First, cut a piece of light Falcata wood, glue it together with Woodbond, and tighten it with rope. After that, I cut it down to fit an 8-inch drum head. Falcata wood is soft and easy to scrape, but it produces a lot of cutting chips, so if you don’t do a good job of collecting the dust, the chips will fly out and be a problem. I’m going to clean it frequently and scraping it. I use a gouge to get the shape and dimensions, but then finish with a skew. Since the diameter is large, you need to be careful when cutting with a skew. If the tip […]