Thanks Jonnistix, good point, I think this thing is just crying for calfskin heads. I'll get to that later, for today I solved the problem of spinning lugs by driving a dowel through the side of the lug at the exact place where the lug is squared off.The spring inside is holding nicely, I stretched it out a bit to really apply some pressure. and I sanded some and put a little lemon oil on to see the grain of the wood. I'm thrilled with the overall vibe of my results thus far. I'm going to keep truckin with the other seven lugs and start planning for home brewed maple hoops.

Glen

Love the look of your lugs, nice job. I think the glue will hold, but usually end grains don't tend to hold well. looking forward to more pics. . . James

hey Glen;

Looking really good, especially after the oil.

Calfskin heads will help for sure. That makes sense if you are going for that war time vibe. As far as scabbing a piece on the sides for strength, great idea! Hadn't crossed my mind as I am stuck in one piece lug mode. It will look really sharp if done in a contrasting wood like walnut or cherry. Try to make the inlays, (much nicer word than "scabs"), as deep as you can without interfering with the insert. The trick to glue strength is to have a tight fitting joint before you add the glue and maximize the surface area for the glue as much as you can.

As far as home brew wooden hoops, easy. There is some japanese jazz guy on youtube with some great videos on him making wooden hoops. (smileyjazzcat, maybe, smileythejazzcat, something like that.)

As far as wooden hardware goes, check out this pic of an old peavey kit. Pretty cool. It would have to fit PERFECT like your oldest shoes to be strong, but it can be done.

I have been building custom cabinetry and furniture for over 20 years. If I can be of any more help to you feel free to pm me and we can talk it over.

Please keep us updated, sounds like it is gonna be a killer project.

Perfect!!!!!

but seriously...

Mike that's one beautiful Peavy kit there. The shape reminds me of wooden thread spools from my mothers sewing kit when I was a kid. Remarkably coincidental to the raised half round rim on the wood lug Ludwig pictured below. I included the picture that started me thinking about this whole idea also. Slingerland from around 1944. I really must go back and credit the site I got the pic from. Pardon me. (edited...Thanks Cooper's Vintage Drums)

I have seen Smiley the jazz cat's excellent how to pictorial on the tube and would like to thank him as well for having an "open source" attitude and fostering along a "me too, I can do that" kinda vibe. THANKS SMILEY!:D ( I want your router Sumo Dude).

The catalogue price for the Ludwig snare back in the day was $ 38.00. Unreal!.

FYI ... this morning I conducted a little test on the second wood lug based on Mike17's

concern that the butt joint may be flawed. Figured that I better be safe than sorry before I do the remaining pieces. So, although not very scientific, I unclamped the newest work and deliberately tried to pull it apart........break it Beavis, break it!Jump For Joy huh huh ha huh ha

break it!........I pulled, wiggled, twisted, tapped, dropped and ya know what?... I think you'd need a wrecking ball or two farm tractors to pull this apart! I'm gonna go with it. Walking

more pictures to come

Glen

Glen-

I am absolutely amazed by what you're doing!!!! Mister T

Just cool stuff. Can't wait to see this completed.

Holy Crap!! Amazing work, EZ. Like the rest, I eagerly await to see your finished product. The lugs are so cool and the shell construction method is interesting (and new to me). Does anyone make drums like that, today? Curious as to how she'll sound. Mighty bright, I "wood" suppose.

Again, great work and appreciate the pics. Too cool.

Bowing

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singer I am so Happy to report that the experiment so far is a success!!!!!flower even my animals approve of the design. I now have a 6X13 solid stave Maple snare with totally customized wooden lugs and............no holes through the shell... I've reached the next level of challenges. Home made Maple wood hoops top and bottom, and making my own flesh hoop for a hand tucked calfskin head. Do you think I could use walnut for a flesh hoop if I was willing to bend or steam my own? I've got some scraps from a wood flooring project from a good friend. I think walnut is pretty hardy, might work eh?

As sweet as it looks, I must say that one thing that's been a pleasure the last couple of days is the smell. I used Formby's lemon oil over the Tung oil and this drum smells

edible. Ahhhhhh! Ummmmmm!!!

my pleasure to share some pictures.

Glen

Nice work EZ!

Beautiful looking drum..........all wood = that's pretty cool man.

I like your plan to make your own counter hoops and flesh-hoops and tuck your own heads. Excellent job and thanks for sharingKeep on Pl