Ok I found a blue ripple pearl 64 Slingerland 8 lug student model snare at my local flea market. It is all there and thanks to info on this forum I have disassembled cleaned and polished each peice. I was putting back together and noticed a couple of spots were the re ring has the smallest gap between it and the shell, it is barely noticable, but you can pinch it together and it disapears.

My question, is it worth fooling with. I searched the forum and found many photos of repairs but mine is not anything near that bad. I cannot imagine how to get glue into this hairline without prying on the shell and maybe causing serious damage.

The only other problem is the badge is loose, not bent at all, just loose. It looks like it was not radiused before it was installed and mabe the gromet should be snugged a little more. I know they make tools to do this or is there some kind of glue I could use that would not damage the finish. I can invision this getting caught in the padding of a case or something and bending a perfect badge. Any help would be greatly appreciated.