Gambles: How did you fill that large hole with the Weldwood? Did you put a piece of wood

underneath it and then just fill it totally? Curious, as I have a Gretsch bass drum shell with the same issue.

Soooo...

What I did...

How much Weldwood you use depends on the size of the hole (obviously). Just because it's so handy, go ahead and buy the larger sized stick they sell. You'll likely use it all sometime!

I used a LOT of Weldwood on this. I made sure to knead the heck out of it too to be very sure it's very well and thoroughly mixed. Make a good sized ball and plug the hole with it. Then start working from the center outward until you have a plug that both fills the hole and overlaps the edges of the hole enough to where the plug stays put. You want to make sure that you have a good thick layer on both sides of the hole so work from later. You'll bring it down with a sander to level.

Once you get the hole good and filled, you'll want to set the drum on the bearing edges flat and let it dry a couple of days. In my case, I wanted to be sure that the Weldwood was not the least bit gummy/flexible before I sanded. You'll know when it's bone dry/cured.

I then used some 220 grit loop backed sandpaper on a random orbital sander to gently and gradually sand the plug down to size. Once the plug is flat enough that you just start to sand the outside veneer too, I stopped.

I then picked up some regular two part epoxy (like you'd repair things with-usually 5 min set stuff works great) and mixed it up in a plastic cup with a Popsicle stick. I then poured the epoxy over that part of the shell/plug and then put on rubber gloves and coated everything as evenly as I could.

Let this dry before you do the back side of the shell. Then, repeat on the back side.

My reason for this, is that I've seen folks say that the plug won't vibrate right with the rest of the shell. I figure by really gluing/sandwiching the repair between two layers of epoxy, that I can really make the plug a part of the shell. After this is cured, I've tapped on the repair and pressed very hard on it. It's solid as a rock and feels great.

I have yet to sand the repair you've seen in the photos. I plan to sand it just smooth enough that it will hopefully be unnoticeable when I paint the insides of the shells. Also, on the outside, I'll just sand it enough to make sure it's smooth and dull instead of glossy so I can glue the new drum wraps to it.

God willing, you won't know what's happened to the drum when you look at it. I think it'll all be in the preparation before painting.

Good luck!

Soooooo...

these metal snare shells...are WAAAAAAAAY soft metal.

Took the dents out of the shell where the strainer was over-tightened.

Now the shell's out of round.

And trying to fix it is only making it worse.

I have a solution. But it doesn't involve using the metal shell (that I'll be ebaying!).

Gonna retrofit a 13" tom with the parts (minus hoops) off the snare and hopefully create a 13x7" snare drum from it.

Getting out of hand you say!? This project?!

Never...DOH

Gambles....thank you for taking the time to post that fix!!