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[Dugafola]

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. 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.

an easier way to do your 2nd verts for the skin is to use an old ring that'll fit over the leg and partway up the bottom of the shell. it'll eliminate the need to dig into your verts to lace the extra cord.

[gar05189]

true, the cradle knots on the bottom ring of my other drum are packed,... i need to post a picture of that one as well but im afraid i won´t get too much positive feebdback because it was my first "real" djembe, a 13.5 mansonia wood from ghana with a terrible glued-in-a-hurry-hole-in-the-skin

[michi]

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

Here is a shot of what it looks like after the wet pull, with the temporary verticals stretching the skin over the rim.

After wet pull, with stretched skin flap

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And here is what it looks like after adding the wrap.

Additional wrap to press down the skin flap

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Cheers,

Michi.

[michi]

an easier way to do your 2nd verts for the skin is to use an old ring that'll fit over the leg and partway up the bottom of the shell. it'll eliminate the need to dig into your verts to lace the extra cord.

I like that suggestion. It indeed seems easier that way, thanks!

Cheers,

Michi.

[Djembe-nerd]

Here are mine 2. Mali is a linke and I was told that the Guniea is also a lenke but I think its Acajou. You guys can tell

[Beerfola]

The Mali looks like Hare to me and the Guinea looks more like Lenke

[Aurawiewer]

Hi ( sorry if i get his topic to bad theme )

I have got new djembe. It is from Mali, the wood is Iroko. Very nice high slaps and perfect bass. Im so happy


The price was about 200E .

[michi]

Looks like you bought the real thing. That's a nice shell!

Cheers,

Michi.

[gar05189]

Looks nice, i also bought an iroko shell this week, can´t wait to play it,

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its going to be headed with cow skin

[bubudi]

congratulations on your new drums, guys. they both look like like they're from ivory coast.

[bops]

My new axe:

Before


After


From Drumskulls.

[michi]

Wow! Superb job! (Both drum and rope work.)

I really like the carving. I've never seen that style before. Looks really nice!

Does it sound as nice as it looks?

Cheers,

Michi.

[bubudi]

beautiful shell, bops. that's my preferred shape. by the looks of the large mali weave i'm guessing you don't have it tuned as high as your lead guinea drum.

[bops]

Thanks fellas, I love it. I told my wife that it may be the last drum that I ever need to buy. She laughed.

It's cranked up to solo pitch. I'll start a separate thread with some additional comments.

Here's the top view:

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[michi]

Thanks fellas, I love it. I told my wife that it may be the last drum that I ever need to buy. She laughed.

I just laughed too...

It's cranked up to solo pitch. I'll start a separate thread with some additional comments.

Here's the top view:

It's beautiful!

Cheers,

Michi.