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[leonardgarthbrooks]

This is the most amazing thing I have seen in a long time.

Would you please answer these questions:

Are your drums for sale?

Where are you located?

Can you post a video in better quality?

Again, so amazing

[Rythymn706]

Pretty cool stuff. Great idea. I make drums as well, but my main tool is the chainsaw. I never would've thought to use a vehicle. Thanks for sharing!

[xTheLaTiNx]

can someone pls tell me how much one of those chain saw at the begging of the vid would be worth..dollars...

[JMEBF]

Fucking awsome!!!!!

[RUBIZEN]

Is that Snoop Dogs hash pipe or a drum of some kind?

[nickoops]

fucking genius

[ryulol]

nice work man.

you have Incredible sensibility with this heavy machinery :):)

For me ,is like change a ligth bulb with a bulldozer jajaj

Conglatulations

[lordieuan777]

lol and I thought using a 3hp motor from a vacuum cleaner for a drum lathe might be a bit too much! I bet that took some practice to get the power levels just right

[fredsisland]

@lordieuan777

Flat to the floor during the main drilling stage and idling speed for shaping the outside

[iworkforme]

very clever 5 stars!

[DRJAYUS716]

wow ! you are one Mad Scientist !!!! Ten minute Djembe....who would have thought!

[toolslinga]

Wow. Wow. That video contains at least 7 kinds of awesome! Carving a shell in less than ten minutes, on a machine that probably cost you less than $1000 to build. Most impressive, my man. There are some africans crying in Mali right now, as they watch this. I know I'm not the only one that loved the sound when that reamer started cutting out the bowl. You've got some sharp equipment there. Pleeease post a new video with some better quality?!

[AAxT1]

very interesting!

[BlakeMason2]

That finished thingy looks like some kind of base for a drum.

[ofirharlev]

those are some serious tools right there!

genial and amazing.

[finnmac1]

Hi Fred.. can you send me yr email... I would like to send you some money ..as i need some help making this machine... them stills would be usefull and also i am trying to find out what you use on the drilling end...

Thank You Ronnie

[blueshadow1996]

That is super cool...

[FizzlNet]

Damn. This thing is fierce!

[twothlesswonder]

Man! Now thats some engineering for ya! Hehehe, It seems you run a lot of equipment off the axle of your truck. Wave generators, lathes, what next?!

Perfect song for the video too.

[fredsisland]

Thanx and yes this lathe of my left and the wave maker of my right side.

A new motor next !

[maruchan10]

hey fred that is so cool! good video!

[kenearlg]

Fred, this is the word on drum lathes.

Where are you located, is this machine still in operation? possible to see in person?

[prosenko]

hey i'm from mexico and im interested in your machine can u send me the planes to mae one?? and how will it cost... thanks!!

[fredsisland]

Hi prosenko

This creation was built like a sculpture and there weren't any drawings . It is low tech but complicated and even with drawings it would need a lot of fine tuning for continual use

It was an adventure making and using this machine but would be very difficult to explain .

If you come here you can copy it, an adventure for you cya

i am very busy working on my latest project which will be shown in 2 months, i am sculpting waves and have to build a wave machine before that is possible .

[virgilleih]

FRED---Thanks--VTL

[virgilleih]

Fred--Very cool lathe--I turn on a 1917 Oliver open gap pattern makers lathe. I turn floor vases from tree trunks but have always had a tough time rounding and debarking the trunks. Your method is one of the most creative I've ever seen-- what kind of cutter are you using under the moveable slide arm?? Would really be grareful for any help==THANKS

[fredsisland]

I used rotary whore blades from tractors for all cutting edges.

at $10 a piece ,,,, way to easy !

Thanks and good luck

[virgilleih]

Fred-- Thanks for the help --It's very generous of you. I'm a city guy and have no idea what a"rotary whore blade from a tractor" is. A web search was of no real help. What else could it be called--where can a buy such a blade and how is it attached to the bottom of your slide arm?? I think we must be getting close to a consulting fee!!!  I would love to build a slide arm cutter like yours. Thanks--

[fredsisland]

It is suppose to spell "hoe blade" ,they are used for tilling soil in hard areas, approximate dimensions = 4" wide-12" long-

half inch thick. with one edge beveled (which you have to grind to perfection) Usually bent at 90 degrees in the middle with a 6"radius The one used on the slide is bent with 3"radius .If you pause on the drill you can see them.

I hope this works for you, sea ya

[Fentanyl3]

It's an implement pulled behind a tractor, they are commonly found in areas with high clay content in the soil. It's not nearly as common as say a planter, as in our case, we only had one which was borrowed and used throughout the family when needed. They are only used AFTER a crop has been planted and is having trouble making a stand (breaking through the soil crust and reaching an inch or two in height) It has a hundred or so wheels with about 20 blades sticking off the wheels

[virgilleih]

Fred= I posted another question--did not place it properly--It's below your response--sorry

[jedirifleman]

next vid lets see ya play it and hear what it sounds like...why didn't ya sand it while it was already on a lathe?

[tiredfingers]

I hope you remembered to dry out the wood first, it should take a couple of months.

[fredsisland]

Wet or dry , the outside of these drum shells have to be sealed within 12 hours so as to let moisture escape from internal surfaces , creating compression on external suface when drying . Without this procedure surface cracks up to 5 mm apear within 3 - 4 days .

[berry506]

wow that takes wood working to new levels.

[TRACTORUM]

nice miniatures for a doll house....too cool

[diymania]

looks like an egg cup.

[RichSPK]

Neat! It's got no dead man switch, though, does it?

You guys do know he's making a drum, not a goblet, right?

[SaintFu]

Note to self - never own a wood lathe. If you do, some giant with a drinking problem is going to make you his bitch.

Ingenious rig you've got there.

[at5vette]

Now that is way neat! Just one drink in that goblet should take care of one for the whole night! Well done.

[StuInTokyo]

OK that is REALLY cool, VERY nice job on that!

Cheers!

[NiceBill]

How many goblets do you get to the gallon?

[gmark1953]

thats cool