HappyMonkey/HMD WOODSHOP - Page 9

xoxoxoBruce · 05-27-2004, 08:47 PM

No, you can't afford it.

lumberjim · 05-27-2004, 11:09 PM

Ok, so what's next, Hmonkey?

Happy Monkey · 05-28-2004, 07:30 AM

Not sure yet. Perhaps back to the chair. Maybe a chest of drawers for my brother. I'll probably take a break for a while.

Bruce - Damn. That's pretty cool. I haven't done anything with glass yet, though my parents are replacing the windows on their weekend house in West Virginia.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-29-2004, 03:30 PM

Yeah HM, I thought you'd appreciate the wood and detail in that breakfront, especially considering they're using pretty much the same tools you are. Personally, I'd rather have your bookcase for myself.

zippyt · 05-31-2004, 05:24 PM

how about this HM,

wolf · 05-31-2004, 06:17 PM

The third set of legs obviously needs to pee.

(looks like furniture that Alex, from A Clockwork Orange, would have, doesn't it?)

xoxoxoBruce · 05-31-2004, 06:30 PM

Nobody gets to sit at the head of the table.

Happy Monkey · 05-31-2004, 07:22 PM

Well, that takes a certain amount of... umm... technical skill.

Hard to think of a place to put it, though.

zippyt · 07-10-2004, 10:10 PM

Or this HM,

Beestie · 07-10-2004, 10:17 PM

HM, I apologize for being so late in congratulating you on such a beautiful peice of craftsmanship. I hold quality wood workers in extremely high esteem.

richlevy · 07-10-2004, 11:17 PM

Noone answered my request for help with the Ashiko, so I would like to post it here.

I would like to sand and refinish the drum. I do not want to stain, I just want to clean and highlight the natural wood.

Should I just clean it and use furniture polish? Should I apply a polyurethane spray to it in addition?

Can anyone tell me what kind of wood is used in the Ashiko? All I can say for sure is that it is stave construction.

I included a picture in the thread

Happy Monkey · 07-11-2004, 07:50 AM

Thanks!

Griff · 07-11-2004, 08:22 AM

Rich, I think you need to talk to somebody at a drum shop. I'd guess the wood is some kind of hardwood from the tropics, like a mahogany. If it were mine, I'd probably rub cut linseed oil into it to keep it from drying out and cracking but its not mine so I'd hate to have you mess it up. I don't know how goat skin would react to contact with the oil. My bodran came with a polyeuthene finish and I haven't altered it.

richlevy · 07-11-2004, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Rich, I think you need to talk to somebody at a drum shop. I'd guess the wood is some kind of hardwood from the tropics, like a mahogany. If it were mine, I'd probably rub cut linseed oil into it to keep it from drying out and cracking but its not mine so I'd hate to have you mess it up. I don't know how goat skin would react to contact with the oil. My bodran came with a polyeuthene finish and I haven't altered it.

Thanks for trying. I searched on 'goat skin' and 'linseed' and found this:

Quote:

Great drum for someone looking for a professional Mali djembe and that doesn't want to pay the price for a Kangaba. Made from from lengue, dugura, or djala wood, these djembes are rebuilt by us as with all of our drums. Comes with top of the line 5mm rope, new cloth, custom fit hoops, new Mali goat skin, and the shell is oiled several times with linseed oil.

I also found an Ashiko maker which lists Danish Oil, Linseed Oil, and Polyurethane as drum body finishes, although it is not specific if these are individual choices or in combination. I'm going to sand it, clean the inside with wood soap, rub on warm linseed oil, let it soak in for a few days, and finish the outer shell with Polyurethane. I do not want to mess with the inside of the drum besides cleaning it since it might affect the tone.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2004, 05:55 PM

If you oil it, the polyurethane won't stick. Like trying to paint butter. The linseed oil never dries. Watco will dry, but I don't know if you can coat it. You have to talk to someone that's familiar with the wood in your drum, to find out the effects of the finish choices. You may have to do the same thing to the inside as you do to the outside in order to make the wood move evenly during changes in moisture content.

05-27-2004, 08:47 PM	#121
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, you can't afford it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:02 PM.

05-27-2004, 11:09 PM	#122
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Ok, so what's next, Hmonkey? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-28-2004, 07:30 AM	#123
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Not sure yet. Perhaps back to the chair. Maybe a chest of drawers for my brother. I'll probably take a break for a while. Bruce - Damn. That's pretty cool. I haven't done anything with glass yet, though my parents are replacing the windows on their weekend house in West Virginia. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-29-2004, 03:30 PM	#124
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah HM, I thought you'd appreciate the wood and detail in that breakfront, especially considering they're using pretty much the same tools you are. Personally, I'd rather have your bookcase for myself. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2004, 05:24 PM	#125
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	how about this HM, Attached Images __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-31-2004, 06:17 PM	#126
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The third set of legs obviously needs to pee. (looks like furniture that Alex, from A Clockwork Orange, would have, doesn't it?) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-31-2004, 06:30 PM	#127
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nobody gets to sit at the head of the table. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2004, 07:22 PM	#128
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Well, that takes a certain amount of... umm... technical skill. Hard to think of a place to put it, though. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-10-2004, 10:10 PM	#129
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Or this HM, Attached Images __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-10-2004, 10:17 PM	#130
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	HM, I apologize for being so late in congratulating you on such a beautiful peice of craftsmanship. I hold quality wood workers in extremely high esteem. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

07-10-2004, 11:17 PM	#131
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Wood Refinishing Advice Noone answered my request for help with the Ashiko, so I would like to post it here. I would like to sand and refinish the drum. I do not want to stain, I just want to clean and highlight the natural wood. Should I just clean it and use furniture polish? Should I apply a polyurethane spray to it in addition? Can anyone tell me what kind of wood is used in the Ashiko? All I can say for sure is that it is stave construction. I included a picture in the thread __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

07-11-2004, 07:50 AM	#132
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-11-2004, 08:22 AM	#133
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	dunno Rich Rich, I think you need to talk to somebody at a drum shop. I'd guess the wood is some kind of hardwood from the tropics, like a mahogany. If it were mine, I'd probably rub cut linseed oil into it to keep it from drying out and cracking but its not mine so I'd hate to have you mess it up. I don't know how goat skin would react to contact with the oil. My bodran came with a polyeuthene finish and I haven't altered it. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-11-2004, 05:55 PM	#135
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you oil it, the polyurethane won't stick. Like trying to paint butter. The linseed oil never dries. Watco will dry, but I don't know if you can coat it. You have to talk to someone that's familiar with the wood in your drum, to find out the effects of the finish choices. You may have to do the same thing to the inside as you do to the outside in order to make the wood move evenly during changes in moisture content. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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