
When Instructables user RocketScientist wanted a marimba to practice at home, instead of buying one (at 7K), he build his own DIY marimba. It’s an ambitious project, and he throws in a tutorial video for wrapping your own mallets while he’s at it.
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I would’ve sold him one for only a million dollars.
Oops, fixed. See, my previous job was at the department of redundancy department.
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