Thanks!

Lot less Labor involved if you do what the traditional makers did and look for logs eaten out by termites.

Thank you so much! Planning on doing more of these types of videos if it's popular enough.

Gotta start somewhere 😁

On the contrary... split and hollow yields far better acoustics than drilling. Drilling leaves too much sound-deadening pith inside the stalk.

@@MachuDidgeridoo yes that's what I found.. once again great work thanks.😁

I was lucky, couple of weeks ago someone was throwing away loads of large girth bamboo so I picked one up long enough to make two didges.

Yes, it's an Australian indigenous instrument. Though bolos and such weren't usually a tool used by us. Spears and use of a woomera (a spear throwing device) etc were far more common. We didnt ride kangaroos though. Making yidaki (the proper name for a didgeridoo) is a spiritual process (be interested to know which one of our mob taught these guys), and has a whole host of traditions and rules that go with it, as one example: a yidaki should never be touched or played by a woman who is still of 'child bearing age', in public, and never for ceremony or ritual purpose with some believing it will render them infertile. Didgeridoo is a slang/pigeon term created by white settlers, and they're correctly called 'Yidaki' and they're made from the Australian ironwood, or bloodwood trees typically - though other hardwood/gum species are used.

I have two available on Etsy at the moment 😊

Oh yeah, definitely check out the other videos of our sticks. We love color shifting pigments and wood burls 🔥

It would also allow all the spit to be seen 😅

Possibly, we do restoration/ modification to older didges. Working on a set of eucalyptus sticks atm. Dm me for details.

I drill them out to 1 1/8" circle (bigger if the didge is lower than a C), then round the edge off for comfort. If your mouthpiece is too big for the stick (or not perfectly smooth), your lips will smack the edge a 100 time a minute. I've split my lip like that before, lol.

Would you mind sharing your recipe for the resign substitute?

I think the reason he coated the inside of the wood is because agave is very soft and pithy, you want to keep the wood from absorbing moisture from you’re breath and softwoods like this and yucca would act as sponges without some sort of shellac

@@cameronturner5082 Thanks, I never thought about the wood he used being that soft and absorbant.

Here you are. Enjoy kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNJyjZmqtb2dh4k.html

Sure, it's used to stabilize the wood's I use so they come out nice and bubble free during resin casting.

I use a variety of sharpened metal and carbon fiber tubes to smoothly punch out the top 6-10 inches.

@@EndlessBreathDidges that is a great idea! Where are you located?

@@sunrootbcbambooandcrystals Phoenix, Arizona.

@@EndlessBreathDidges I'll be giving a shakuhachi solo concert in Tucson on Jan. 21. If I have time, would love to meet you!

We do a yearly harvest in the northern mountains of AZ.

Look gorgeous.

Check out our store at endlessbreathdidges.etsy.com 👈

Go north.

It’s made from the stalk of the agave plant.

And no pins in the mouth piece which is rule one when joining two flat surfaces

@charliebowen5071 if you'd ever work with an agave stalk you'd know these nothing to pin into. In my testing, smashing the mouthpiece off with pins did far more damage than just gluing it on, and the strength was the same either way. 💪

It's just me breathing through my face mask 😷