Make a wood slit drum

Here's a simple drum you can make in a day. It actually produces a fairly good tone!
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[@michaelfigueroa3461]

2020 has gotten to the point where I needed this video. Kudos

[@bruceregittko7068]

Not sure how I missed this video after watching WWMM for years. Was fun to see young Wyatt again. Hope you guys are doing well.

[@dimiturtabakov1108]

The kids' expression at the end proves, that even if you are the most cheerful and likable person, who's also kind of a youtube celebrity, your kid will ALWAYS think you're lame. :)

[@aicfuel]

This video was actually put together really well. Entertaining and informational. Good Job

[@mpcoleman]

Hi Steve, I really enjoy your always-awesome videos. I've made a few of these and if you care, here are a few tips to getting a slit drum sounding better: very dense wood is best, which you already knew; the wood has to be thick, ie 3/4" or 1"; cut away half of the wood (on the underside) close to the beginning of each slit (it needs some flexibility so it can vibrate). Hope you make another one soon! I love the sound these make.

[@RockinGuy1994]

Good job stevin!

[@MrKinkyged]

excellent job Steve very inventive.

[@doernmacdonald7444]

to tune them, do it from the bottom of the slits. for higher tones remove wood from the tip of the bar and to tune it lower tone, remove it from the base. can do this by drilling shallow hole with a forstner bit and using a guitar tunner

[@frost0813]

@tbenkey You should also do your research. Cherry is very deffenately NOT harder than rosewood. However, there are at LEAST ten woods that I use in instrument building that are. Rosewood is not chosen because of it's hardness, but rather it's specific density, which generates a bright, but warm tone. As far as cherry goes, lay a peice of it next to a peice of rosewood, and smack them both with a hammer. Take note of which one dents easier.

[@drumist101]

Love the energy

[@genericsixtynine]

Another Nice video Steve, I see the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

[@Ttalos]

Great work as usual Steve. I'd love to see you make a Lali drum!

[@thediydad71]

Really cool slit drum! Funny you should be making that, I have a plan for one that I am going to make this weekend!

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

Just found you here on the "Tube"...You rock, Steve ! Thanks for your uploads-they are fun and informative....( I think so at least ) Be happy.

[@mallardhead]

I really enjoy your vids

[@Guidowood]

great, thks for show us your ideas, very good, congratulations, here in Brazil you are famous.

[@olengivens]

Really enjoyed this :)

[@thomasbrown3325]

If I tried to make a hole in a ball like that I’d surely wind up drilling a hole straight through my hand.

[@exjrain]

As a drummer, I love all the percussion instruments you make! You should make a video on creating a set of temple blocks next! Or if you are really ambitious maybe make a xylophone or marimba!

[@bearshield7138]

nice job

[@susanlwalkup8976]

That was awesome. There is a video where they showed the tool for tuning it. To exact notes. Carmichael tongue drums. The two of you should watch each other's. Love your design. Love the sound. Thanks

[@polarpanzy1389]

i liked the slit drum but can u make a hammered dullcer

[@TheUltimatebushcraft]

hey steve could you do some vids of you working on your lathe please

[@Dagrond]

Rosewood is traditional for guitars. It can be really thin (moves a lot) and strong ( lasts a lot ) because growth radials of tend to be straight. That lets the sound propagate better. Thanks for being there Wyatt.

[@zk453]

lol at the football match 6:55

[@drumrguy67]

Hey do you think you could try to make a drum set mainly just the shells

[@MrMarram]

helped. u guys are crazy

[@JoeCubicle]

I found the slit drum video, yay! I just saw it on the thumb piano video. I can only wonder if involving math would make a difference as far as the length of the drum slits in relation to each other. Either way it looks and I'm sure sounds... very cool.

[@teh40oz]

that drum sounds like scooby-doo running in place when he gets spooked!

[@vanpat1987]

I SAY He is the future full time employee of KZbin being a wood working vlogger !!

[@hookedonwood5830]

Great one Steve.. I have been looking at a Cajon drum that basically also is a box of wood ;o) With some variations using some strings inside. I have not got to building one yet but with time and patience!!

[@MatthewFordAnimations]

If i worked in your workshop, i could make ANYTHING!

[@sawdustjohnpa]

hahaha, not sure which part i liked the best. you making the box or your sons' trip to the dollar store. haha

[@HippyManEyeballs1]

what was that car at the end?

[@TehLivingDeath]

Ok, Wyatt seriously needs his own KZbin channel. His talent of mocking Dollar Store items could be a major hit!

[@lillybee2951]

Made this for music it was AWEOME

[@JFairweather]

The lengths of the tongues matter. Also, you can't tune the drum after you've attached the top. You have to gradually carve the tongues from behind so that each produces the desired pitch. (Science 101 - the less mass, the faster it vibrates.)

