Post #473278 by Bay Park Buzzy on Fri, Jul 31, 2009 10:32 AM

I missed the sunset last night because I had to work, but I did get the William D. Evans as it came into port:

We were on the North Lawn yesterday because there was a big wedding on South Lawn.I like the view from the South Lawn better. More action down there.

This was my setup:

I worked on a small Hawaiian Pahu because I didn't feel like hauling a big log down there

It has a little different pattern than the one I did a couple days ago. This is a super duper dense log. It's like carving a rock. It's going to suck hollowing it out. I'm a little more than half way done with the pedastal part right now.

It's about 12.5" tall and 7" in diameter. Here it is next to the one day drum, which is now sanded on the outside:

I should finish the little one today, no problem.

On 2009-07-29 17:21, TravelingJones wrote:
palm hollow bay sun
splinters palm stretched skin
buzzy BANG! drum

That's a great summary of All 209 pages of this thread, in Haiku form even!

On 2009-07-29 20:21, Meheadhunter wrote:

You could lash it similar to the Bougaraboo drum...

You've done a great job on those drums....
I might have to commission one from you. :)
If you're interested???

I'm knocking a couple quick ones to try the lashing on right now. I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with the rim part, as far as lacing and reinforcing it goes. I've been looking at a lot of drums lately, trying to figure out what I'm going to do. The discovery is the fun part or me...
Definitely interested but I have a pretty big "to do" list of commissions that I've been putting off until August 1, which I believe is tomorrow. :o Gasp! Wow time flies! I took a couple months off of hired work this summer and it looks like my free carving vacation is over(Somehow the Martini Kings drum snuck its way in there!) I have two drums, a fake drum, and at least a couple months worth of tikis for a couple of jobs that I have to start on now. I'll probably have time to sneak in a couple side projects in between all that, so let me know what you're interested in and I may find some reason to bump it up in line.

On 2009-07-30 05:54, martini kings wrote:
on vacation but havin fun checkin in and seeing the progress. lettering looks killer. great job!.

Thanks Tony! I can't wait for you to see it. It's pretty impressive in person. It's BIG! I bet it will sound like thunder...

On 2009-07-30 09:27, NOTCH wrote:
Hey buzzy, your drums are looking frickin cool man!!
How can I get my hands on one of them fine beauty's??
Cheers! Notch

Yo Notch! I'll be bringing maybe 4 to Oasis. Whatever I have done by then is going with me. With the exception of the Martini Kings drum, nothing that I'm doing right now is spoken for, so if you like any that I'm doing now, let me know. Oherwise, I got a list of things to do before I can do a lot of drums again.

The quest for the perfect drum:
Right now on the drums I'm making, I'm trying to do some quicker ones for experimetation purposes. I'm trying to make drum that not only looks superior, but sounds superior as well. It's fun because there are a lot of variables to play with. It will be a never ending journey, I'm sure...

I was thinking back over the last year( my calendar year begins and ends on Tiki Oasis weekend) and I've only carved about 9 tikis in all that time. It's been all furniture and drums. And those damn Brady Idols!

Speaking of Brady idols, of to the PO!
Buzzy Out!