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Donald Porta
United States
Приєднався 15 жов 2009
Walking the Red Road---trying not to stray too much!
Making the Mountain Dulcimer
Link to supplies below---
The Mountain Dulcimer is an old time musical instrument from the folks of the Appalachian Mountains. What makes this instrument so fascinating, other than it's amazing sound, is the many shapes it has taken; some with a body of an hour glass; or tear drop; or foot ball; or just a rectangular box, ie... whatever was best hand made by it's owner. Let me show you how I make them!
*fret template; amzn.to/3UNmBT7 *fret wire; amzn.to/3WvmJIg *pegs; amzn.to/4bmPavW *dulcimer wire; amzn.to/4b4glMv cabinet scrapers; amzn.to/44vPczr *foredom rotary tool; amzn.to/3WuRZa6 *hand piece power chisel; amzn.to/3UqdXbM
The Mountain Dulcimer is an old time musical instrument from the folks of the Appalachian Mountains. What makes this instrument so fascinating, other than it's amazing sound, is the many shapes it has taken; some with a body of an hour glass; or tear drop; or foot ball; or just a rectangular box, ie... whatever was best hand made by it's owner. Let me show you how I make them!
*fret template; amzn.to/3UNmBT7 *fret wire; amzn.to/3WvmJIg *pegs; amzn.to/4bmPavW *dulcimer wire; amzn.to/4b4glMv cabinet scrapers; amzn.to/44vPczr *foredom rotary tool; amzn.to/3WuRZa6 *hand piece power chisel; amzn.to/3UqdXbM
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Very interesting 😊
very helpful thanks for making this video
This is such a good video!! Thanks you for taking the time to film every step amd explain calmy! Never would have thought that hide came from the pet store...so clever!!! Thank you again and again❤
Thank you so much for your video, I just inherited my 95 year old mums stapler. It work's perfectly now and all clean 🥰
Do you know of any places to get rawhide for a drum for cheap
Very nice video! Thx! 🙂
Great video Donald. Thank you so much.
Excellent video ! This explained every part of taking it apart and reassembling . Great job my man !
For thread 🧵 You need 4 time the way that you wonna stitch ! And the best for the punching tools are a Leathercraft punching board! Have fun!
Hallo from Vienna Austria, Use a raw -leather-hammer for your hole Puncher, don’t make so much noise & you safe your tools!!! I‘m a Leathercraft artist & use only hammers like that!
Growing up with creations I often wondered about this one , 🧩 thank you
How long do they need to stay out on the tray?
my one year plants never have such nice roots, bummer!
Nicely done thanks for the video man!
I LIKE THE SIMPLICITY
AWESOME! Thank You!
Before removing the lower unit am I supposed to put the gear shifter all the way forward? So it stays in the proper gear when putting it back on. I have a 135 hp Johnson seahorse 4v. Thank you for your service
How did you strip the original finish?
I wiped it down with krud cutter
I have found that bamboo works better with smaller lodges but not large ones like yours as the cover and liner weighs down and bends the bamboo. Wood poles bend over time also but not so much and then I turn them. Looks like Florida there.
a microburst shattered two of the three base poles and caused the canvas to rip and collapse the tipi. The three base poles should be wood and not bamboo.
Any experience with Southwest Archery Spyder recurve bow compared to these bows? thx
Yay! Thank you for the straightforward recipe. Looks good! We've just acquired a piece of property with a bunch of burdock on it. Food!
I had to adjust/bend the little curved part on the slide mechanism to be able to unlatch and remove mech to add staples easily.
Excelente ilustración
Boozhoo inawendaagan. I'm so thankful for your teachings. My father and other older relatives passed before being able to pass on this knowledge to me, and I live too far from my tribe for them to help me. Your teachings are helping me create my first drum, and it has been a healing experience. Miigwech.
Wow I have a wild one of these growing in a little corner in my patio! How to I keep it alive!? Also great video Thanks!
they reseed after the plant goes to seed
Here in Houston Texas that is called 105 siding and can still be purchased at Lowes, Home Depot, and lumber yards. I just bought several pieces. It comes in various lengths up to 16'.
Thanks for your time and work on this video. It would have been nice to see the measurements clearer and also the size of the playing holes diameter along with the measurements of a six hole flute. That’s pretty cool video. Thanks again
Hi Great Video. I wouldn't trust the ladder and winch (clever) without supporting it underneath. Thanks
What paper did you use on the freeze dryer trays? Was it parchment? Thank you sir
Yes it was
I would love to try this thank you
Good Lord! That is amazing. What a testament for biochar! You go, man!
I thought you needed the smoke to preserve it
I've never heard of using an angled cut for the handle portions, is that necessary?
that keeps it in register.
2 words Mini Ductor, worth it's weight in gold. Or ribeyes. Thank you Uncle Joe.
Thank you so much Sir ❤
Most welcome
I did this 5 yrs ago when you first posted your technique. I got a lot of jokes from my friends and family, but it worked! The stairs have been through multiple winters with ice and snow and the grits have held up well. A very clever idea that is much better than the alternatives. Thanks.
For real pelican trail food you put in fruit like persimmons, berries and nuts. The fruit needs to be dried as well. And pound up the nuts and dry too
This is why AI will not replace learning from a friend or your parent anytime soon. There is no way they would suggest this and its the best method.
Wait so natives invented thumbs up 🤙 tight tight
Excelent idea, would it not be better with a Clockwise flow direction?, I assume you are above the equator
That was a really nice build. Thanks for sharing.
What about use of the hand held one?
fillister head machine screws, haven't heard that one before, i think they are actually called socket head cap screws, nice video, i will meditate on this
Very nice. Thanks
Where are you located. Trying to get it and have looked all over. I’m in Canada
I usually use the skin and wash my face and neck with it. Leave it on till it’s dried then rinse off or sometimes keeps it on all day
I just sliced my water melon rind with the skin
What size belt ?
Very informative video thank you for posting, BTW, we pronounce Celtic with a hard C as in Keltic. Cheers from the UK.
Mine is a simplex with similar specs but it has a third brown wire. What is that wire for? Can I get one with two wires as long as specs are the same and wire nut that third wire off? Mine is 120v also. Same as 110? 120V, 10rpm, 60hz, 2-5w, cw. It was making the same loud noise and then stopped rotating at all. There is vibration in the motor just no rotation so I’m pretty sure that’s probably the problem but I don’t know what this 3rd wire is for.
Dimplex * not simplex