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I set out to build my own musical instruments, starting first with a drum made using a pig hide and maple wood.
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You could have found the local creek & put the hide under water, weighing it down with a rock in one corner. Leaving it for a few days. Come back & try to pull some hair. If it slips, then take the hide & finish taking the rest of the hair off. The water won't hurt the hide and critters will pick the fat & yuck off too.
Make a harmonica next
That fire might have burned some of the hide, making it weaker in some places.
tacocat300000 X3 just get a couple of popsicle sticks and put a rubber band around one and hold them together
I think an alkaline lime solution is used to make the hair slip off. And it might saponify the fat and make it more removable.
It's generally preferred to hand shave the head, because liming weakens the hide.
I don’t actually know what you’re saying but it sounds good
@@user-og6qc7zo1y limewater is Calcium Hydroxide dissolved in water. when that is added to animal fat or oils, it forms salts of fatty acids. and those we call soap :D
@@CalderaXII Sodium and potassium hydroxide make normal soap, salts of calcium and fatty acids aren't very soluble.
@@Kycilak it doesnt matter if it is soluble or not though. as a salt of a fatty acid and a metal it is classified as soap. it may not be used as an article in personal hygiene, but its still a soap
Genuine question: how much do your neighbors hate you?
he has moved to an industrial store
@Paolo Caso I was about to say exactly that.
@@manus5423 Did that shot where they were cleaning the pig skin fat look like an industrial store? Looks like someone's yard to me.
@@TheGamingAlienTV woosh
666 likes owo
If you can make a flute easily in nature, & a drum, you have an awesome orchestra that you can build
Why would you need any other instrument than an ocarina. You can travel across the ocean with it ^^
The Black Baron an ocarina is a flute...
Harry Truman you make them with horns from dead animals
Safir no that’s a trumpet
Bird bones would be good for a flute.
After making a couple of instruments, you should make a band with a song
Boyinaband would help, I'm sure
Yeah I wanna see him make bongos and a banjo
I hope he also makes a band from natural resources.
YES, would love to that happen. He could probably pull off some sort of flute or whistle. Maybe a bone flute? A stringed bass instrument would be pretty easy to improvise. And like someone else said in the comments, a banjo is pretty much just a drum with a neck and strings attached, so he's a third of the way there with knowing how to make a drum.
Make that song part of the intro for future videos
When is the bow and arrow episode coming out
black colored pencil are you even allowed to make weapons on youtube?
@@tempesttries i think that there is no problem so long as it isn't a firearms
WaveShineStudio5 you are but it would be demonetized except for knives you can make knives no problem
Raphaël Hoornaert yes that’s kinda illegal but also not just a few tips ram rods are the easiest weapon to make
no, the easiest weapon to make is a rock or a stick, cause you don't have to make them
The way he held the sticks physically hurt me🤢🤮
Came to the comments to see all the comments about his terrible grip.
I didn't know that souls could be physically injured... Mine is in excruciating pain...
Weird.... I too am held together with tension..... Sure hope I don't snap :O
youd need a beating first?
Repeatedly beating it reduces tension.
*snap*
You can soak the hide in commercial laundry detergent to remove all the collagen & fats. Traditionally the tanning process used special bacteria to dissolve off the collagen, but nowadays the right enzymes are used in some detergents.
I think under the rules of the channel he would have to make the laundry detergent himself
Matt Wells well he has made soap 🤔
So technically he’s pretty close to detergent.
He is allowed to use modern tools so I think he would be allowed to use detergent since it would be considered a tool to remove the fat.
Oh, pretty sure they used matured dog crap in large vats for that process for a long time
@@bloodvue and you are correct.
3:31 say that using pig leather is bad for health
Me i think he made toothbrush using pig hair and american football
Right after that hahahahaha
Yeah, but you cant really get swine flu from a dead pig. You sure can get trichinosis tho
aha nice malaysian joke thing
It's not great for the pigs health.
I recently watched a video by a youtube channel called something like "Machine Thinking." It was essentially a love letter to the lathe, showing how incredibly important to modern machining with any kind of precision such a machine is. You should build a Laythe yourself.
Oops. I play a tad too much Kerbal Space Program. Laythe, spelled with a Y, is the name of a moon in that game. Sorry for the typo. It's a Lathe.
Those guys in the beginning seemed to have no idea how drums were traditionally made without metal studs and whatnot. If you want to talk to someone who knows about that stuff, look up Jaime Meyer, he lives in Minneapolis, he's a super nice guy, and he loves drums.
