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[jimmymack71]

haha very funny.well what you do is turn your drum upside down on a carpet or rug or a doona! and start at the waist end (bottom rings,not playing surface end)and tie one end of rope to a vertical and start your wrapping nice and tight and then knotting into another vertical once you finished you colour just keep adding different colour's as you go making sure your wrapping nice and tight all the time so it doesn't slip whilst your playing and then once your done add the other rope on the outside to hold the wrap starting at one of the ring loops at the waist of the drum and zig zag up and down the drum and there you have it a beautiful looking drum! Thast how I did mine but I'm sure others might do theres differently so please tell us you secrets.I know duga explained his in another post which was interesting.
Good luck!

[michi]

well what you do is turn your drum upside down on a carpet or rug or a doona! and start at the waist end (bottom rings,not playing surface end)and tie one end of rope to a vertical and start your wrapping nice and tight

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OK, I get that, thanks! I start at the waist and work towards the playing surface. But why turn the drum upside down? Couldn't I do the exact same thing with it being in its normal upright position?

Cheers,

Michi.

[jimmymack71]

well if the drum is in it's upright position then the rope will keep falling off the drum everytime you wind around, it's easier when it's upside down to pull it tighter with out the rope dropping.
Good luck! James

[michi]

it's easier when it's upside down to pull it tighter with out the rope dropping.
Good luck! James

Ah, OK, I get the idea now, thanks!

Cheers,

Michi.

[e2c]

I thought you'd recognize it, Duga! Am really looking forward to having it here... (marathon solo session coming up )

I saw it last night (well, early this a.m.) and felt it calling my name.

let me know when you get it and what you think of it.

'Tis an altogether lovely drum! And at only 13 lbs., perfect for me to carry for accompaniment playing - much as I love my "regular" djembes, they're significantly heavier.

It's * so* nice to finally have my own bass djembe, instead of needing to borrow one.

[Garvin]

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[jimmymack71]

heres some of my drums I've just finished skinning.with all the help from the djembefola forums they turned out great!! I even added the 4mm rope under the rings.they sound incredible.I've always played guinea drums but these senegalese drums sound beautiful.I put 5mm rope on and the skins are from Guinea.I've just skinned 6 in two days!! and am now very sore!!

[jimmymack71]

Heres my lenke drum that I just decorated.

[Garvin]

Awesome rope job man... As Borat would say, "Very Nice!"

[gar05189]

here´s mine! 13.5" Hare with spotted goatskin from DSD, smells nice too!

[jimmymack71]

What a Beauty!! How do they get that ultra tight drum hugging skin fold over?,It's as if it's been vacum packed. I wrap my skin down when it's wet, but it never comes out as figure hugging as the drums I've seen from Wula or DSD.

[michi]

How do they get that ultra tight drum hugging skin fold over?,It's as if it's been vacum packed. I wrap my skin down when it's wet, but it never comes out as figure hugging as the drums I've seen from Wula or DSD.

Not hard to do: before you start fitting the skin, cut small (about 1/2") slits into the skin around the perimeter, about 1/2" inch from the edge, and about 1" spaced apart. You'll end up with 30-40 slits in the round of skin. (You need an even number of slits.) Thread a 4-5mm rope through the slits in an "over-under" fashion so you can pull the skin tight with that rope in a drawstring fashion.

Fit the skin with that rope tied together while the skin is on the flesh ring and wet. Then, after the wet pull, loosen the rope (but don't remove it) and fold the excess skin over the drum and tighten the rope again. Now take about 20m of temporary rope (3mm works well) and add a second set of "verticals" to the drum. At the top, the verticals go around the rope loop on the skin, at the bottom you can thread them through the gaps in the knots on the bottom ring. Pull those verticals tight (hard), so the excess skin is stretched nice and tight towards the bottom ring.

Now take another 20m of 2-3mm rope and wrap that around the excess skin in between the flesh ring and the temporary rope and pull it tight, so the excess skin gets pressed against the side of the verticals. Let dry, remove the temporary rope, and trim the skin off with kitchen scissors.

Cheers,

Michi.

[jimmymack71]

Aha! Thats how it's done,I thought it was something along those lines.Thanks for that!!

[gar05189]

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[gar05189]

Thanks michi, i was wondering about that as well