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#1 ·
Rainstick

Yep. It's a rainstick.

 
#7 ·
If the end result is supposed to be the noise it makes , you done good , Steve : )
I was thinking all along that you were going to tell us to put it in the garden and when it gets wet , it means that it is raining outside ! LMAO…Thanks buddy : )
 
#9 ·
@Dusty56 Wow, what a great idea! Hmmm…lessee, you need a kind of wood that changes color dramaticlly when wet. Well, red cedar works well. Cut a chunk and make it pretty. Ooh! A Roman ogee edge! Nothing is fancier. Find a spot far from the house or obstructions…say, in the middle of the yard. When you want to see if it's raining, take a walk out to it and see if the color has changed!

Hahaha…thanks man!
 
#11 ·
Very, very cool. The percussionist at my church has a real rain stick that is really cool. A few years ago, our vacation bible school had a tropical theme so, for crafts, we attempted to have the kids to make rain sticks. We used pieces of bamboo. It didn't work as well as yours, but it did work. Very inventive way to make it. I would never have thought of using the hardware cloth.
 
#13 ·
Great video, Steve. It was quite a bit more mellow than the Steve we have come to know. I thought it was really cool and I loved the way you presented it. The end result was beautiful, too. :)

Thanks! Sheila
 
#14 ·
Very nicely done! Both the video and the rain stick!

Here's a practical question, though it may be stupid to some…

How did you mill the thin stock for the shell and ends? Did you resaw something, or simply plane it down? what kind of stock did you start with?

I'd like to make some things like this, but I have no band saw (yet) and hesitate to waste so much stock (aka $$$) to obtain a relatively thin piece… but, planing (or resawing on the table saw ICK!) seem to be my best options.

Mark
 
#15 ·
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah. My favourite rendition of over the rainbow. Zen and the art of woodworking alive and well in Marin. You have now progressed to the second level of enlightenment. I'm stuck at level zero with glue-ups from hell and only my swearing to keep me company. Do you do courses?

Great project, Steve. Nice to see the old masking tape in evidence.

In a strange way I like crystals. If anyone I know brings them out or starts talking about them I feel perfectly calm about the fact that I am running away from them as fast as I can!. These things saved me from many a dodgy relationship. Please Steve, don't do crystals, I beg you!
 
#18 ·
great project Steve well done
but the vidio was fantastic from start to the end :)
I realy liked the way you presented it, a new Steve have arived
what happen, running out of beer or grass :)
not that you shuold change from the old Steve but from time to time
it wood bee niice to see the new one
(I realy wuold like to see you take safty seriusly on that Ts)
take care Steve

Dennis
 
#19 ·
@Mark The shell is just 1/4" scrap oak plywood. I was afraid to use it, but cutting along the finished-side grain worked out fine: no chipping. The ends are just 1'4" red cedar. (Still more of the cedar Mike sent me!) Inside, I used a 1/2' dowel and some 1/2" hardware cloth that I pulled off an old fence I used to pen in a rabbit (before he became dinner for a hawk). So the only expense was the dowel: $3.50. I'm all about doing things as cheaply as possible!
 
#23 ·
Steve, I had you pegged for a rememberer (all be it for bad reasons) of Romper Room. I probably shouldn't mention that I got a pair free for doing my 2 weeks on my local version of the show. ;)

Would love to see more "kids classics" from your very imaginative mind.
 
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