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Painting and leafing are all done so here is a look at the drum from side to side. I just put the second coat of urethane on the drum so I will post a pic of that later. I'm also starting the ears and drilling the hoops out tomorrow.

Next on the bench is the 4th snare drum for the Footguard

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More to come soon. Enjoy

Posted on 10 years ago

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DionneDrummer

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Stunning! Clapping Happy2

Jeff

1960s Ralston (Star) set in Red Agate Pearl 12/12/16/20
1961 Ludwig Cocktail Lounge drum 24 x 16 in blue sparkle
1966 Ludwig Hollywoods in Sky Blue Pearl 12/13/16/22
1971 Ludwig Super Classics in Blue Sparkle 13/16/22
1976 Ludwig Vistalites in Blue 13/14/16/22
70s/80s Ludwig orphans in Black Cortex "Bonham" style 14/16/18/20/26 (B/O Badges)

Many snares

Posted on 10 years ago

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FFR428

Joined 14 years ago

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Matt great job~! The paint and leaf work are outstanding!! Glad the hoop worked out for you too.

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.

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Here is the other 15" shell I have been working on. Nice maple shell that I will most likely keep as a more traditional style rope tension marcher for now.

Side by side with the dragon drum after several coats of urethane

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I absolutely hated the first stain job here on the hoops, there was too much blue in it and looked horrible against the 2 other shades of green already going on here.

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So I stripped them down and restained them with the leather dye so now the ears and hoops match. I am much happier with the results now.

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Close up of the ears

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It's coming together nicely now.

Front View

Snare butt side

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Snare adjuster side

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Just a couple for today. Will be spending the day with my kids so no progress until tomorrow.

This is another one that I am working on with the Ren Faire crowds in mind.

I started with a 16" x 15" floor tom since this is just a prototype. If this is successful I will offer these with new shells and several different color variations. (Black/Red, Black/Green, Black/Yellow, Black/Purple)

The wrap came off so clean it was almost a shame to cover up the shell. The remaining glue was as smooth as glass and looked like a polished natural wood finish.

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I wrapped the shell in a leather that was tooled to look like alligator skin with visions of this looking like dragon skin when it's done. It does add a bit of weight to the shell and will shorten the resonance a little bit but I don't think that will be much of an issue since this is going to be a drum played outside.

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I then dyed the leather red and sprayed on a black fade followed by some antiquing to make it look aged and not new.

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A few more updates.

For the red dragon skin drum above I am going with a black snare adjuster, gun metal air grommet and am also considering dying the snare cords black but I will have to experiment with that.

And here is a look at the ears for this one. The ears still need to be tied and glued.

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I also finally found pictures of what the other dragon drum looked like before I pulled it apart.

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