In this photo you can see the depth of the burned out hole. We had to scrape the sides, build up the fire, and move the rocks often to keep the fire burning in the direction we needed it to burn in. Otherwise, we could have easily had the fire burn through the side of the log before we were finished burning to the bottom. This is Paul praying on Day 4. There were no noticeable anomalies in this photo.
Prayer is an essential part of making any medicine tool.
Anyone can burn a log and make a Thunder Drum. You can see the depth of the burn now. It is really beginning to look like a drum. Another essential part of burning for the drum is the fanning process . The flames have to be fanned constantly in order to keep them hot enough to burn the heavy, dense log.