Making a Marimba

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This is the third Marimba I have built, all with plans from the book 'Make your own Marimbas' by Jon Madin. This build was for a customer and they requested a smaller sized box resonated Marimba (2 octave) the plans in the book are for a 3 1/2 octave. I had to modify the plans to suit. The local school where my Daughter attends and plays in the Marimba band, have Marimbas this size built by the music teacher - they sound amazing, so there is no problem with the modifications. The frame and legs could be made out of any wood but I have built all mine with plywood as I like the look. The box has to be made with a specific thickness plywood but you will need to get the book for more details.
Tuning the bars is the most time consuming part of the project. I’ve tried different approaches of removing the wood - I’ve used the bandsaw but that is too easy to take too much off and ruin the bar so I think the best approach is with a chisel. I used my iPhone with a tuning app which I’ve tested next to a tuner on my first Marimba and there was no difference.
The sound in the video does not do the Marimba any justice as I’m recording with the camera’s built in mic and that is very poor indeed.
It’s a fun project and the kids love to play the Marimba (we have a lot of kids visit our home and they all ask to play it) so I highly recommend building one.
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[@justinrickert3485]

I haven't fully red this book kzbin.infoUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO yet but it is a good basic understanding of the different woods that all woodworkers should know.

[@Rouverius]

I was already impressed with build. But now even more impressed when I saw you built it to play with your daughter.

[@PaskMakes]

Thank you! :)

[@lindathrall5133]

CAN YOU PLEASE SLOW THE FOOTAGE DOWN SO I CAN SEE IT MORE CLEARLY

[@Dwayne_Bearup]

@@lindathrall5133 You can slow the playback speed in the settings.

[@camofpv]

​@@lindathrall5133 Could you not scream in the comments? Also- you can slow it down yourself right here in the yt player settings. Also your comment is very self orientated - slow down the footage so YOU can see it? Very pretentious. Not nice at all.

[@danbreyfogle8486]

Love seeing parents build for their kids. I did it for my sons and they still remember most of the projects.

[@joschateichmann1065]

I love how you can hear the lower during the tuning, each time you remove wood :D

[@dochennesy5968]

...to see a Dad woodworking an instrument..and see his daughter using it..makes my heart filling with love...because i am a woodworker..and i didnt see my daughters for over 20 years...😭

[@PaskMakes]

Thank you! :)

[@giordanobruno1333]

Happens to fathers every day.

[@villson3960]

What happened to your daughter?

[@Fretlessness]

That's crazy you built one in only ten minutes!!

[@TheMrAshley2010]

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[@eric6276]

@@Bleseddd1 Whoooosh

[@stevene2110]

@@Bleseddd1 make sure you spell your words right if you're going to insult someone based on their level of intelligence

[@Bleseddd1]

@@stevene2110 wym?

[@351cleavland]

You think that's amazing? I saw some guy on KZbin build a cabin in the woods in less than 8 minutes. Geez, kids these days! Am I right?!?

[@NoeG242]

As a father, I'm certain that you're PERFECTLY okay with reading your daughter is the star of this video. Good job on the marimba, great job on the child. She's truly adorable. Congratulations!

[@pabloramirezdiaz7668]

Man, this is so great! As a musician and a father, watching you make this instrument and play it with your daughter at the end, was very moving. Love your channel, congrats!!!

[@LiviuGelea]

at 8:30 I read "Tuning oil" :)))

[@S8tan7]

Liviu Gelea me too 😂

[@ondratrnka5691]

me too :-)

[@dickydoes]

Haha. And me.

[@notanotherguitarchannel]

It's for when you've removed too much wood and need to put a little something back on 🤣

[@haltdiefressealtarrr]

me too...

[@AMTunLimited]

Something to note for people doing this at home: do the letter carving and sanding *before* you tune it. It's not much, but it does change the mass of the blocks which with throw it out of tune.

[@PaskMakes]

I've made a lot of these and it doesn't throw it out of tune. If it does it doesn't show on the tuner so would be minuscule! :)

[@nathan87]

@@PaskMakes I loved watching this, but I think there are definitely some issues with the timbre. The A, G, F and E your daughter plays at 9:29, for instance, have very strong and discordant overtones. In particular the E has an overtone of a higher C strong enough that my ears fixate on that rather than the low E intended! Not sure how you go about adjusting this, but I guess it's partly to do with the bars, partly the resonating box?

[@cactusowo1835]

@@nathan87 "Discordant overtones" An overtone is an overtone. Yet, in terms of acustics, perfect tuning is just imposible, its all relative ratios, relatively both artistically and fisically.

