How to Make a Didgeridoo - Didgeridoo Making Workshop

Central TV film on Clive Wilson's Didgeridoo Making Workshops held at Yew Tree House Bed and Breakfast, near Oswestry, Shropshire UK. The film shows each stage of the course on How to Make a Didgeridoo from beginning to end. During the 2 day course, participants make their own Didgeridoo and while there are no guarantees, as yet, everyone who has completed the course has left with a professional quality instrument that not only sounds beautiful, looks beautiful as well.

Participants do not have to have used power tools or be able to play the didge. Full instruction and free didge lesson included. All materials and tools provided, maximum 3 people. The Didgeridoo Making Course is designed to be instructive, but most of all fun. For more information http://www.clive-wilson.co.uk

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[TheRockinCactus]

made mine from a sour cherry tree, ants ate the middle out pretty good, i went in with a drill to knock out the middle, little by little it was ready to play. I think it can be done out of anything.

[didgdog1]

Ants in the UK don't have as tough teeth as where you are based. All my cherry is solid right through. Regarding which wood to use, I agree with you, I use pretty much anything that comes off a tree and utilise each type of wood's unique characteristics for the sound I am trying to achieve.

[TheRockinCactus]

@didgdog1 you ever in hungary, stop by for some sour cherry wood, had to cut down a tree so I got a few more good Didgeridoo size branches, even have a few other types of tree branches from hard wood.

[didgdog1]

Thanks for your offer RockinCactus. I may just take you up on that if I come your way. Not sure what the airline would say, but a friend of mine did manage to bring me a 10kg piece of Eucalyptus back from South Africa which I made into a beautiful didge.

[2dollarkevin]

the hard part is getting the wood..... but i´ve found a big and large.... .. bamboo, or bambu sorry for my english, in a park.. : D

[didgdog1]

@2dollarkevin Go for it!!!

[didgdog1]

@Cre8iveSignWorks Many thanks for your comment. It is great to get other peoples experiences of didge-making. Agave is not a wood I have ever used, so it is really good to get some expertise from someone who has. I am sure this will also be relevant to luvmonkey666 and bamboo didge-making

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

@luvmonkey666

ive made a couple of dozen didges out of agave

and i split mine with a knife and hammer down the middle.

i think ive only had 1 that didnt split all the way through to the end....

but it can be a trap if the timber log or grain is not straight or full of knots.

[jsjgreen]

Hi Clive! This popped up on my youtube account as I guess it saw that I had emailed you before. We stayed at your lovely B&B last summer for our Anniversary and you gave us a lesson on the didge! Great to see this, might try my own! Naomi used the cardboard pipes in her lesson about Oz!

[didgdog1]

@luvmonkey666 Hi, to ensure it remains airtight once the two halves have been glued back together, you want to get as neat and clean a join as possible. I kind of imagine splitting it would leave a lot of ragged edges. Better to do what I did before I bought my bandsaw, go down to your nearest carpenter's workshop and ask him if he will cut it for you on his saw.