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Wooden Snare Lugs (How'd they do that?)
Thanks! that is an exact 13" diameter cylinder, I will probably have to use over sized vintage heads if I don't tuck my own calfskins. But that's a wh...
14 years agoWooden Snare Lugs (How'd they do that?)
Thanks Mike(s).....I've been a busy beaver in the last 2 days. Here's what I have so far. The shell has been sanded and snare beds have been cut. Bear...
14 years agoWooden Snare Lugs (How'd they do that?)
I am building another solid stave snare drum. It will be a 6 X 13 rock maple approximately 1/2" thick. I finished cutting all my pieces this afternoon...
14 years agonewbie saying how do you do
Welcome......there's a Dr. in the house!!!! Ya Baby, Ya Baby Glen
14 years agoLudwig Complete
Wow!.... a gold sparkle bobtical delusion. Glen
14 years agoLudwig Complete
Nice job Johnnyringo they look great. Did putting the badge back give you any grief? Hey GGVintage, nice rig! Couldn't help notice that you set up wi...
14 years agoacrylic shell
Forget the dremel, they are wonderfully versitile tools, but not for this, you need a 45 degree router bit from Lowes or Home Depot that has a roller...
14 years agoWife not crazy about my passion
The obvious answer to your decorating dilema is to hand her a pocketbook and a new pair of shoes before you ask her if she likes the cymbal in the bat...
14 years agoA great website for rope drums, civil war etc!!
wow! thanks Vintage2000, very inspiring site...I may even have to try my hand at making my own sticks sometime, just to say I did it. Beautiful drums...
14 years agoacrylic shell
It would usually be done by a router, or better yet a router table so you can control the speed of the cut a little better by holding the drum and not...
14 years agoLudwig Jazzfestival query
If you invest your time and money to go for it, the highest value of all will be sentimental. Only you will be able to appreciate all the details that...
14 years agobearing edge advice/ opinion
I have made several solid stave drums. This is a picture of my latest project before a final sanding and rounding up. I usually go with 30 degree edge...
14 years agoare my drums vintage?
First of all welcome to the VDF forums, you are in the right place to get help identifying your drums, would pictures be possible? You can post pictur...
14 years agoOk, is this is crazy as it seems??
Proof positive that the Federal Reserve debt notes are becoming worthless. $1850.00 is the new $500.00. Get used to it folks! I'll bet he'd take a ha...
14 years agoOkay, So What's Up With This???$$$
Nice kit! Makes me want to hear "Crimson and Clover" over and over. I'd buy it if I fell in a hole full of money. Glen
14 years ago