I was looking at the mudcat kid's instructions & other sites for making drums, etc., & I am wondering what other stuff might be used by kids (or geezers) for making drum heads. The gluing of 8 sheets of parchment paper & goatskin & such aside, what might an average gal in an average midwestern town find cheap (or free!) & easily accesible, as well as easy to work with to use for making a drum head for, say, metal cans? I already have several large metal cans! Exactly how is the drumhead attached? What is the best not-too-smelly-or-toxic kind of glue to attach the drumheadstuff to the can or whatever? I know that rawhide is not easily or cheaply available, & the drumheads & fiberskins at various Music shops are not cheap. I have no idea where I might obtain old innertube stuff, but seems like rubbery stuff is what I recall being on an "Indian" drum I had as a child. Suggestions, please? Also, are there any other free online good instructions for making instruments which some 'catters might refer me to? I am also very interested in making a "Canjo" and am wondering about the exact placement of frets, as well as vaarious methods used. Thanks! Kaleea