New Ash congas

[congalou]

Hey guys !

Here is new congas I have made, Ash, fiber and epoxy resin outside, cow skin... with my logo inside the resin.

They works well !!

G.

[CongaTick]

WOW!!! As usual Congalou, your craftsmanship and love for the drum is expressed so beautifully!

[congamyk]

I'm hittng the "LIKE" button.

[Manito]

Spectacular! These are unbelievable! Can you post audio, I'd LOVE to hear them! Very nice work indeed!

[Congarranza]

First, THOSE ARE SOME THICK SKINS!! I just reskined a conga and saw first-hand the expansion and shortening of a skin when mounting from water soaked flats to dry, snug fitting heads. By the looks of it, these pics:

Were they done drying? If not, how much more space was available in the intersection between flesh hoop and lug "hanger" after a few more days?

The white coloration from the skin around the bearing edge is very similar to that of the flesh wrapped around the flesh hoop. Can you explain to the readers of the forum how to limit/eliminate this efect?

What is the length from top surface of the drum to the top surface of you traditional rim? I mounted my skin, equalized distance by "eye", then let dry with Shea butter for a few days before taking a transparent ruler, and finally measuring my 5 lugs to 1cm for the final days.

Although my tumbadoras are beaters, for now, the technique is the same and much can be learned and acquired in every mounting of a soaked flat skin onto a bearing edge, wrapped around a flesh hoop, and countered by a tensioned rim.

[Madlatin]

Beautiful work Congalou. Ash, heavy hardware and six lugs on all drums. They look built to last. The shells have a nice contour on them too.

Madlatin

[Mike]

The white coloration from the skin around the bearing edge is very similar to that of the flesh wrapped around the flesh hoop. Can you explain to the readers of the forum how to limit/eliminate this efect?

You cannot really avoid this whitening effect completely,
but usually it happens when you pull down the skin (possibly too much)
by giving the nuts a few turns AFTER the skin has been mounted.
Of course many do not want the tuning rim to be on skin level (ouch!),
so it needs to be pulled down a bit.
I usually get along with the rim being 0.75 to 1" lower than the skin.

[seisporocho1]

Great job Congalou!!