Rob you asked "How do you dry a drum skin so fast that it can be properly tuned and played the next day?" Great question....True it takes longer for the skin...
Use fans - if you set the drums up on their sides, with the heads pointing towards the fan, it will dry overnight - you have to trim the goat skin above the...
Rob Said: <<<<< How do you dry a drum skin so fast that it can be properly tuned and played the next day? >>>>> Hi Rob, When I made my first djembe at a drum...
It's good to hear from other drum builders. I want to clarify that I have done 10 years of two day drum-building workshops, over 1200 drums to date. Much of...
the trick is a nice sunny day. It's good to have a nice sunny day, use a clean skin /hairless. (Or shave skin where rings sit before you skin.) soak skin over...
I agree, it is nice to hear from the builders. I just wanted to add how time saving the hairless skins are. In a day or so outside with no fan the hairless...
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Thank you all very much for your thoughtful feedback. I have tightened my skin up,up,up and have tapped the rim with a mallet to even it all out. I did not do...
... I use a man's hair removal product, (it's called Veet over here), one tube does 3 skins easily. Apply liberally on wet skin, wait 10 minutes, scrape with...
Dennis.. there are a number of Veet dipilitory products. Which one are you using exactly? And are you trimming the hair down first b4 applying? Debra ... one ...
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Regarding hair removal using chemicals - I've tried this once, and though it works fine I'm not convinced using a chemical on my skins is the best thing for...
Nair also works well - especially the aloe version ... I use a man's hair removal product, (it's called Veet over here), one tube does 3 skins easily. Apply...
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Last time I re-headed my Djembe I shaved it. Get a Bic, single blade, plastic razor. Use pliers to tear off the plastic blade guard. Now the blade has sharp...
Well, I tried the Nair approach once, for my first head, and I don't recommend it. It stinks, and I think it affects the quality of the skin's sound. I would...
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I've shaved hundreds, and use a short bladed slightly curved knife. I keep it very sharp, and can finish a skin in about 8 minutes. I pull the dry head tight...
Hi all, ... I don't know Nair, but the Veet product doesn't stink. Goat skins themselves are not quite free of some odours either... :-) I have no idea if it...
What have you heard about breathing goat dust? I have inhaled quite abit over the years.--- In djembe-l@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savage <marcus82988@...> wrote:...
Hi all, I own a handmade djembe I bought from a drum maker and have a question about drum head conditioning. Would you ever condition the drum head with an...
... played the next day? ... Lauderdale, Fl. Feb 9-10, 2008 ... You must have at least on good fan and preferably a hairless goatskin. If it's cold you would...
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... oil ... but ... Maybe on a boudran, but not reccomended for a djembe.You want a dry crisp sound. if you soften the hide it won't have the same sound....
Robert, I do not think there is any danger to breathing the dust a bit. I have not heard anything about it. I just think that it is not wise to breath animal...
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