Gluing Katsugi

Gluing the katsugi oke daiko took a bit more effort than the shime did. The longer and wider staves were more difficult to get into position in the first place and once in position they had small but numerous gaps between them.
First I took the large rubber bands I had used for the shime and wrapped them around staves to hold them together while I assembled all sixteen into the proper positions. Not only does this hold the drum body together while you glue it, etc, it also allows you to look at the body as it will approximately look when it's finished before it's permanent. This, before any glue is applied, is a great time to check for staves of different color that are next to each other that look bad or any other reasons you may want to change the order or flip any of your staves.
Once they were held by the rubber bands I separated them along each join one at a time, running the glue in a bead down along the stave on one side of the gap. Once the glue had spread the whole length of the stave I would press the two together and move to the next.

When I was done I had a whole lot of glue all over everything and sixteen staves in a rough circle held together with rubber bands. I wrapped it in paper (so the straps wouldn't stick to the body) and put cargo straps around the body and tightened them down. As I tightened the straps the drum pulled itself into a proper circle and the small gaps between the staves disappeared. (and more glue squished out all over everything). Then I went through each join one at a time and made sure the top and bottom were aligned. When I was happy with the alignment I tightened the straps one last time and left it to dry.