Drum stick Drum stick A drumstick is a type of percussion mallet used particularly for playing snare drum, drum kit and some other percussion instruments, and particularly for playing unpitched percussion. Specialized beaters used on some other percussion instruments, such as the metal beater or "wand" used with a triangle, and particularly beaters or "mallets" used with tuned percussion such as xylophone and timpani, are not normally referred to as "drumsticks". Drumsticks generally have all of the following characteristics: The archetypical drumstick is turned from a single piece of wood, most commonly of hickory, less commonly of maple, and least commonly but
Tool and die maker bits and milling cutters), fixtures, or even whole machine tools used to manufacture, hold, or test products during their fabrication. Due to the unique nature of a tool maker's work, it is often necessary to fabricate custom tools or modify standard tools. Die making is a subgenre of tool making that focuses on making and maintaining dies. This often includes making punches, dies, steel rule dies, and die sets. Precision is essential in die making; punches and die steels must maintain proper clearance to produce parts accurately, and it is often necessary to have components machined with tolerances of less