 at 5:42pm

Ive been looking in to drums as well.  Found this site for drumhead skins

http://www.mid-east.com/items.asp?Cc=Calf&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&a...

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