Post #473772 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Aug 2, 2009 12:35 PM

I came indoors a couple days ago to do most of the work on the little pahu

After I did all 32 cut outs, i started to hollow it out. I started on the top:

Then after I get to a depth of at least half way in the log, I turn it over and make another hole to try and meet it. For this I use the 1" 90 degree parting tool.

It gets softer the closer to the center and the deeper you go. (That's what she said!) Now I'm a little more than 1" deep with only 4 small cuts.

A second pass bisecting the first cuts I made and I'm 2.5 -3" in already in just a couple minutes.
A few more cuts like that with the same tool and I'm in 4-5" wiith just a couple more to go

Then I smooth out the sides and try to make room for another star pattern cut in the deepest center

About two inches more and I break through to the other hole.

Now it gets real easy to finish the hollowing

I made the cut outs deeper than needed so when I hollowed it they would open up

The source I used for this one left the bottom portion like this, but I'm going to fancy it up a bit like the bigger one

I did the rim next:

And here it is next to the bigger one

I was looking at some of these for sale lately on line and holy s#!^ they're a lot of money!

Some more in process pictures for Tony:
We're in the very critical drying and curing stage now. It has to be constantly monitored and checked to ensure that it dries evenly. To do this, I set up a shade to keep the sun off the outside of it so it doesn't dry too quickly and split

I lean it so that the sun shines on the whole of the inside:

About every half hour I rotate it 90-180 degrees. Should only be about 4-5 more days of this. Meanwhile, I'll start sanding it and adding the last few details to it.

On 2009-08-02 06:13, Benzart wrote:
Buzzy, you are a Wild man with these drums, it's obvious you carve to a different beat, but wuah ever it is, just keep on doing it.

Yo Bennie! thanks for stopping by. I'm going to head out in a little bit and see if I can't track down the new issue of Tiki mag. I can't wait to check your Featured Carver section. I'm glad you made it based upon your impressive carving skills and long time contributions to this tiki scene. I hear the guy in the next issue only made it because he's so handsome and good looking. :roll: At least you will maintain the mags credibility until the next issue comes out, this winter.
About the drums: the different beat I'm carving to is all the questions I have in my head about what would happen if I did this or that to it. How is it going to sound, feel, play, and last? As long as I don't know the answer, I need to find it out. That's what drives me: Having questions and finding their answers.

On 2009-08-01 16:33, tikithomas08 wrote:
awesome stuff as usual buzzy! you should try carving some bongos next

There have been some discussions in the past about bongos...I kind of have an idea I might want to try. Right now I'm doing a couple smaller test drums to see how thet sound. If I can get a good sound out of a small drum, then the next step is bongos.

On 2009-07-31 12:39, TheBigT wrote:
Man Buzzy, this one came out really awesome. Look at that. NICE!

Thanks BT! I'll probably have the head on it by Wednesday. I hope it sounds as good as it looks.

On 2009-07-31 11:31, 4WDtiki wrote:
Maybe we need a thread for haikus about Buzzy! :lol:

If I wasn't still behind on delivering the prize from last year's sunset contest, I'd turn it into a contest. I'll keep that in mind, however...

Buzzy Out!