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Vintage W&A Kit Restoration
From King Louie...
10 years agoVintage W&A Kit Restoration
After I polish them up, the parts will meld right in with the others and unless somebody does a close-up inspection, nobody will be able to tell the d...
10 years agoToo long in the Dawn bath?
Plating is done; copper/nickel/chrome in that order. If you strip off the chrome, you'll expose the nickel, if you burn through the nickel you'll expo...
10 years agoVintage W&A Kit Restoration
Just back from the tech school! The parts are done and well-done I might add! Dale Roberts, the instructor and Neil Underwood, student did a terrific...
10 years ago17" Tenor to Bass drum conversion
Randy - Wow! That is outrageously good woodworking and the drums are coming out killer! -Really- nice work on these. John
10 years agoVintage W&A Kit Restoration
Glenn - This all looked like a lot of hard work from the front end, but I've been enjoying myself so much it's hardly seemed like work at all. When I...
10 years agoMy Band On A Bottle of Wine!
> Thanks for doing a little leg work on it. Gotta support the team! :D John
10 years agoDW 10 and 6 all maple
From idrum4fun...
10 years agoMy Band On A Bottle of Wine!
Addendum: Ok, I just got off the phone with the wine company. The wine will be ready in a few weeks, bottling, labeling etc. I was told that you can...
10 years agoMy Band On A Bottle of Wine!
Aaron - If I order a bottle, can I ask for the one with the drummer label, or do I have to take whatever they send me? Can I custom order the drummer?...
10 years agoVintage W&A Kit Restoration
Two more to go... after I finish the 13" I'll get right to work on the 11" tom. When that one's done, then I can call it a wrap. Getting close, I can...
10 years agoVintage W&A Kit Restoration
Just back from the tech school. We didn't do the job today because the kid who will be working on the job had another class to get to, so today I got...
10 years agoMy Band On A Bottle of Wine!
Now how cool is that? I don't think the artist quite captured your eyes... but very cool anyway! :p Congrats, the labels came out great. John
10 years agoTest of the Ears
Sounds like he slacked the tuning/tension on the batter head. Orangemi may be right, those cats would do stuff like that, throw a wallet on the snare,...
10 years ago70's Ludwig project.
I'm with Mike, I think number 2 (just stain) finish was the best looking. I really like the DUCO look of the dark stained edges, but the simple stain...
10 years ago