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Originally Posted by lorax
Bob, I should add that if you're going to try batik with wax, you'll need a few tools. Namely, an old electric hotplate, a set of tjanting tools, and probably a kytska (pysanka-maker's wax stylus) as well. |
So it's kinda like Ukranian Easter Egg painting....I have styli for that of all different sizes (thats what happens when you marry into a Byzantine Catholic family) that are hollow to hold melted candle wax which is then transfered to the media and then once the outline is done the first color goes on then the wax is heated and rubbed off...done more times for more colors.
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Originally Posted by Michael_Andrew
Ouch Shag those Kellers are expensive. Why don't you try making the shells with staves, which I think is better acoustically and mechanically than the ply construction Keller uses. Lets try a snare as an experiment and see if it turns out. I probably have enough ambrosia maple lying around to do one like this:
PDGood Snare Samples
I'll make the staves for ya and you can take it from there. I have regular hard maple also. Your choice. I would need the depth and diameter. If you don't have access to a lath pm me I have an idea!
Michael |
Yes, kellers are expensive for plywood, but I always hear good things about them. I could go to Universal Percussion which is the home manufacturer of "Cannon" and have them make me some true solids. But, the thing of it is right now is time, my biggest and most varying constraint. I'm not sure if I'm gonna have the time to attempt making my own shells in the next couple years. Mama always has a laundry list for me and projects around the house are building up (not to mention a toddler and an infant running around with poopy butts ;oD). So, I figured on going the way of the kellers over the next year or two and later on down the road, slowly replace those with staves and/or true solids as life goes by and free time opens up and sell off the kellers on ebay or give to friends and family that play.
bob
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