Crafting a Didgeridoo step by step - sandwich method

[@smarc1325]

Worldclass Loved every minute here!

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks mate, appreciate your comment!

[@jesusacuna8288]

Very good job!

[@ottifantiwaalkes9289]

Hi I made over 20 didges in a similar fashion. Made my last one about 10 years ago. Gave most of them away. First one in 1992 in Fiji on a very small island with just 8 of us. None were cannibals as far as I could tell. Well I'm still here.

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Nice! Did you let them soak in oil as well?

[@ottifantiwaalkes9289]

@didgeridoothedeepmechanics no. My first one I made with all handtools and chisel. Still have it

[@maheshprabhu1557]

Cool Didgeridoo ✨👌👍💐

[@ROY-COLLEY]

That was fantastic to see your so methodical in the way you build it. And playing too, really transfixed. 👏👏👏

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks mate! Highly appreciate your comment :)

[@vaughnraley6659]

Masterfully done sir!

[@Dandunu]

I'm just listening to this over and over as u work, I'll watch the vid later, the soundtrack is so fricking sick!

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks! Yes, its awesome playing by Stephen Kent live at Dreamtime Berlin!

[@tylerknip6886]

Dope!

[@davidmurphy6884]

Great video! Yes, the quality of the cut (irregular with burn marks) was due to the bandsaw blade being too dull for such a hard wood. He had to cut too slowly, so it scorched the wood. I love your clamping system. Cheers!

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

I agree on the cut, next time i will try to split the wood instead. Never tried that before though. The clamp system is doing fine, but i will try to find high quality round clamps as you can apply much more force with those. Cheers!

[@davidmurphy6884]

@@didgeridoothedeepmechanics I have had good luck using an old, thin bladed butcher knife. I put a piece of wood on the spine of the knife to protect it from the initial hammer blows, and once I have driven it into the wood, I move the piece of wood to the exposed tip of the blade for the rest of the blows. It both protects the knife from hammer damage, and allows you to exert control during the rest of the splitting process. Driving a wedge in the split once you get going helps to keep the split going. Good luck.

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

@@davidmurphy6884 Thanks for the tip! Will try that :)

[@stegazza1]

Very nice video, thanks a lot, i will use your guidelines when ill start the new didge project.

[@Simonsmukke]

Amazing work! Are you using the same tool to do the outside shaping as the initial shaping? And what are you using? Because I am thinking about getting the Turboplane but I don't know if you can also do initial shaping with it. Love it, Greetings Simon

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks for the comment! I use a Kaindl woodcarver for the inside and outside. Hope that helps :)

[@speedcorex]

Buen video, muhas gracias. Suena bastante agudo, no ?

[@christianpaulin]

Great video, thank you for sharing your knowledge and talent!

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks Christian! Glad you like it.

[@paulflair7070]

Hi . How thin do you make walls of the overall didge? What is length of the bell, from where it widens out from narrower part? What are you using on side grinder for initial shaping , and then to hollow out inside? What is your preferred diameter of narrow part? I have been using the Arbortech blade(chainsaw toothed) attachment to hollow out, and shape outside, and usual other sanders to finish. Your finished didge sounds great, and good video too. Music was wonderful addition to video. I have been making didges out of popular wood. Thanks for showing us how you build a good sounding didgeridoo !

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Hi Paul. Thanks for your comment! The thickness varies between 1 to 3cm. At the mouthpiece area its 1 and towards the beginning of the bell it thickens up to 3cm. The bells thickness is around 1,5cm, lenght is around 62cm and the overall lenght of the Didge is 175cm. For shaping and grinding i both use a Kaindl woodgrinder. The narrow part of the channel is between 2,5 to 3cm. Cheers!

[@paulflair7070]

@@didgeridoothedeepmechanics OMG...I was checking back to see the numbers you gave me, and I see I didn't thank you for your reply. Thank you ! I appreciate it, as I am planning a new didge in the near future, and plan to add some of your numbers to this one. Primarily in size of bell. I keep an inventory of sticks outside at the edge of a forest, where I find potentials. Turns out there was one there, that fits, what I imagined I wanted . ha ha . The last didge I made this fall , sold. I am always pleasantly surprised when someone likes what I have. It is only a hobby to supply myself with different keys. Sometimes get to be too many around though. Thanks again for sharing your techniques for didge shaping.

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

@@paulflair7070 Hi Paul! Thanks for your comment. Appreciate it! Would be nice to hear a sound sample when you are done with your next Didge. Good luck and wish you alot of fun crafting it...

[@paulflair7070]

@@didgeridoothedeepmechanics Will try to do sound sample, if it turns out.....

[@raimbowraimbow]

Thank you for the video! Amazing! Where are you based? :)

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thank you! I live in Slovenia.

[@jesusacuna8288]

If you give more details such as the type of wood you use and the measurements, I would be very grateful.

