Post #466906 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sat, Jul 4, 2009 9:44 PM

Sunset sometime:

Another big drum time. Here was the log I dragged out of the pile a few days ago

I started stripping it down with my trusty Ryobi planer. After getting through half the log, the planer started whistling really loud. Then it smelled like it was burning popcorn. Then it stopped working.
RIP my second Ryobi planer

You served me long and well!

Luckily I had the draw knife as backup. It's faster, but much more effortful. It did get the job done,though.

now I'm hollowing it out. I only have to make this hole 36 inches deeper and a little wider than it is.

I'm hollowing it out before I square it up so it will be lighter and easier to deal with. It's way hard to square these things up when they weigh a ton. It's like you're fighting two battles at the same time doing it that way. Divide and conquer...

This guy is undergoing final sanding now:

I started at the top and am working my way down. It will be a while still.

The factory is in full blown, all out Scrubs/Brady idol production these days:

And finally, I put finish on this guy:

On 2009-07-04 08:31, big daddy wrote:
howdy buzzy,
once again all your stuff looks great! someday i'd love to hear what your drums sounds like, (though i thought i felt a low rumble coming from the west just the other day). maybe you can figure out how to download sound on your page.

I can probably play one on the JustinTV channel. Sound wouldn't be that good. Cammo has some new camera that can probably do that. I'll see if he can do it.

On 2009-07-04 10:22, Babalu wrote:
Dude...it would be cool to see one of these Moais turned into a drum...
HAPPY 4TH BUZZY!!!

Thanks Babalu and

happy 4th to everyone else too!
Buzzy Out!