[@nathan87]

@@cactusowo1835 not really. It's perfectly possible for overtones to be discordant, although I believe I used it here more in the loose sense of "unwanted" more than anything else. Perhaps you are imagining that all spectra are harmonic, which is decidedly not the case, particularly for oddly-shaped solid bodies.

[@darkhalo153]

@@cactusowo1835 lol

[@adamduerr1203]

I love that you built this for your daughter. Clearly, there is much love at your home. I watched this with my 2 year old daughter.

[@jasondoust4935]

A true labour of love. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@sausageside442]

Now the next step is adding sharps and flats.

[@DrWhom]

a chromatic kalimba

[@chrisgriffith1573]

Love this, so meticulous and precise! Definitely worth the effort to see your daughter play it!

[@dgm_making1675]

Just watched this. Love it, especially your daughter rocking out on a solo. Awesome!!

[@donnalee7614]

Priceless. What a great Dad you are!

[@pebblesthecat3625]

Seeing the enjoyment your daughter had playing with you, makes it all worthwhile. Perhaps you should ask her to make a tambourine with you and then you can play both instruments together.

[@DrumTeacherManila]

you playing music with your daughter is the best part.

[@elliotazus6258]

Great dad, Great father and daughter project. God bless

[@MrBishbashbosh2012]

I love this build, especially as it’s something you can share with your daughter.

[@NomadHills]

Fantastic work, and the sound is superb! Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@PugCuber]

I’m amazed at how much your daughter learned in just a year. I’ve been a percussionist for almost 7 years, and it’s just so beautiful seeing new percussionists.

[@deejustdee1234]

That is so special. Your daughter is lucky to have a dad like you. She is super talented. I hope she keeps it up. Also, I suggest she play your intro and outro music.

[@aulii11]

What an awesome project - thanks for sharing!

[@briannaellison7227]

What a great way to support your daughter and show her your love. What fun! Awesome dad to put so much time into your kiddos! Great job. Loved watching. Looks overwhelming to me - way to go.

[@PaskMakes]

Thank you Brianna! :)

[@franka5416]

Excellent project! Kudos to you and your daughter, cherish the time - they grow up so fast!

[@PaskMakes]

Thank you!

[@markirish7599]

Absolutely beautiful from start to finish. Thanks pask

[@StopGravity]

That was awesome! The tuning and build of it is spot on. Thanks for sharing this.

[@PaskMakes]

Thank you Peter! :)

[@IWANTMYSNACKPACK]

Absolutely brilliant mate

[@bartthatcher5799]

Awesome build!!!

[@ronmichaelsen3983]

Absolutely wonderful.

[@timairglider]

What a brilliant production, very instructive

[@maryannrurup353]

Beautifully done and made

[@guyroseen7025]

That is awesome. Cool thing to build and a cool reason to build it.

[@dessertman1181]

That could be one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen on KZbin your daughter is adorable and she’s quite a musician well done

[@marcosavio1020]

Just love this channel keep being surprised at what gets produced in that workshop!

[@motorcyclelad]

Thirty years ago my mom told me not to curse, so that when I REALLY needed to express something strongly it would make the word very powerful, and in such cases it might be okay. So I’ll now use my allotted curse word for the year: You are a f@@@@@@ GENIUS!!!! I can’t believe the things you do/make!!

[@PaskMakes]

Haha! Thanks very much! :)

[@brianfraneysr.5326]

Very cool way to assist your kids in learning the musical arts.😁

[@fusion-music]

Probably my favourite build of yours.

[@the250mikec]

So super cool. Bet tuning the wood is 80% of the build time. Awesome way to spend time w/ the family

[@BrenoLuna]

Awesome project! Kudos for the take on playing the marimba. That was cool! 9:50 those chords remind me of that jingle from the late 1980's campaign for the "Spirit of Massachusetts." Catchy!

[@thedistractedmaker]

Brilliant! Very nice build.

[@MarcelDiane]

Wow! Most impressive.

[@ScottRaia]

Terrific! I have just recently discovered your channel. You are in inspiration to me! Always looking to create fine things and giving projects the attention required to make them truly fine. You are a renaissance man.

[@gtd-sq2pj]

What a beautiful place.

[@Cactusworkshopchannel]

man this was fantastic at so many levels! nice jig for nailing and wowow a lot of cool stuff!!

[@PaskMakes]

Wow! Thanks for that, it means a lot!

[@Human_OU812]

Pask Makes where can I find the plans you used for this build?

