Post #564762 by Kino on Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:38 PM

Thanks 4wdtiki. The wood is african sumac. just something I came across last year. I have
few more pieces of it although they are on the smaller side.
This drum is only about 2' long. I hollowed it out with a chainsaw about 90 %.
Then tried to clean it up inside with a chisel.
The pic shows it lightly stained, I didnt want to go real dark, thought I would lose the details I chipped into to it.
This wood when peeled is a pine looking color and if left to dry more starts
to show 'red' flavors. And the grain of the logs twist.

It sounds cool , if only I could play it well.

Anyway, here are some progress pics of two I started last week.
They need some stain and whatnot (I havent decided completely yet)
otherwise, I'm calling them done.

Any ideas, suggestions, feedback are welcome.
Mahalo for looking.