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Got some Sonor teardrops
Nov-14-2008 This morning I got a sonor's 50's cymbal tilter. The cymbal holder on the BD needs an 8mm shaft, and luckily I had one, but the tilter re...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Managed to finish my "Custom" strainer lever. Got a thicker 10mm aluminium shaft, drilled a 6mm hole for the strainer shaft to fit into and cut a 4mm...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Nov-13-2008 Got the 2nd locking wedge. Glue the metal plate on top just like the other one. The wedge had a small bump on the side and I just filed t...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Nov-6-2008 Today I managed to finally re-thread my BD spurs and unstuck the left locking washer. now it goes up: [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/alb...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Nov-4-2008 this morning I finally re-threaded the BD tom holder and two of the FT leg brackets that were sticking a bit. The tightening bolt couldn'...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Spend the rest of the day playing this baby. Here's a quick video. Image quality is poor (didn't had enough light) but sound is close. I manage to ins...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Nov-2-2008 BD hoops are dry. Here "she" is: [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f249/jcymbal/kits/sonor%20tear%20project/sonorteardrop099.jpg[/IM...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Nov-1-2008 After lunch took care of that sonor mount on the tom. I need some metal plate to put on top of the locking wedge. Going through my parts b...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Oct-31-2008 Bought some parts. Got the missing trods, one locking wedge, one spring (goes under the wedge) and a tom arm (from the 50's?). The rods...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Oct-25-2008 The snare drum is also coming together. The strainer now works and thanks to some very helpful posts I find out I had (in the parts box t...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Oct-22-2008 Been attending those bass drum hoops. Someone repainted them a long time ago and got paint all over the inlay. Had to clean that and repa...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Oct-21-2008 Got some proper parts. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f249/jcymbal/kits/sonor%20tear%20project/sonorteardrop058.jpg[/IMG] some c...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Last night I was trying to reassemble that parallel snare strainer with those parts that I assumed belong there. I had this remember? [IMG]http://i48...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
the BD spurs have rubber feet now. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f249/jcymbal/kits/sonor%20tear%20project/sonorteardrop049.jpg[/IMG] Had a p...
16 years agoGot some Sonor teardrops
Oct-19-2008 I managed to "consolidate" those 16" hoops and although they're not like shiny new I can use'em to play the drum without getting rust/chr...
16 years ago