THUNDER SPRING

THUNDER DRUM SPRING 20" LONG PRESTRETCHED ONCE YOU HAVE MEASURED, CUT AND GLUED THE MEMBRANE TO YOUR GOURD AND MAKE THE HOLE IN THE MEMBRANE, IT'S TIME TO PREPARE THE SPRING. USING NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS, LIFT UP THE LAST RING OF THE SPRING AND SEPARATE IT FROM THE SPRING BODY. THIS IS THE END THAT WILL "SCREW" INTO THE DRUM MEMBRANE. FOR THE BEAD END, LIFT UP THE LAST RING OF THE SPRING AT THE OPPOSITE END AND BEND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SPRING AXIS. USE A SMALL PIECE OF CLAY OR EPOXY AND MOLD A SMALL PEA AROUND THE END OF THE SPRING TO KEEP FROM GETTING POKED BY THE SHARP END OF THE SPRING. "SCREW" THE THE FIRST END OF THE SPRING INTO AND THROUGH THE HOLD YOU PIERCED IN THE MEMBRANE. HOLD THE TOP OF YOUR GOURD THUNDER DRUM AND GIVE IT A LIGHT SHAKE. SURPRISE!