there are a few pics away from the scarf joint that i posted including the last one. Why dampen the wood? doesn't sound like a great thing to do to a vintage drum.
Just a little patch on the edges,..the glue will not absorb the moisture and show a different shade .
All those pics are in dull light and there is so much dryrot pitting it`s hard to tell from Boston !!
It will not harm you edges !!
The yellow looks like a seam that goes around and comes back, with the blue being the inner and outer finnishes and the red being the scarf joint.
I really can`t tell and early 20`s and teens leedy could have been either.
If it were in my hand,..I`d know for sure !! I just can`t tell from the pics.
Sorry, I don`t know how to put them side by side !!
Oddball sorry I didn't do the water test before I put some heads on. But now I do see how that could show the plies thanks for explaining that. I wish I had done the test before putting the heads on. when I pull them off i will definitely do it.
Don't adjacent plies usually run in perpendicular directions? Or is that not always the case?
I am pretty much 100% sure this is a solid shell drum now. The pics I took are much higher resolution than I am allowed to post here and I can zoom in pretty close.
I will post pic with heads soon but the heads suck ... old remo black dots with some little holes... just wanted to check the sound out and that is all i have as the original calf head split along the rim.
The yellow looks like a seam that goes around and comes back, with the blue being the inner and outer finnishes and the red being the scarf joint.I really can`t tell and early 20`s and teens leedy could have been either.If it were in my hand,..I`d know for sure !! I just can`t tell from the pics.
thanks Oddball for trying. I used to live in the boston area...
I don't think there are any seams where your yellow lines indicate. but i do see that with just that photo to go on it can look that way. what about the last pic i posted of the edge did you look at that?
The yellow looks like a seam that goes around and comes back, with the blue being the inner and outer finnishes and the red being the scarf joint.I really can`t tell and early 20`s and teens leedy could have been either.If it were in my hand,..I`d know for sure !! I just can`t tell from the pics.
that is exactly what I was seeing. I have never seen a solid shell that looks like that?
mbira,
In your last set, the first pic. looks like a drum inside a drum showing two different edges, not a reflection...What is it ? The second pic. is bright and looks like the re-ring was hand filed with a round file, you can see the tool marks. The third pic. looks very blurry and I can`t tell which end is which. The last two are of the tom holder mount hole, I think, and the rust stains show on both ends.
How`d I do ?
mbira, In your last set, the first pic. looks like a drum inside a drum showing two different edges, not a reflection...What is it ? The second pic. is bright and looks like the re-ring was hand filed with a round file, you can see the tool marks. The third pic. looks very blurry and I can`t tell which end is which. The last two are of the tom holder mount hole, I think, and the rust stains show on both ends.How`d I do ?
the first pic has the hoop on the outside of shell. so if you zoom in and look at the bearing edge in the middle i think you will agree it is solid.
the 2 middle pics are just trying to get a closeup of the inside of the re-ring to identify what type of would. I think my first take of oak is correct and Steve verified that.
the last 2 pics are of two different holes one with the medal insert I was thinking was for a light bulb?
the other is a bare 7/8" hole?
Ok I gotcha,
The marks could be form marks from steam bent,..steam bent re-ring might mean steam bent shell too, which makes it most likely solid. (no oven)
Are there form marks on the inside of the shell like on the re-ring ? (maybe sanded smooth)
Wood don`t bend easy and is a long process with peg forms,..kinda like wrought Iron work !!
I had a Redwood gutter steam bent for a turret addition and even the widows were steam bent to conform, (4"x 4" then milled)..the gutter took two weeks to make. (A drum wouldn`t take that long)
That could be a light socket,...Put in and turn to lock??
