Here my 13x7 mahogany stave with maple Hoops by Red Rock Drums in Melbourne Australia a beautiful drum very versatile.
Hope the pics attach this time.
Wow! Beautiful! I don't often see mahogany in staves.
If I can overcome my security locks at work, cant get my photo links anymore. But I am nearing the halfway mark building a stave kit out of 110 year old antique North American Mahogany. Shallow shell toms, 10X7/ 12X7.25/ 14X7.5 and a 15X12 racked floor. I steam bent maple reinforcing rings and am in process of doing an inlaid 3/4" Olive Ash Burl inlay around the center of each drum. Kick will be a 20X17 or 18 using modern African Mahaogany as I only had enough antique stuff to do the toms. Hopefully I can get pics up soon.
Since I have not posted here for a while, here is some recent builds
First is what I think is Bloodwood
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Thank you They're a ton of work, & I mean a ton of work. If we make 10 pairs at a time, it takes 15 days if you include finishing. One pair from scratch takes 3 days, & that's when you're already setup with tooling, etc.Love those wood hoops. I need to learn how to do that. I have basic idea, but I am sure I would destroy the first few attempts getting the order of the process sorted.
Thought I'd better include our steam bent Origin series English ash beauty here, before all the English ash becomes extinct!
A terrible week for such an important British woodland species
Ultra light drums. About half the weight, or less, of "average" ply drums.
Evangkol segmented hoops. Hard wax finish.
I always use as big a stave as I can, less glue/ more wood=better.
Most of my stock is 1 inch thick which leaves quite a bit to play with on the lathe.
This Birdseye maple is 7x14 and used only 14 staves.