Top End Style Bodhran Skewar Tipper Making Workshop

[@BeowWulf]

When I made my skewer tippers, I didn’t want any sticky residue that eventually comes from any kind of tape when they break down, so I used heat shrink. You can get them rather big and some are rubberized to be nice and grippy. I would sand the end then wrap them with hair ties either in the middle or two ties bookending the middle. I’d also glue the middle of the bundle together then slip the heat shrink over it and commence to shrinking said wrap. Lastly, I would slip another heat shrink section onto one of the ends and shrink it just so it was semi tight but still moveable to act like the o-ring on yours. This was probably 20-ish years ago and I still have them. Well,… the ones that weren’t lost or gifted away after a session or a show, anyway! Great times! 😎

[@dhfenwick]

@@BeowWulf thanks for this!

[@thewhittlingwood6985]

i finished making my own bodhran drum and tipper lastnight..your tutorial was fantastic..thankyou

[@dsturdy604]

Thanks for the fun video. I have a solid wood tipper and I really like the sound you get with the bamboo. To save time snipping and sanding, I got a sushi mat and deconstructed it. The bamboo sticks are just under 10inches.

[@helenaxcelson4441]

Thank you for the tutorial! Gonna try to make one today 🙏❤️

[@marilynbettridge2889]

What a personable and easy lesson on making these tippers! Going to try it!

[@artcosta3043]

Thanks, Michelle ! I teach children's crafts and have a bunch of skewars so, thanks to this great video (it feels more real (REEL?) with the trial and error, and that's what art is all about). I've been playing the bodhran since 1984, after spending a summer in Ireland, hanging out in the session pubs. Will get right to this project for that great brush sound. I live in Putney, VT, so HELLO to you up North !!

[@lisajaworski3387]

Thank you! That was excellent and I will be making mine right away!

[@huiarikii2000]

Wow! Such an excellent tutorial. Thank you so much, I look forward to using my new tipper 👍

[@dougmiller9567]

bravo...what great fun.

[@sharonbaldwin2651]

love this video.. going to make myself a skewer tipper for sure.. Thanks !

[@MickeyCuervo36]

What I've done is bind the holding end of the tipper, and add drops of superglue to keep the center ones from wiggling free. Once the glue dries, I sand that end flush, and then round it off like it was one large dowel.

[@huiarikii2000]

Thank you I'm going to add this idea as well 👍

[@georgebrock9849]

thanks for your version I secure the skewers with glue and sand the outside smooth and round off the whole end instead of each individually

[@MrWhothefoxthat]

I used a copper 15mm blank water pipe end, give's it a good finish and some weight, I also used electrical heat shrink tubing, makes a neat job. tanks for sharing.

[@blackcitroenlove]

I'm Native American and Irish, and it's so cool how both of our people make something out of absolutely nothing. I use E6000 to make things that need to stay in place, in place, for powwow regalia, so I'm going to try making one of these tippers with that adhesive.

[@kiracattan4624]

I bought a cheap Bodhran on Amazon, *yeah, it's touristy, but hey, it works* and it's a nice drum. The problem was the tipper. The teeny thing they sent, *sigh* I've got big paws and it doesn't work. So, what I did was go down to the beach and found this lovely gray piece of driftwood.. it's a small piece, with a bed that truly fits in the right spot for my hand. I like your video, though, I may try to do this one day soon. :D Thanks for the instructions.

[@McBean09]

Great, thorough video! Thanks!

[@prariemusician3171]

Thank you for the lesson in making such a great sounding tipper. I'm going to make one tomorrow, see how I do! Also, your drum lessons are excellent. You have lots of patience and it is very easy to pick up technique from you. Great job!!

[@jdstorms]

Definitely going to try my hand at making one of these! Thanks for sharing this great video!

[@petershelper]

Loved the video. I have a woodturning lathe and was going to make a couple on that as a present for someone, but I may try your seemingly easy method, which I get the impression that 1st time around may be frustrating! Many Blessings and continued bodrhan playing to you.

[@PoitinCZ]

Super. I make my own too, and for even more grip I use a spiral of garden wire under the tape...

[@coltsfeva]

Funny I ran into this today...I just made one myself. I used a 3/4" black plastic cap (for furniture legs), Gorilla gel glue to secure the skewers in place and electrical tape that is rough. I like your idea of the ring to adjust.

[@debbiehummel7629]

Thank you. I enjoyed that very much, and will be making one of these. :)

[@Madshadowgolem]

Thank you for sharing this! You might find 3/4 inch 3-1 waterproof heat shrink to be a good wrap to hold the sticks together. I'm going to try a pig skin (glove weight) cover for grip and see how that works.

[@instabilitas]

You could try a couple of electrical products instead of electrical tape etc. In the heat electrical tape goes all sticky. Use self amalgamating or self fusing tape (it binds to itself - no adhesive) and then use heatshrink over the top to form the handle...Stephen

[@huiarikii2000]

Thank you Steven, I'm going to try your idea as well 👍

[@christopherosborne1970]

great video, you can also try cycle handle bar tape, it comes pvc, cloth and cork,

[@ACheshireCat2001]

Guess I now have a new project to play with, thanks.

[@steso60]

Thank you so much! I'll try to build a tipper this way and (if I'll be successful) I'll prepare a couple for my bodhran's friend! Smack ;-))

[@konstantineguruli]

Thank you very much for this video!

[@judymurphy-davis7802]

I hope to get back to playing again very soon. This video has fueled the fire and I will try to make one. I have asked around at a few music stores in Thunder Bay ON and Winnipeg MB, if they had tippers or sticks to play the Bodhran. At one shop I was told they had no idea what what I was talking about, they sold Bodhrans in the shop! I had to walk the guy over show him what I was talking about, only for him to say nope they don't sell the tippers, never heard of them. Shameful! He was the drum guy in the shop, we left with a guitar for my husband, the guitar guy knew what he was talking about.

[@bodhranmandonnely6566]

I was always trying to make one

[@larrymeyerhoff9631]

thank you..this is very nice....what size O-rings do you use?????

[@mattioyopp]

very cute and useful video 😊

[@thomaslatham9710]

wonder if you could use hardwood dowels? they don't vary in thickness, but might cost a little more. You can also use heat-shrink from an electronic store for your wraps, just use a hair dryer to shrink it down.

[@dhfenwick]

Anyone tried electrical wire heat shrink ?

[@rolanddaniel4929]

superb !!

[@matthewmacmaster730]

I wish you were at the Youth session and teaching Bodhran because I just got back from the the 2015 March break session and there wasn't a lot of time to play my waltons bodhran and your only teaching bodhran at the Adult session so that sucks =P

[@shaalis]

Great video. I make my own as well. Tried bamboo, doweling, various cuts. Even straw. Costs about 12 dollars to make one, and you'll have material left over to make more too. You can set the length and the attack. Brilliant.

[@capnclawhammer3024]

I used the bench grinder to shape the end. Interestingly enough, I seem to have acquired a case of blacklung...(J/K)

[@clivealexander5165]

Thanks for info you just save me from buying hot shots I use on my cajon that cost about $20.00 a pair. PS great video

[@konstantineguruli]

What do you call those thin sticks?

[@lisajaworski3387]

Bamboo skewers for cooking

[@donnolan7377]

🎉

[@tsechejak7598]

Burnish the wood to with a spoon

[@Geekeric]

Love the video but shouldn't the title say, "Workshop" and not "Worlshop"?