Students
Eli Kimbell
Project Description
The drum is made using a segmented woodturning technique. In order to do this, using the table saw to cut 12 identical lengths of wood is necessary, cutting in a fashion that creates a trapezoidal head so that the segments can be glued together evenly to complete a 360-degree circle. It is then placed on the lathe and turned to smooth the edges and fashion grooves for the base of the head to be inserted upon completion. The head, made from animal skin or a similar synthetic material, is then held down in the groove with metal wire. A second groove is then fashioned equidistant from the bottom of the drum as the one at the top, to provide an even sound. The drum is then finished and painted orange (Princeton colors), and ready to play. I referenced a number of sources to learn the segmented woodturning process, but one video in particular has been my main source for this project, listed first below.
I’d also like to add that this semester I was unable to complete a lot of work so far, due to travel with the baseball team as well as illness, and had been planning on completing the majority of my project in the month of April, when I could dedicate the most time to it and focus the most on it, especially considering I would have been done with my thesis by April 1st. Without that opportunity due to the corona virus, my work is not how I would have liked to present it, and I never got the chance to learn how to use a system like Fusion 360 to create computer generated designs.