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Rhythmical Steel
Has The Future
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Has Been Waiting For!


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Attention Steel Drum Builders,


Rhythmical Steel
Supplying Tools & Equipment to
Serious Steel Drum Builders
Since the Beginning of the
21st Century!

After years of intense study starting in 1984, Dennis E. Martin designed and engineered Rhythmical Steel Power Tools. Since 1994 he had been using these advanced tools to build steel drum instruments. During several years of using and proving his innovations time and time again, Rhythmical Steel decided to introduce their tools to the Steel Drum World in 2001.

Dennis' powerful machines greatly speed up the time it takes to build an instrument from start to finish! Can you imagine sinking a pan to 7" X 28" in 30 minutes? Easy, with Rhythmical Steel DM Powerful Sinking Hammer! The other major innovations designed by Dennis give you the ability to do higher quality work! These advanced tools allow you to get more work done with less physical effort during a work day, leaving you with much more time and energy for doing the fine tuning! Dennis has said many times, "There is no way I could go back to building steel drum instruments using the old traditional methods again!"


Rhythmical Steel
Has the Powerful

Sinking/Shaping
Power Hammers!



"R" Basic Starter Package $1,350.00

"R" starter package includes:


[Video Tape
(Instruction on using all "R" Power Hammers)

["R" DM Sinking/Shaping Power Hammer

[Foot Pedal
(for dynamic control of pressure)

[Air filter/regulator/lubricator

The Basic Starter Package comes with everything completely assembled ready to use! What you need is the air compressor and a 1/4" male NPT on the end of your compressor hose. Dennis uses a 5 horsepower single stage air compressor; However, he recommends using a 5 horsepower two stage air compressor.

"R" DM Sinking/Shaping Power Hammer will do the work from start to finish, but by using Rhythmical Steel's three different sized power hammers; it makes the job easier and produces a higher quality steel drum instrument! All three Rhythmical Steel Sinking/Shaping Power Tools are listed below:




Rhythmical Steel's

3 Powerful Sinking/Shaping

Power Hammers!


["R" DH Power Hammer $850.00
(for initial heavy sinking)

["R" DM Power Hammer
Which is included in "R" Starter Package
(for medium sinking and shaping)

["R" DL Power Hammer $695.00
(for light shaping and smoothing)

Rhythmical Steel Suggests: Starting with the basic package, then adding on by purchasing the "R" DL Sinking/Shaping Power Hammer, and then the "R" DH Sinking/Shaping Power Hammer! Next finally purchase all the other tools listed below.






Rhythmical Steel's
Air Hammer & Smoothing Head Tool


["R"Air Hammer $345.00
["R" Smoothing Tool Head $225.00
(for smoothing during the preparation process)






"R" Grooving Tool Heads
listed below:

[
"R" G1 $55.00
(for grooving small notes on lead pans)
[
"R" G2 $55.00
(for grooving outside notes on lead pans)
[
"R" G3 $55.00
(for grooving seconds, double tenors, guitars, cellos pans)
[
"R" G4 $55.00
(for grooving tenor bass and bass pans)





Rhythmical Steel's
Sinking Demonstration
Video Tape $25.00


If you would like a demonstration of "R" Power Hammers in Action, purchase a Video Tape for $25.00 from Rhythmical Steel. This video shows the initial sinking of a raw 55 gallon barrel to the depth of 7" by 28" across in only 30 minutes! You will see every single hammer blow.








Rhythmical Steel's
Private Instructional Classes!
Located at "R"
Steel Drum Workshop!
6 hours per day $875.00
Instruction By Dennis E. Martin
On the Innovations Changing
The Steel Drum World Today!

This includes one brand new 55 gallon barrel for you to work on, plus Dennis would be working closely with you teaching you how to use these awesome innovations! He will also explain the best way to set up your own modern day equipment in your own steel drum workshop!




Shipping/handling Charges are Additional on all Purchases.





To order Rhythmical Steel Power Tools, Grooving Tools, Video, or to plan a trip to Rhythmical Steel's Workshop for Instructional Classes with Dennis contact:

Sharon Martin
Rhythmical Steel
We "R" The Steel Drum Family!
e-mail: rsteel@rhythmicalsteel.com
Phone: (360) 263-3141



This tool page is dedicated in the memory of Dennis Koskela from Astoria, Oregon. Dennis was a dear friend of "The Martin Family" he helped us purchase "R" very first batch of 25 brand new 55 gallon barrels...


To see a clip of one of the tools used to sink a raw 55 gallon barrel,
check out "R" short demo by clicking here to see it in Action!