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Making a Wooden Didgeridoo Index

Step-by-step Guide to Making a Wooden Didgeridoo

The following pages describe how I make my wooden didgeridoos. Other people use the same, similar or different techniques, tools and materials as is their wont. This is how I do it. If you want to make a didgeridoo of your own, all the infromation you will need is here.

Health and Safety

A quick mention about health and safety and things that go bump in the night. I know it may sound boring but could safe your life - take it seriously.

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What is Wood?

A basic introduction to the why's what's and wherefore's of timber, how it grows and what the different parts of it are.

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Sourcing Timber

If you want to make a didgeridoo, where do you get the wood from? (trees ha ha!) Here's some advice on getting hold of the right timber.

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Seasoning Timber

If timber does not season properly it can warp, split, crack and generally be a nuisance to work with, here's some advice on what to do.

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Initial Shaping

Taking your seasoned piece of wood the first stage is to shape the timber into the shape of the didge to come, a critical stage in making a didgeridoo.

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Cut and Hollow

This is the fun bit - hollowing out the didge, cutting out all that you don't need leaving you with a hollowed out didge (albeit in two halves).

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Glue and Clamp

Having cut and hollowed your didge its time to glue the two halves together, you will need to clamp the wood together for a good bond and watertight seal.

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Sealing the Bore

This section explains about sealing the bore of the didgeridoo to help protect the bore from moisture yet retain a natural sound.

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Mouthpiece and Bell

Crafting the mouthpiece and bell of the didgeridoo is all important as they both affect the sound and the mouthpiece comfort of playing.

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Tuning

Fiddly part of the process, tinkering with the instrument a little here, a little there to create the sound that you want from the didjeridu.

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Sanding and Finishing

All that hard work, now some more but this time it's the final stages, finishing your didge to make it look good and protected from moisture, knocks and bumps.

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Tools and Equipment

Therese are the tools I use in making my didgeridoos. For your reference and information, or you can buy them if you want to have a bash at making your own wooden didgeridoo.

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