[@TheZyvibe]

''tougle drum'' ~ possible for a amateur to create this?

[@RUIuiuiuiui]

niiice!

[@SteveRamsey]

@mersyturning Wow. You are really observant! Yep...leftover walnut from the "chair from hell".

[@Attakijing]

@TheZyvibe i think a tongue drum is the official name for what he calls a "slit drum" in this video. i found it by searching for "tongue drum making"

[@mychalberry]

did you see the bookend picture video?

[@Sirmenonottwo]

Your like the hyperactive house of woodworking.

[@yayaskurt]

is it a Slit Drum or a Tongue Drum?

[@JFairweather]

Interchangeable names. But this is not a "log drum". That's something else entirely.

[@finalconsecration]

weird, I was watching a ton of slit drum vids yesterday

[@jamesjonesrocket]

you two are pretty funny, your son should go into comedy or something! good instructional video as well.

[@SteveRamsey]

@airsoftpro1010 Wow, what exactly does that mean? Having a hobby and shooting videos for people to watch for free is lifeless?

[@ChozoSR388]

This reminds me of a story. You see, this one time, at band clamp...

[@ballsackTbager]

you have the best laugh

[@Sevenyxxtimes7xx]

Dude i loved you in House.M.D

[@StephenTimperley]

It's also called a Log Drum.

[@lukasmercer9681]

is his scrap bin a home-hardware?

[@xythiusify]

+lukas mercer Yes he has a video somewhere for it

[@freakin1random]

do it do it do it do it

[@munnimann]

Well, good video! But rose wood actually is hard wood, isn't it?

[@mpcoleman]

@mprimecoleman Sorry, looks like pointofgravity already said exactly what I did.

[@heli400]

3:55 This one time at band clamp, I shoved some wood in a slit up my drum............. or am I getting movies and youtube clips mixed up.

[@yocoach6556]

nice job how come you didn't cut the middle section to two different lenghts just sayin! I am a drummer ,and will try and do this soon thanks again gar

[@channelsabored]

I didn't know house played percussion.

[@bereddia]

Wow! I super scared when you held that ball in your hand and drilled into it. NOT SAFE!

[@bradmajors1886]

"This one time at band clamp..."

[@JustYourAverageBoy]

you look like doctor house, on speed

[@johnrh3100]

Is it just me or does this video come to an end at 2.12?

[@deezynar]

@mndi89 Usually I'm annoyed by "FIRST!" posters, but you did it w/ such style I had to laugh.

[@hatebr]

@airsoftpro1010 Realy hope you're being some kind of sarcastic and pleased with his work, because if you consider that every video here in youtube was shot by someone who is lifeless than the whole world would be in troubles, don't you think? Anyways, keep it coming Stevin...

[@JacksonBenete]

doesn't matter, it's a hobby! o_o

[@johnjordan2171]

Get on with it

[@bearmacmahon6731]

Tomato or Tamato... Nah, If I sent someone to the store for a slit drum (log or Krin) and he came back with a Tongue drum.... I'd send him back. It's possible only I care, but I have been associated with hand (not 'Hang' drum) drums for years & years and have not heard one called the other. Maybe I don't get out enough. I like your video though.

[@zxvzcni]

House.

[@jasonmcdaniel1567]

Charlie Onn I swear that's the only reason I watched this video. I was not let down. Reminds me of House without a doctorate degree, facial expressions and all!

[@DanWinkel517]

lol looks like dr House =p

[@cheeseisgreat24]

Who cares? You do what you are comfortable with in your shop, and everyone else will do what they are comfortable with. Most Safety shit is subjective anyway. It's only with the power tools that you aren't in control of the speed at which it works that you really actually have to watch out. And he could have gotten into an accident driving to the dollar store, which isn't safe, or even struck by lightning once he headed out the door, which also isn't very safe.

[@polarpanzy1389]

sorry a hammered dulcimer

[@doernmacdonald7444]

i have plans

[@agamembody11]

Is this hobby lucrative?

[@Bennyboy087]

I hate you because I thought lol & hahaha!.."This one time at band clamp!" Im gonna go post that right now! *Looks down and first comment is...this one time at band clamp* ....SON OF A....!

[@YungNGB-Brotherhood]

This guy good don't say bad things about him

[@tbenkey]

Not really a real instrument, but if you do some ACTUAL research this may be helpful to you. BTW, ACTUAL research, (as opposed to just using the word research to replace "I think this is true" would show that rosewood is right around the fourth hardest wood in the world (I know cherry and Ironwood are harder, and perhaps teak) . Just saying.