Very exciting find ! It so good to see such an great kit is being cared for.

Good news: My Weld-on stuff came in the mail today! Tomorrow I inject it into the crack abyss and hope for the best! Wish me luck!

-Adam

Lay down a bead that will fill the V channel to the top. Wait a minimum of 24 hours before removing the straps. It'll be stronger than when new.

Nice prep on that drum! I like it when people take pride in their work. The neatness of your set up shows you care about quality and making sure each step is executed correctly. It's a cumulative process. If you do each little step along the way perfectly, the end result is grander than any of the individual details. But it is all of the little details that contribute to the end result.

Two suggestions if I may... Put a terry wash cloth between the hooks on the straps and the shell. Set the whole thing on some newspaper in case any of the adhesive drips through the seam onto the table-top. Other than that, you're perfecto!

Congrats on saving a really great kit.

John

Thanks John!

Yeah...the thing with this one is that there is no "V" channel. It's an earlier model with the flat butted seam. I have painter's tape double backing the outside of the shell to lock the cement in the channel. Hopefully when the stuff dries Ill just be able to pull the tape off. If it leaves a blue residue I figure I can wet sand it off pretty easily.

I will not be doing the chemical work on my dining room table because of the toxic nature of the cement. Ill be doing it in our parking garage (semi-heated and well ventilated) and Ill definitely have something laying under there to catch drips. Hopefully I have sealed it well enough that there wont be any drips though!

Gonna try to get at this either tonight or tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for results!

-Adam

If it's a butt-joint, I suggest brushing some adhesive on the inside edges of the seam, then close it up tight and lay down a nice bead of Weld-On. Don't leave the crack dry and then dump weld-on on top. You need to have it on the edge because Weld-On is not a 'glue', it literally -melts-the plastic together. You don't want a 'dry' seam on a butt joint. Just brush a little weld-on on it, it'll seal up tight. The bead on top will insure some strength in the joint.

Break a leg...

John

Normally that would be a great solution, but in this case things are a bit different. Someone appears to have tried to melt the seem together at a previous point resulting in kind of an uneven butting. Some parts go together (the edges)...some parts dont. So its kind of an uneven channel Im looking at here. I have it all sealed up on the outside with painters tape and Ive filled the gap with weld on as we speak. It looks like it is going to work just fine. No leakage or anything.

I think I am going to have to do some sanding after the fact. Or I might try the razor blade/wet sand trick to see if I can get it close to perfect. Either way it is going to be a noticeable fix because of what the previous person did to try to "fix" the seam. They ended up going with some metal stabilizer plates that they screwed into the shell causing two extra holes per edge. I filled those holes with weld on as well. Hopefully this comes out as close to good as new as it can. The edges are lined up good, so visual appearance aside the drum should sound great when its done.

-Adam

Well. Considering how screwed up the seam was from last dude melting it like crazy and mis-shaping it into a wide channel that didn't butt up correctly I think it came out pretty good. The weld on stuff seemed to bubble white a little bit in spots which sucks, but its at the rear of the drum and it is solid as can be so I don't really think it matters. Some of the bubbling was there before from torch-town (or whatever he used) and this seemed to magnify it a little. Either way...Im happy.

I can see how the weld-on stuff would be amazing on a normal crack. Got some wet sanding experience today...novus 3 and 2 and theres a "done" pic. It sucks that the light goes away so early...in spring and summer this is the perfect time of day for pics. Ill get some good ones soon though. Next I need some black dot heads and Ill be ready to take her out on the town.

-Adam

Fantastic kit Adam! I'm drooling!

Not too shabby at all Adam. Job very well done. Have a blast with those!

Congrats...

John