You might find looking into “how to tie a djembe” somewhat beneficial.
Oh god, burning that pig hide must have STANK
SMELLLS LIKE BACON!1!!1!!1! (or at least that's what we tell ourselves, lest we wretch)
I'm a drummer so it's interesting to see you make it out of scratch
Then you may also find it funny how weird he decided to hold his stick haha
@@MrScorpianwarrior that hurt to watch
Percussionists unite!
I am a percussionist and also do community projects with foreign hand drums (gimbaes, jun juns, etc.) and he actually did pretty well. He made something similar to a Jun Jun. Since it is an african hand drum, it's going to be fairly interesting if he makes a drumset out of them lmao
It's great to see someone who doesn't play music try to make a drum. I thought he'd begin with the flute which he could make using bamboo or that maple wood, but good old Andy took a great leap with the drums. Can't wait for him to try the guitar.... And hope no cats get killed in that video.
The joke on tension was hilarious
Now play Africa by toto on it
Edit: thx guys
VortexIgel *she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation*
@@Mygfisawesone she's coming in 12:30 flight
Plays Rosanna instead..
I hope those employees at Risen are more knowledgeable than they seem, they come off as highschoolers who assemble drums as opposed to engineers who design them. Nothing wrong with that, mind you. Just seems like the information they provided isn't much more than a google search would have provided.
As these things usually go people like that know a lot they just arent saying it because it would confuse a newcomer to the craft
That certainly could be the case. It could also be that they don't really want to divulge too much information publicly, as this is their livelihood. I don't doubt that they are skilled contemporary drum makers, just that their knowledge is more limited in a historical or fundamental sense.
Though in many ways I think that is the point of this channel, knowing everything there is to know about a contemporary drum doesn't come close to the knowledge necessary to make a drum. Even in it's simplest form; A lumberjack gathers the wood, a woodworker makes the shell, a hunter gathers the animal skin, a tanner makes the leather and sinew string, a drum maker builds the drum, and perhaps an artist paints it afterwards. A good drum requires the knowledge of many disciplines, which could be a single person but is typically many.
They are probably well and qualified but are most likely high out of their god damn mind
"the engineers who designed them"
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@@karloxgc45 Broadly speaking, yes. As in a person who designs and builds, typically employing math and science. I doubt calculating the optimal frequency of resonance and accompanying harmonics for a given wood/frame/head/size/shape, in order to achieve a specific performance characteristic, would be something your average drum assembler is out there doing.
I thought you were making a full drum kit you should make cymbals. You just need brass as the material to make it
Brass alloyed with a few other metals, but still somewhat doable
that came out sounding pretty good. this is honestly one of the most underrated channels
"I turned to my old friend, fire." *remembers the fire incident in their backyard*
Easily the most underrated channel on this site.
You should make metal knives in a future
vid.
the young alec steele is living in montana now, that would be a neat collab.
how does this have only 35kviews?!?!? Great series, great filming, lets get 1M!
Marry Me ! I adore your work ethic as well as your personality! I grew up where 8/10 times when you wanted something you made it yourself. I'd love to help you make more instruments, I play most, everything except strings. These days I make from scratch items for folk who need help and for gifts. About me otherwise, I was a world championship bagpiper before becoming disabled, and while I still teach and judge, these days I mainly rescue and train exotic animals including parrots- train the human how to keep the pet and train the pet out of any bad habits from its last home.
I have an idea for your team and you to do which would be fast, awesome fun and add to your instrument collection...
(Also, If for your instruments you ever want to make a bagpipe practice chanter or learn piping in a day, or how to make double bladed reeds or bass or tenor reeds, let me know! Or anything to do with the Scottish traditional Great Highland Bagpipe, its international forms, it's different precursor forms and clothing associated, I teach how to make all of it :-) except the underwear!)
Some basic old fashioned bagpipes would go great with that drum, and I can teach you the music as well as how to play, and how to go about making a set relatively simply and quickly. I did my PhD on Teaching Bagpiping and developing and recovering fast learning techniques!
