Hi all -- I picked up a COB snare from ebay, and the strainer, natch, is in pieces.
It's a Zoomatic with the 'idiot tab,' but no knob. I've searched the forum and found good ideas, one of which was to use the knob from a tom muffler to replace it.
No, it isn't correct, and it doesn't look right, but this snare isn't going to be restored -- it'll be cleaned up and used...
I see a couple of mufflers on ebay, but I can't tell how the bolt shaft is connected. Press fit? Surely that can't be one cast piece!
I know Jim Petty can do this for a fee -- and I know he'd do a helluva job. I've done business with him in the past and his work is uniformly excellent. Plus he's fun to to talk to. But I don't want to go that route if I can put something together.
I have to say, the Zoomatic strikes me as an odd piece of engineering.... but it is cool, interesting....