Go to these sites:

www.joewoodworker.com

www.theveneerstore.com

Joe has a ton of how to stuff, and the venner store has the better selection. Call them, talk to them and tell them what you are doing, what you want to accomplish and if you are willing to take some drops, they have great pricing, and often the shipping is more then the material. I did the interiors of my MIJ recnetly in curly maple and the total for the veneer was less than 30 includiing shipping, and I have leftovers enough for a couple of snares.

I tried Joe he said his experience was with flat panels not curved like drums. Has anyone recovered with wood? Just looking for info like glues, would vaccum bags work? Any info would help.

A vac would work, if you could get it right. And the 3M glue is fine. You can use a series of straps as well. I did the ITERIORS of mine, and that was a job from hell. Looks great, but wow...Someone in another thread did some, and so did kellyj. It is not rocket science, but you will want all the info you can get first. I suggest taking a MIJ tom and trying it with some inexpensive stuff first. I used plain wood, without the backing as it was much less expensive. But if you feel the need to use the backed stuff, it will cost you.

http://vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=7028&highlight=veneer

here it is

thanks for the link. I've got some leftover paper backed cherry and a couple of shells thought they might make a couple of cool looking snares a 7 " and a 4". Been wanting to try the vacuum press out on a drum, those things are fun to use flip the switch and watch the air go away.

If you use a vacuum bag, you need to make a platen to support the drum or the vacuum will crush it. They also make an inner bag the would go inside so that the pressure would equalize on both sides of the shell (inner and outer).

Vacuum bags are very cool and the way to go in veneering, just think it through or ...... boom.

I used to work at a furniture strip, restore, repair place and we had a vacuum bag. We snapped a board in it just for kicks one day. i don't remember what size the board was, but it definitely did snap....

[COLOR="DarkRed"]There's also adhesive backed veneers out there - if doing exteriors only, that wouldn't require any extra equipment[/COLOR]

I've done some odd shaped projects using a vacuum bag but never a drum, is there any site that shows how to do it with the platens?

You can make your own. just make sure they are snug on the inside of the shell and offer support. Remember that bag is applying how many pounds of pressure?