I've been toying with the idea of making a rainstick for a while. Traditionally, these are made with bamboo shoots or cacti and have nails driven through their walls. Or I guess even more traditionally, thorns. They can be filled with beans, pebbles, lentils, rice, etc. The configuration of the baffles and the object sizes determine the unique sound of each rainstick.
I didn't want to drive a bunch of nails into mine, so I simply cut out a bunch of chicken wire hexagons and slid them onto a half inch dowel. The body is quarter inch oak plywood and each strip is beveled at 30 degree angles.
I puzzled over how to glue six long strips together, until I came up with the idea of laying them out with masking tape. It worked great.
I used rice as a filler. The sound is really nice and can be controlled by the angle at which the rainstick is tipped. Enjoy the project.
very nice. I enjoy your projects, being a weekend woodworker type myself.
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Ian W
Very nice project, simple but interesting. And the music is also really nice:)
ReplyDeleteKrzysztof /Poland/
**golf clap**
ReplyDeleteNicely done.
I really enjoyed this one. You started me thinking about something similar with perhaps, some sort of noise makers like a wind chimes maybe.
ReplyDeleteEh, thanks! Just found what I'll do with these wood window blinds hanging in my garage for more than a year now! Great video, as always!
ReplyDeletePhilippe (alias Basbrun)
Great video. Another project to try. How much rice did you put in the thing?
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