Hi

I've tucked a few heads. First it's a good idea to put some wax on the bearing edges - you might already know this - you don't want the chance of moisture from the wet hide to get into the wood.

Right after tucking the head I put it on the drum and tighten - finger tight? - just enough to create a collar. This will seat the head. Don't tighten it until it's completely dry. You don't want to start stretching the head before it's dry.

Hope this helps.

Thanks! But my question was also about single tension drums, such as these:

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Both heads at once. Same rules apply, finger tight to hold the shape, tighten once dry.

The drying will take a few days, so don't rush it. The skin tucked around the flesh hoop will take a while to dry, if it's not dried the head will pull out. Calf has a natural adhesive nature to it so the skin will stick to itself once tucked and dry.

Thanks a bunch, you just might've saved me a set of heads.DOH

Yes - as JRichard said.

I will add.....if the heads aren't the way you like them on the first go-round you can always soak em off and re-tuck. I've done it with great results. It's not like tucking a conga head for instance. With conga heads, after you tuck and trim them, you're pretty much stuck with it because it's very difficult to tuck a heavy/thick conga head after you have trimmed it.

You're not trimming a regular drum head - so you can soak it, take the wrinkles out of the edges soak it a little again, get it all nice and spread out and re-tuck it = no problem!

Good luck

Tell us how it turns out.

Sure thing. Pics of this kit will go in the gallery asap, whenever that is. I just one the last piece of this kit on eBay a few hrs ago, so thats an other project. Will keep posted though.

Cheers

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