Good luck will be cool to see how you do this.

OK Jeff,

I would not have guessed that unless it was pegs in a table. This one I gotta see work, you are very creative. That don`t resemble a peg form for bending...

Great great idea Jeff !

Okay, there was a large section of ring missing. One end of the remaining ring (still on the drum) had nice 45 degree cut on the end of it, the other end looked to be just broken off. So I created this funny looking jig to hold my jig saw steady for making a 45 degree cut. I used a utility knife blade to separate the ring from the shell, about 3" of it. Then slid a piece of aluminum coil stock between the ring and shell to protect the shell from the saw blade. This also produced a small piece of ring that will be very useful in figuring out the edge profiles. I have counted six plys, the top and bottom are maple, not sure what wood is in between those. The edge's are a simple 60 degree angle. So now I just need my plan to construct a new section of ring. Each ply appears to be about 1/32" thick. I did a test on my table saw to see if I could rip maple 1.5" x 1/32", it was successful. That thin of wood will bend to 10" radius without steaming it, so this seems to be rather simple. I was kind of hoping to play with the steam box again but that's alright.

keep em coming Jeff. !

THAT is pretty slick!! Pretty cool you can bend the new plys without steam. As always a first class fix your doing there buddy!

Jeff - great craftsmanship as always!

Awhile back one of the guys was struggling to make a set of 17" bass drum hoops. Although I've never tried it myself, I recommended that he make his own hoops by building up plies of strips of maple using the shell as a mold. Building up the plies to fix the re-ring is a brilliant way to go. Nice work, man.

John

Thanks guys, its gonna be hard to get anything done in the next few days. I have a job to install on Thursday and have a ways to go to get it ready. Plus my 40 Ford comes back home today so I'm gonna be driving it around in my spare time. I will keep you to date on the project, I am in no hurry, being this is a Camco kit I want it done as good as possible.

Such craftsmanship and ingenuity! I always like reading your posts, Jeff. That's why I come to you with questions all the time. 40 Ford sounds like a whole lot of fun, too! I'm a car guy, too. Any chance we can see a pic of that as well?

Thanks Aaron, bring your questions anytime buddy.

Here is my new pride and joy, since you asked. Big trunk, hold a lot of drums!