I am no drum repair expert but I did fix one for a member a year or two ago. Here is how I did it,
http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=55376
Hope you find something useful in this thread and you might consider sending oldschool a PM to see how it held up.
Regarding the separated plies- I'd repair those with wood glue & clamps on curved pieces of wood (cut from a donor drum shell). I'd use bondo to fill in the missing portion of ply. Sand, then paint. Wood filler would work too.
I agree, you can buy glue syringes to get the glue into tight places. I would definitely not part them out. But then again I do a lot of woodworking so to me this isn’t too big of a deal.
I would be interested if you want to sell them, but see there are others who have already expressed an interest.
Hey everyone! Scored a lovely little (what appears to be) a 1965 Ludwig Club Date kit in champagne sparkle for a great price.Unfortunately it's not in the best condition, and the bass drum's inside looks like bloody murder. So tell me, what can I do with this kit? Do I just take the hardware off and keep that? Do I try to restore the toms? Any help would be appreciated.Pics
I'm the last person to say this on a vintage kit, but, part it out...
SAZ
This looks like a job for......... JEFF JC CABINETS !!!
Restoring those drums is going to be a lot of work. I also agree the bass drum shell is almost shot and very likely out of round at this point. I would try to carefully remove the wrap and grommet and all hardware, and buy a new vintage Ludwig style shell from Keller, then have a qualified repair shop, like Precision Drum in New York State rewrap and reassemble the drum. The toms are fixable as others have said. The hardware can be restored to acceptable appearance with a lot of elbow grease. You may have to replace badly rusted parts.
Lots of different approaches. One is, fix the structural issues with the bass drum and play the kit as is. Maybe remove the cobwebs from the floor tom. :)
I think they look awesome.
Mitch
Restoring those drums is going to be a lot of work. I also agree the bass drum shell is almost shot and very likely out of round at this point. I would try to carefully remove the wrap and grommet and all hardware, and buy a new vintage Ludwig style shell from Keller, then have a qualified repair shop, like Precision Drum in New York State rewrap and reassemble the drum. The toms are fixable as others have said. The hardware can be restored to acceptable appearance with a lot of elbow grease. You may have to replace badly rusted parts.
Interesting idea but has anybody ever successfully removed a wrap from a drum and used it on another drum?
Hmm, I have tried it and found the wrap has stretched after removal causing misalignment of the holes. Maybe my mistake was pulling on the wrap as I was heating it up with the heat gun? I would think if you could get the wrap off without damaging it then Drumbobs idea of using a new shell is a good one, providing it is a un drilled shell. My thought was to replace the damaged section of the plys with new veneer, if the shell is out of round then make new re-rings, saving as much as the original shell as possible. It would be a fun project for sure.
Interesting idea but has anybody ever successfully removed a wrap from a drum and used it on another drum?
I have no idea. It could be possible, considering the condition of the bass drum. The wrap might be loose to start with. Precision Drum would be the best source for an answer.
Really, if these were mine, I'd trash the bass drum shell, get a new shell and whatever new parts were needed, and recover the entire set. Any way you look at it, it's a player's set, not a museum piece.
