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Slingerland 16x18 copper wrap shel project!
I won't be messing with that one anytime soon, my basement is starting to look like a drum warehouse with shells waiting to be finished, I can almost...
15 years agoreplating lugs
A buddy of mine is thinking the same thing, how hard could it be? He's actually researching it on the web now. I just don't know about all the chemica...
15 years agoRecovering in veneer
thanks for the link. I've got some leftover paper backed cherry and a couple of shells thought they might make a couple of cool looking snares a 7 "...
15 years agoRecovering in veneer
I tried Joe he said his experience was with flat panels not curved like drums. Has anyone recovered with wood? Just looking for info like glues, would...
15 years agoreplating lugs
It just seems that there might be a market for replating hardware to restore these old sets and make them shine like they were new. I've looked into r...
15 years agoSlingerland 16x18 copper wrap shel project!
It has got to do with maybe corrosion of the copper wrap that the chrome didn't have. I've never had the "pleasure" of unwrapping a copper finish but...
15 years agoSlingerland 16x18 copper wrap shel project!
All I can tell you is I worked at the plant and put wraps on and my dad ran that department, and all the wraps used the same glue. The difference was...
15 years agoSlingerland 16x18 copper wrap shel project!
The glue on the copper was the same glue that was used on all the other wraps, it was NOT anything different, it was all a white glue. It might look d...
15 years agoSlingerland Snare or Copy
the outer ply is going up and down, Slings were all horizontal inside and outer layers, middle was verticle.
15 years agoRecovering in veneer
Just finished removing the chrome off my shell( heat gun worked great and the smell reminded me of the Slingerland factory by the shell machines) stil...
15 years agonew vintage snare
The problem is that used lugs are used, you see a ton of scratches and small pits in them. I bought some on e-bay first set was from Niles era, scratc...
15 years agonew vintage snare
working the night shift in high school with a friend cool job huh? Making a white gloss set for Led Zepplin. Guys with huge bell bottoms trying to st...
15 years agonew vintage snare
I wouldn't mind putting a three point strainer on but the prices are pretty high if I bought one I don't think I could get the money out of the drum,...
15 years agonew vintage snare
The shell was only drilled for 12 lugs,not for anything else, the head fits fine. I have read that Slingerland made the radio king's tighter on the he...
15 years agonew vintage snare
Here's the deal, I've acquired a couple N.O.S. Slingerland solid maple shells that were of the Niles era. One is 6 3/4" x 14" already to be put togeth...
15 years ago