You would Need:
Knife or blades
Needle
Awl
Sinyew or flax or some kind of thread you can rub wax on and bind up to make all the separate joins air tight
A strong version of above, to turn into very light cord to sew bag with and tie in wooden stocks
Hide leather for bag
Horn for projecting mounts (little ufo like discs)
Metal or legal ivory for ferrules (like flat metal serviette rings:can be silver, brass, copper, antler, bone, horn or anything really -metal looks nice)
Wood
- Dense is best for sound projection, you will need it for the stocks that tie into the bag, and the blowstick(air goes in), chanter(fingers play tune on) and drone/drones, your choice how many (provides the bass line and tenor line harmonics you hear in the background) all of which plug into the stocks!
Lathe of some kind and tools, plus rough wood turning skills to smooth what wood you whittled!
-modern lathe is fine, doesnt have to be a traditional ancient rope lathe!
Big bore drill bit approx inch wide and 12" long, (dependant on tone you want)
Long bits in two thinner sizes
A picture of the type of early pipe you are looking to replicate is useful for reference, I can find one.
-An old style 2 drone bagpipe would be easier by far to make and play than a modern 3 drone bagpipe complete with much exacting lathe work beading and combing. Also it would match your drums in tone.
Cane/bamboo for the reed blades, small amount of sinyew or flax etc to tie around it with,
matchbox footprint worth of beaten flat metal to curl into an almost cylinder, then almost flatten one end to attatch cane reed blades to, using the metal as the structural brace, the Staple inside the reed
A bit of wax to seal cane ends with on drone reeds, flax or other thread to make reed bridle.
Cord, cloth or strips of leather, decorative or braided or plaited, to tie drones together fitted to balance exactly on your shoulder. This decoration was so if beheaded in battle the drone cords showed who the body had been, same as why strips of tartan matching kilt were put on both legs and sometimes hair as well as bagpipe... they all did another job like holding hose socks orhair back or drones together, but the other reason was so that dismembered body parts could be identified as belonging to the clan, then to one individual. Piping has a rich history!
Good luck with everything guys, and PLEASE come to Western Australia so I can meet you? I love problem solving 'from scratch solutions' so if you ever want female input, FB Messenger me please! Hugs!!! Alicia Manolas
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The thirst is real. Bagpipes are a good suggestion though tbh
wow what is this
i am a drummer, and when I saw this, i was like, "yess!!"
Man i imagine that when he burned the pig hair it stunk up the place
Yeah, but when he burned the fat, it probably smelled kinda like pork rinds :).
shawn pierotti what place
HTME: makes a series about cameras
HTME: moves on to a series about music without finishing the camera series
Camera series: am i a joke to you
Why are all these videos demonetized? It makes 0 sense why TH-cam doesn’t allow ads on these videos.
Josh Nieboer I thought Andy chose not to have ads, relying instead on Patreon.
Such a great start then.... tree branches as rims? Why? You have all the machines to make a even and tight fitting wood hoop, it’s like you gave up half way through
HTME: How to make a band
In my country 🇺🇬 we have traditional drum heads made with cow hide. Still a common craft.
make a light blub!
Ideas & craftsmanship is all you
need to built anything you need !!!
I live on a farm and we put the pig kin in boiling water for 19 seconds and then use razors to clean it....then when it cool We repeat the process
Pure inspiration! I'm in the midst of growing my own coffee for cultivation because of your channel
I hope he does "how to make wood glue from scratch" just to piss people off. And if he's already done it whats the link?
I've made hide glue a few times and used it in a few woodworking project now, using the same pig hide.
th-cam.com/video/k3RZM9OOAIU/w-d-xo.html
Those drum making dudes were absolute gurus of the art
2:48 if you use met... I mean math you could probably figure it out (gee thanks for the best advice)
As a drummer I was beyond ecstatic when my high school trade program made drums as a final project... I bought them as a set for $600 and had the drumsticks made from the same slices of birch, nothing compares to the sound and feel of a drumstick perfectly paired to the shells
You should make a violin next!
Or an orcarina !
Violins are much too hard. Flute should be next and then he can build his way up
An ocarina would be really cool but violins are very hard to make there’s a ton of components that can screw up a violin
Ahh yes... the Orcarina... the instrument of the seas!
Reed made everything
I love this channel!
I love how fun his wood working shop is!
*"Like me its all held together by tension at any moment it can snap"*
edgy
My dad used to make African-style Djembes. He usually used a goat skin, specifically from the shoulder area of the spine, because it has less fat and thicker hide. He hand shaved it with a straight razor, because chemical means of removing hair weakens the hide.
Love your vids! Have a great day!
