Jeff - Which way are you planning to run the grain of the zebrawood? Up and down like the snare drum you showed us, or 'around' the drums? Two different looks! Do you have a choice? Or do you have to run it up and down because of the way the sheets are made?
That drum set is going to look out of this world when it's done!
John
There is always diagonal to consider. Woohoo!
You sound like my customers! lol!
John. the grain will go as it is shown in the pic of the snare drum. I can get the best yield going that direction. I will have to butt the veneer on the bigger drums but with that crazy grain pattern the joint will be invisible.
By the way, I adopted a new member to the family, a 10x14 tom, just in case I dont like the 9x13. I have a 10x14 with my Rocker kit at our practice room and I really like it.
diagonal, geez, thanks Scott. lol!
Alright then, back to the corner with me.
I would have assumed you would run it vertical. It's going to look killer.
Alright then, back to the corner with me. I would have assumed you would run it vertical. It's going to look killer.
Thanks buddy! Sorry to pick on you, lol! Actually, going on an angle would be interesting and I did consider it for a few minutes. It was mainly the waste factor that helped me make the decision not to go diagonally. That and I was worried I might get tired of it someday. The veneer was shipped yesterday from North Carolina, hope to see it early next week.
Removed glue from the marching drum shell last night. Now I am thinking about what size to cut it down to. Most likely will be 7". The holes are not working out for my lugs, which require holes at 2 7/32 on center. The existing holes are 1 11/16 on center so I am thinking about plugging all of the lug holes up. I decided to scrap the P-87 strainer and just settle for a brand new P-85 strainer with a new P-32 butt plate. The wires for the P-87 are too much of an issue.
How do you get your shells so clean? I used klean strip and mine are not as nice. Sanding I would think?
How do you get your shells so clean? I used klean strip and mine are not as nice. Sanding I would think?
I load my paint gun with lacquer thinner, don't connect to the air hose, just use it to dribble the thinner on the drum. Soak it down and wait a minute or two. Then take a stiff putty knife and scrape it off. I mean holding the putty knife at 90 degrees to the shell and pulling it toward you. Its messy and sticky but you wipe the knife off on a shop rag and keep going. I had to soak this shell down three times and scrape three times to get 95% of it off. The final wash was a shop rag soaked in thinner and wipe it down to get all of the excess off. The shell in the pic has not been sanded, just cleaned off. Took about a half hour.
You could do the same thing with a little bowl of thinner and a paint brush.
Try it, its fun!
> Try it, its fun!
'Step into my parlor' said the spider to the fly! LOL
John
I love watching your projects as they evolve - can't wait to see this one. Big project, man. They're gonna look great!
It's not the number of lugs that matters, it's the ratio (7"x14") that seems to make for great sounding drums. Wether you use 8 or 16 lugs is a style decision. The 'size' of the drum matters more in terms of sound. I'll try to track down the paper I read on how depth affects the sound of a drum. It's been awhile, but I'll look for it. In terms of sound, just think Radio King! The guys who have studied how vibrations travel through drum shells say that for snares, the 7"x14" size is like a golden ratio to use for building it. If I can track it down, I'll post it up for you to read. Lots of technical mumbo-jumbo, but readable and understandable by a layman. Good info!John
I wondered why the Hi Gloss Piano Black 7x14" 16L Camco, Oaklawn era Concert Aristocrat that Ryan made for me from a 10x14" tom sounds so amazing. I hope you can find the article.
