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Repairing Cracks in Slingerland Shells
don't do anything until others chime in. my approach would be jigsaw the inner curve and outer curve to bucks that are flat on the topside. If you can...
12 years agoStarted the 16.16 Slingy RK Floor Tom Today.
Thanks! Now I'm curious. The other vent hole tom is 13"x 9 1/4" 10 lug. Normal? Creighton
12 years agoStarted the 16.16 Slingy RK Floor Tom Today.
what would have been the norm? Thanks Creighton
12 years agoStarted the 16.16 Slingy RK Floor Tom Today.
Chappy50, Your kit looks great! Hope mine turns out as nice. Kevins, Yes. 12 lugs. Thanks, Creighton
12 years agoRepairing Cracks in Slingerland Shells
This post may help. I was dealing (still are) with 90 degree issues. Yours is easy in that won't be hard to build a rounded buck to clamp everything n...
12 years agoWTB Slingerland or Leedy floor tom leg mounts........
Yikes, The ones you need are 1/8" 20 ton+ stamped steel. Nickle plate. Not going to be common or cheap. See if you can find someone with a forge. I ca...
12 years agoGreen Mystery Drum
Way cool snare! Regret can't help. Like the way the snare cord is looped through the throw then square knoted. Creighton
12 years agoC. Watts china cymbal. Suggestions?
Well, The better half played a kit for the first time. Had a grand time but declared need more cymbals. I can do that :-) First on my list has been...
12 years agoRIP Ed Shaughnessy
Just ran across this vid. Would really like to know what they are saying to each other at the end. One up two downs. Enjoy: [ame]http://www.youtube.co...
12 years agoRestoring a friend's pearl
Any chance of a picture of the hardware? After five drums and counting have the process pretty well sorted. Does not take much effort if you let CLR a...
12 years agoStarted the 16.16 Slingy RK Floor Tom Today.
Thanks! The original bottom lugs/clips/rim were long gone. Picked up 10 chrome late style lugs. 4 will go on the bottom of the 20" bass and the rest o...
12 years agoStarted the 16.16 Slingy RK Floor Tom Today.
Diluted CLR. Then into the vibrating rock tumbler. This is the first pass. One more than buffing wheel and should be done. One word of caution. CLR wi...
12 years agoStarted the 16.16 Slingy RK Floor Tom Today.
All of the Slingys are getting clear only. Hardware is coming along well. Creighton
12 years agoStarted the 16.16 Slingy RK Floor Tom Today.
Pics speak louder than words, so without further ado: Will update as things move along. Creighton
12 years agoSlingerland Radio King WMP project kit........
That's going to turn out great!! I envy your collection of carpenter clamps :-) Your son ever gets a hankering to visit the Pacific Northwest can put...
12 years ago