These guys were some of the best guests you've had on to help you out!
this would be so hard for me to do
Did you ever make pottery? You really should have started with that. This is an early and essential step in building a civilization. It allows you to make your water safe to drink with relative ease. Go to a river, find clay, build a furnace (stone covered with clay/mud), fire it, make your pots, boil water.
(Edit) At the same time you could make a water filter, take a large piece of bark and roll it into a funnel. Put moss, crushed charcoal and sand into it. Run murky water into it to make it clear, then boil it into your new pot.
**applauds in drummer**
Thanks for making a real episode again. Love this channel not podcasts. I love the authenticity of these episodes.
So this drum isn't vegan?
Well.... Nope.
This channel blows my mind every video. This is some stuff I would have expected to see on discover science back in my childhood days. Just how complex it is to source the materials and make these things which nowadays are made so easier with everything being connected.
When people comment before watching the video...
I am one of them.
You need to be on like National Geographic channel. I absolutely enjoy this channel
M8 you used rawhide. Why didn't you tan the hide?
Drums generally use a rawhide because tanning will deaden the sound, and can weaken the hide's tensile strength.
@@M9199bro ah ok that makes sense. Thanks.
@@M9199bro I don't know, but it sounded pretty damn weak as it is. I feel like the tanning would have added better resonance than that dead, too-thick hide he used.
@@STSGuitar16 By weak I meant lower tensile strength. Also, because tanning makes the hide rather soft, it will deaden the tone rather than resonate. Almost universally, drums are made with rawhides rather than tanned leather (one exception that I know is water drums from various cultures).
@@M9199bro I didn't mean weak as in tensile strength, it just sounded very dead and not resonant or loud at all. Just a weak sound. How does the thickness of this hide compare to the actual animal skins traditionally used? It just seems to me that the hide he used is too thick to get a good sound.
You had the best example of a drum your woodworking mate was playing in the beginning. As others said, those Drum-guys seem to only know about modern day drums. Nevertheless, great video!
Just get some bowels and spoons.
Thomas McGrath I sincerely hope you mean bowls
@@jonahnicholas7373 nope
r/boneappletea
R/therewasanattempt
I've made and watched traditional drums being made. You don't really need that outside hoop, or the tall shell. Just punch holes in the leather about an inch in from the edge at equal distances, and then thread some sinew through the holes, in a similar pattern to a dreamcatcher.
Commercial wood glue? Am disappointed
Same
glad to see a drum actually was sort of made from scratch ( unlike the first drum ), but that pig hide was creepy.
going to be honest i think u got a bit lazy on this video, for one u used store bought wood glue and screws, too u had a professional wood worker help you with all the measuring and building of it. i thought this would have been like the camera ep.
can't find any mention of the string used either
Syndrami he does mention the string. Seem you didn’t look very hard.
@@salmjak 11:17 I get that after words he took theme off, but in reality the whole process of the drum making in this video is not in the spirit of what he dose, if u want to see what I expect from him just watch the ep where he made a camera, he made is own glue he made the design and built the whole thing himself.
I give him a pass on this one. He did get loads of material by him self, he did get help from a wood worker, but it wasn't like that wood worker did all the work. Sometimes I think he deserves a bit of a break. But I do agree that it's more interesting when he tries to do everything on his own.
@@admirnaruto thats a respectable opinion, i still disagree, i think he should have gone all out.
Making a shakuhachi flute should be your next challenge. They sound beautiful and they aren’t super expensive, but they’re fun to make and they present a challenge if you’ve never built one before. You could also try making a recorder!
Seemed like cheating in this episode...too much help and ready made materials.
no. He had to make those materials.
I can see the too much help portion, but what do you mean about ready-made materials? From the best of my knowledge it seems everything that the drum is made of was personally foraged by him in the past. It would be a bit redundant for him to go over making every little aspect of it when he has other videos that go over those things.
@@athf226 I believe gaffy h means that he didnt make the bandsaw himself, nor the chisels, nore the table that the drum was made on, or the glue itself. little things that don't make a difference
@@gavincarl8105 I guess, but he's used such things in previous videos. Like the electric kiln he recently bought, so I didn't really think of that.
@@theunholysmirk I dont think he made those screws and the pre-packaged wood glue.
Crazy amount of work he always puts in
First comment
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Zane Murasko are you a patron?
how did you comment one hour ago when this video was posted 1 minute ago
Jaimie Yung probably a patron
I made my own drum at home by turning a 5 gallon bucket upside down! Thanks for the tips
Great vids but please wash your hair.
