I play drums, have always wanted to make my own, and finally got around to trying it. Starting with an 8-inch drum head and a dream, I go through the process of developing this drum through a couple of iterations to the finished version.
I found a beat up bass drum by the side of the road and brought it home. I peeled off the old wrap, removed the rust from the existing hardware, bought new hardware as needed, and installed new heads. I was considering some fancy glittery/holographic/color-changing…
I have a big box of mixed plastic scrap from 3D printing. In this project I tried to recycle some of it. Not one of my more successful endeavors. The main skill I learned in this project was bending sheet metal, which has come in…