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hi guys, i'm looking for some timber for a drum shell that i've been asked to make and was hoping to find something on here.

 

ideally it would need to be freshly felled about, 16"-18", a non ring porous timber and with no visible flaws at all.

 

you can see some examples of what i've been asked to make here, Gallery of images of Hovland snare drums

 

woods typically used for drum making are maple and birch but the customer is willing to look in to other woods too.

 

if the wood is highly contrasting (like a walnut) then please make sure that the heartwood is at least 15" as the finished shell is to be 13 7/8"

 

timbers i'll consider are,

 

field maple

silver maple

norway maple

sycamore

alder

yew

silver birch

downy birch

hornbeam

cedar

eucalyptus

pear

cherry

walnut

nothofagus

tulip

service tree

sweetgum

plum

 

 

the finished depth of the drum is 8" so i think any rings cut need to be 10" but i'd rather do that for myself. a short log 3-4' would be fine.

 

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I was expecting that reply. A miller near here asked me last year for some 'dripping birch' for drum bodies so I understand that you want it green - really, really green. Would it be better to wait for summer? If so perhaps your client could be persuaded that way in the name of a superior product.

 

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That's a different way of going about it to the birch one that was described to me. In that instance the wood needed to be very green as it was being almost shaved to extreme thinness, then strapped over a former to create the drum body shape.

Such a process would explain the need for dripping wood.

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I have tons of big diameter silver birch logs that you can get nice clean rings out of?? I also have some big sycamore rings if this interests you? I am not to far away from you I am in Shurlock Row, near twyford, holyport area. Your more than welcome to stop by and have a look :) PM me and I will give you my mobile and address

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