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks for your comment! Really appreciate it! Measurements are in the comment section. Someone already asked. Wood is beech wood, dried for many years...

[@jesusacuna8288]

@@didgeridoothedeepmechanics Thanks bro

[@hypnoticforest]

Great job man, so amazing sound 🙏🙏 but how did you tune it?

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks for the comment, appreciate it! Tuning is done by shortening the instrument from the mouthpiece end. For example you build one and play it (before applying the mouthpiece) and if it is a few cents higher than an E (in this case) you remove a centimeter, play again and check the tuning. If its still a bit to high just shorten another cm until you reach an exact E. Hope that helps :)

[@hypnoticforest]

@@didgeridoothedeepmechanics ou yes i get it🙏 thank you very much 👍👍👍

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

@@hypnoticforest You are welcome!

[@horsthuckstadt1369]

👍👍👍👍😍

[@maheshprabhu1557]

Are those natural colour powders are water soluble?

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Yes. I mix those with water and woodglue.

[@grocperez6012]

Seems like the "CATSCAN" is a very important part of the process...

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Indeed :)

[@jcmusc]

I just got a stack of black walnut. Some is straight, some is curved. Now I don't have 15 years to season the wood in my basement. What's the minimum amount of seasoning time do I need before I can start creating a Didgeridoo? About 8 months? Second question. To glue the pieces, did you use wood glue or something else? Thanks in advance

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks for your comment! Well, i would let the wood dry for one year at least. Otherwise you might risk cracks. Also the oil can penetrate fully with dried out wood. Let the bark on, seal the ends with wax and put the sticks in a cellar or a dark room with steady, not to high temperature. For gluing i use waterproof wood glue. Hope that helps and happy didgin 🙂

[@maheshprabhu1557]

Namaste 🙏 Sir, Receive Greetings from India 🇮🇳💐 It's great to listen music, watch making divine inspirational instrument ,and above all observing the way how you make this divine instrument 🙏 my query is what is the mouth piece inside and outside diameter? Kindly let me know 🙏 Regards Mahesh (Mumbai INDIA 🇮🇳

[@maheshprabhu1557]

Are those natural colour powders are water soluble

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

@@maheshprabhu1557 Namaste brother 🙏 Thanks for your comment, appreciate it. The inside diameter is 32 mm , the outside about 45 mm. The colour powder is natural, made from minerals. You can mix it with water and woodglue, works nice and the colours are beautiful. You can get that in India, i was able to buy these in Bodhgaya in a shop.

[@maheshprabhu1557]

Namaste Friend, As per your teaching and demo of making didgeridoo, you use Natural Tung oil and linseed oil is in ratio of 3:1, right. But as per length and inside hollowness, how much oil you poured in ml quantity, kindly let me know, so i can try to make this mixture in same manner. Happy Didgeridoo ✨👌👍Thanks & Regards, Mahesh (Mumbai India 🇮🇳) Ma

[@skitools]

Nice video - thank you! I've a couple of questions if that's ok with you. Is there any reason for using oil instead of varnish for the inside? Why add a mouthpiece and not just shape the end of the wood? Looks like you are using PVA glue - I'd have thought epoxy resin might be more secure - any problems with the wood glue? Just working on my first attempt - hardwood - only a chisel and a hand saw - hard work! Used software to plan the geometry to end up with key of D - fingers crossed!

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Hi Ian! Thanks for your comment. The oiling i prefer because it penetrates the wood completely and rock hardens out after a few years if you use Tung oil. The instruments i made about 15 years ago with this treatment never cracked (even when played in cold winter days without warming up) and developed an increasingly better sound over the years. For the mouthpiece its just that i like the looks of a different wood and i have the feeling it gives some extra stability to the upper part of the instrument. Hope that helps :) Cheers!

[@cliffsandifer3877]

1st impression slow you introduce narrative down some...please

[@Yanksy]

Be careful wearing loose fitting clothes with that grinder my man

[@paulafisher7497]

Mate, if you really need help with making a didgeridoo find one ants have eaten out as you seem to have no idea what you are doing, * and put the whole thing to shame, please look on the net. Or don't profess to know what you are doing?????????

[@didgeridoothedeepmechanics]

Thanks for the advice! I will try to find some ants then that are capable of doing the work for me, although i thought that termites are responsible for that. But what do i know anyway, heh XD

[@SuperPetril]

DIDGERIDOO TheDeepMechanics hi amazing work ,thank you for sharing 😍 I think that Paula is also amazed with your work too she just love your style but she just used different explanation 😜 wish you bless moment .namaste

[@Kevin-fu4nc]

Stop gate keeping didgeridoos, find someone else to harass.

[@lukecarlson221]

He may find it hard to find Mastotermies Darwiniensess in Europe. But great tip on the hymenoptera and not the isoptra. You really have shown your education or lack of.

[@lukecarlson221]

Paula please read!