the top bar is recycled oak from a tree that was falling over in our yard, and the bottom is a spare slice of padauk. the oak will be the wood I use for the frame. I like the contrast between these two woods.
these are just a couple short videos I made because I got very bored tuning:
a few thoughts:
- sanding was fun, but got very tedious.
- I really enjoyed working with grandpa.
- dad's jointer it horribly bad at staying square.
- i think when this is over I will never get all the red dust out of my ears.
- padouk smells strangely good.
- oak + padouk = stunning marimba.
- video's take a LOOOOOOOOONG time to upload.
- mallets are easy and fun to make, provided you don't accidentally snap the needle.
it is a good idea to make 4 of each type of mallet, two for each hand.
I will shrink the video, and try to upload it tmrw.
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