uniongoon
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Been drying this wood for the past 2 years, from a tree cut down a few doors down from my house. The kick was originally done in two pieces because it was too scary turning it on my lathe in one big chunk, that is a ton of rotating mass. Even in two pieces, one of the halves did not survive and the amount I had left of this rare wood was not strong enough to do over. So I did a piece from some mill bought Birch and cut it in two and interlocked it on each end of the kick, getting to my desired depth of 16".
Re-rings are steambent birch and are milled flush to the inner shell walls.
Bearing edges are rough cut so far, 30 degree inner cut and a slight 45 on the outer.
10"12"15" and 24" with a 14X6 1/2" snare. Almost to the finishing stage which will be a simple matte natural.
Re-rings are steambent birch and are milled flush to the inner shell walls.
Bearing edges are rough cut so far, 30 degree inner cut and a slight 45 on the outer.
10"12"15" and 24" with a 14X6 1/2" snare. Almost to the finishing stage which will be a simple matte natural.