[@cruznolasco4928]

Cactus! workshop Bernardo

[@cruznolasco4928]

Cactus! workshop Bernardo

[@CandJ4kids]

That was very cool. Very impressed

[@DanaOredson]

Holy moly, nice work!

[@douglaswilkinson1749]

So cool, great project

[@gregmulligan2878]

Pretty cool! Good job Pask!

[@matthewwoolley508]

That's amazing grate workmanship!!!!!

[@mirokokos3617]

Fantastic result..👏

[@EJRhees]

Such an awesome builder and a great dad!

[@ovedgrijalva8982]

Congratulations on both of you.

[@madalex300]

You are one of my favorite builders!

[@chrisarnold7563]

I really enjoy watching your videos, but this one is my favorite. I would love to build something like this for my daughter. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@drumprince91]

That was beautiful! I've been playing percussion for 20 years, but have never seen someone make a marimba at home.. incredible! You are a talented woodworker and a loving father. Your daughter is talented, the band director is gonna snatch her into the percussion section as soon as she's old enough!

[@995ariani]

This is the sweetest!

[@Pickledpepperpicka]

Nice mate! Thats a lovely project and I loved the little recital with your daughter at the end! I think we need a Marimba at my gaff.....

[@tA_aT287]

Exceptional job, amazing work and inspiration

[@tidalwaveprincess917]

Amazingly awesome!! 😄

[@ianvicedomini2648]

Utter brilliance. I don't know what else to say. Love it mate.

[@glenngoodale1709]

great job

[@valveman12]

@Pask Makes I love your builds!

[@alsusu8245]

It blew me away!

[@PaskMakes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KenEhrenzeller]

This is a very cool project, but seeing you and your daughter play together at the end put it over the top! Nice work!

[@AnaMenaBrasil]

Amazing!! Well done!

[@MarkMiller-zm2th]

Brilliant, well done mate.

[@tonyhardman1329]

Dude, this is epic! I wanted to make this with my music classes and then I saw what went into the process and yeah, I think I'm gonna wait until they're in high school!

[@SmokeFlame1]

That was great, especially when your daughter added to the fun.

[@buzmey9]

Thats sweet. What a great family moment.

[@ericjohnson4768]

Can't believe I missed this one, it's great!

[@SparrowStockwell]

So interesting and wonderful!

[@larslansing5618]

Wow. I appreciate your videos so much, the quality is amazing. Thank you for making this kind of content.

[@PaskMakes]

Thank you very much Lars - glad you're enjoying them! :)

[@yvele709]

Very Nice job ! Congratulations !

[@bdbear10]

Lovely!

[@twlson49]

great ... loved it.... very funny y'all playing together and then she got down on it....

[@ghill1010]

Awesome job buddy. The more I see of you the more I think how awesome of a guy you are.

[@patrickharmon9459]

Looks like your little one has alot of talent. I really enjoy your videos and as always keep up the good work and God Bless you and your family 🙏

[@Qopzeep]

I love this video. Especially the end. What a great dad 🙂

[@Ema_Punkt]

This is brilliant!!

[@jamesburkhardt9511]

Very cool!

[@CMRWoodworks]

So very cool!

[@merriman420]

This is great!

[@born_again_torinos]

Pask's channel proves that when you have great content, people will come. I was brought here from the "zack of all trades" channel and I'm so glad he shared it. We need more channels like this. No fake drama that the cable channels try to force feed us.

[@PaskMakes]

Thank you! And thanks to "zack of all trades" :)

[@kdtrimble]

Excellent!

[@valeriewycoff]

Would love to do something like this- and to hear your daughter play these days . . Thank you for sharing !

[@dejanira2]

That is so very nice, then you add in the family and the school makes it even nicer!

[@PaskMakes]

Thank you!

[@dejanira2]

Just curious I live Massachusetts, USA, what part of Australia do you live in? Area not an address. ;}

[@PaskMakes]

Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

[@wam2b]

Super cool! Thanks!

[@maximec6292]

Trop bien ! I will make one thanks to you.

[@Pedro31442]

amazing and beautiful

[@derekmonson3276]

Awesome build. It looks like you had a really fun time playing with your daughter.

[@LE-6920]

AWESOME!!!

[@alonsofederico8275]

Great! Congratulations!

[@19mychaellee71]

You kick ass. SHE kicks ass. Great video.

[@coachkesey]

Great video, thanks

[@gadaj88]

That was really fun to watch, Mate! Hope to build one some day.

[@CraigsOverijse]

Super video can not imagine how many are built with such love and attention to detail. ps your daughter will go far now she can play at home on it

[@StephenBoyd21]

BRAVO!

[@pegleg00]

super awesome