John, I am doing the same thing as I did with yours.

Dan, that was not really a hair brained idea you had, I just couldnt do it good enough right now, if I had a year or two to figure it out I could do it. So, ask again in 2015.

As for the drum shell, its done. I will get the strainer and butt cleaned up and installed on the shell. I will be ordering stuff from jamin sam soon so I can get one of those nice grommets with the nut to replace the chewed up one.

Jeff, Don't worry about the grommet, I've got DH covered.

And for parts, check out http://www.drumfactorydirect.com/ Matt is a great guy and donates a lot of parts to school projects..

In fact, I'll have it on the mail to you by Friday and you can throw it on the drum...

Latz, that's great but the vents I see reqiure a 1/2" hole, the Slingy badge has a 7/16" hole. Is there one on that site Im not seeing?

Looks like their parts are less expensive then sams!

Great job! Can't wait to see it finished.

Creighton

That is the one that is in Pittsburgh! I am heading home tomorrow now, thankfully, and definitely will be dropping by that place. I will tell them you gave a high recommendation!

Thanks for the grommet help and if you need something from there, give a yell!

Wow! I completely missed this post earlier! I don't even recognize it as the same drum! That Sedona Red looks killer too!

Jeff, you're right. I forgot about the holes being 7/16". I only have 1/2" and I believe Sam's is the only place to get the 7/16".

Sorry....

Tell Matt I said Hi and ask him if he can get the 7/16" threaded vent hole...

For sure Matt at DFD is a pleasure to deal with. Besides great service his prices are some of the best I've seen. He's my go to guy for everything. Also if he's out of stock of a item it'll show you on site. You can also get email updates when said parts are back in stock.

Dan you sure picked the right guy for your snare rehab~! You'll be belting out some GNR tunes soon nuff. D' Drummer ;)

Here is the finished product! If anyone has reservations of using JCCabinets (Jeff) for resto work, consider these pictures as my personal endorsement. Also, I have had this shell for months and just haven't had the time at home to make it to get the parts to get it put together. I know the parts aren't originals or anything like that, but after seeing the finish work, I couldn't imagine NOT putting brand new chrome on this thing (lugs with gaskets behind them to protect the finish, heads, hoops, tension rods, screws to hold the lugs on and puresound wires.)

I took the wife with me to buy the chrome stuff down at Drumfactorydirect's headquarters and it is literally a Holy place. It is in a freaking old church! Cool doesn't begin to describe it or the guys who were there. Row upon row of drum parts with stained glass windows down both sides of the building. They aren't really a store front type place as their business is the online orders, but they took me in without a complaint (I called first and asked if I could just bring a shell down to get outfitted) and almost 2 hours later I came out and remembered the wife was sitting in my truck, and our early dinner was a notch better than I intended, after that.....LOL.

The drum is the reddish color in the first picture. The lighter colored picture is a product of whatever the camera saw at that moment, but it still shows the perfect finish, and they are the same drum. My sub par photography is actually a good example of why buying things from photo's posted online can be a crap shoot.

Anywho, thanks again Jeff!