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The Rattle Project: Finale

The handle installation went smoothly, insert the handle into the bottom hole, using combinations of popcorn, beans, wood beads and bone beads thru the top hole and continue pushing the handle into the top hole.

Finishing the rattles was similar to that of the rawhide rattle. Leather/suede from Hobby Lobby and thrift stores, feathers (from a ringneck pheasant that I shot in 1968 during my hunter-gatherer days),fur from a friend's discarded coat, wood and plastic beads from a recycle store, pieces of deer antler that my father gave me years ago, the hair (to imitate horse hair) was from wigs I found at a thrift store at Halloween.
Leather glue was mostly used for attaching all of these. There were times when the glue needed to set immediately so I applied super glue and sprayed a fine mist of ammonia to accelerate it.

   I'll be shipping these off to Stan soon.
My next project? I'll be cleaning the drum room😬











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  1. RonaldNovember 8, 2020 at 4:02 AM

    I'm glad it's done. What a very involved affair with all of the feathers, beans, leather, well. I'm sure Stan will be impressed. Question we can talk about Sunday on Duo: can you change the tone/sound by adjusting the type and or amount of beans, etc, you put in it? Can Stan even do it if he wanted?

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  2. Far Side of FiftyNovember 10, 2020 at 9:47 PM

    ammonia accelerates super glue...I did not know that! Your rattles look great! What a good project!

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