HTME: Use squarespace
Me,someone who likes to watch the world burn:GoOgLe SiTeS
I recall seeing a show once and they used skin on each side of the drum with no hoop. The punched holes in the skin and weaved pig tendons through each head in a criss cross pattern. All done while the skin and tendons were wet. It dried on the drum.
I can't wait for the new series, How To Reed Everything
Hey some things i think would be cool to mention. One thing that would help might be to add another head on the other side of the drum. Many drums have a second head on the other side called the resonant head which is used to amplify the sound since it creates another tension bound membrane like surface for the initial sound waves to bounce off of. Usually this head is tuned like a minor third to a major third bellow the battered head (side you hit). This also allows for a different type of timbre since the sound will resonate more from the second head. The idea of a second head to help resonate the drum has been around for a very long time, even in west african cultures since they use drums such as the Djun Djun which is a double headed drum (more than likely thought because they might use both sides at times). They also use single headed drums like djembe and kpanlogo but they use the floor as a natural resonator since they're usually played sitting down and the shape of the body of the drum helps with it also. Latin drums like congas also are like this.
Also If you look at other types of percussion instruments like timpani and mallet instruments, there's usually some kind of resonator on the bottom to help amplify the sound and it's a closed off resonator which serves a similar purpose to having a resonant head.
TL;DR Have another head on the bottom of the drum for extra resonance.
When he is talking about a series on instruments i be like: 'I see a bagpipe, is ging to make a bagpipe? He must make a bagpipe, they are great'
A good thickness for the pig hide head is 7-10mm, its the sweet spot of not too thin and not too thick, and will help the drum sound more traditional. and please use calf skin if you can, its much better for drums. Also, if you plan on making a whole drumset, i would suggest cutting the drums shorter for the "rack toms", aka the ones that are in font of you. This makes it easier to put them in a comfortable playing position. Please continue this project, im so interested!!!
Please, please, please make bagpipes! That would be the coolest video ever.
No comments, this was amazing!
It’s difficult to make a bad drum because every sound can be appreciated.
Really appreciate this as drummer and drum maker myself. Just need to get this off my chest, you'll get much more bass sound if you lift the drum off your table; when you trap the air you don't get the right sound. Also, I've seen this in your comments, but you should consider making a kalimba in one of your future episodes. I've made a few myself (using windshield wiper spring steel) and would be happy to give you some advice if you need. Appreciate what you do.
before even watching this video, if you're planning on making musical instrument series, you should be warned: if/when you get to guitar you will have a lot of people telling you how you should have done it, this coming from a guitarist/builder nerd such as myself
Where are the likes at. We need to support this channel more. So you should like.
Hey Andy, I challenge you to make marimba mallets from scratch. All you need is wood for the handles (birch works) yarn cord or something similar, and strapping tape (or whatever you have to use) to shape the mallet head.
One you get the hang of it its easy to wrap them. You probably want to use a large needle for some parts.
It must have smelled horrible when he burned the hair off the pig hide.
Glaucon I could smell it when watching him burning off the hair. I almost noped out because of it
I'm a huge supporter of this new "series". I want to see you make a song with all of your musical instruments!
As a drummer I can say that your tom it is accually pretty good. Good job!
Dude you kept time better than a couple drummers at my church, and they played with a click track.
whenever he plays it it really raises the TENSION XDXDXD
Oh I'm so excited for this series! Music is love, music is life
You need to bring this drum to the Risen people and shoot their reaction. I think it'd be a good follow up!
that drum head is actually amazing!
In the future, there are plenty of traditional drum makers to talk to. Irish, aboriginal, they all work with more "natural" components and could help out with making a drum from scratch, because often times, they do!
For men duct tape fixes for women wine fixes everything but for Andy’s fire fixes everything
what is interesting in music is counterpoint this is what people look in music. what makes it sound good.
I am shocked based on how the video started that you actually got something pretty good at the end haha
Hardcore Ironman lookin really good Jagex.
that drum actually sounded pretty good. good job!
YES!!! This is going to be awesome. good luck making a saxophone :)
Those drum makers were super nice! Awesome guys!
I’m a Percussionist and I think this rlly rlly RLLY R L L Y AWESOME!!!
I’m a percussionist at a middle school-we get dedicated from getting good grading and perfect accurate Playing on percussion😊
I am impressed. This is a good execution, up there near your chocolate bar.