Did you actually cut a bearing edge with a router, or leave it squared off?

This is great work man, especially the finishing. Extra point awarded for creativity for the way you supported the drums when spraying!

another question: did you take the round badge around the vent off? if so how do you do this safely and then get it put back on? Is there a special tool for this?

Excellent work!

Thanks, everybody!

I take everything off the shell, including the badge. Use a round bastard file on the grommet until you can fold it into itself with needle-nose pliers. You can buy fresh grommets on eBay and a badge crimper tool:

https://www.jamminsam.com/eyelet-installer-tool/

Pre-bend your badge slightly to match the contour of the shell. Go SLOW. Check your progress. I had three failed badge installations for every one that worked for a long time.

We used a 30° roundover bit on a router table to match the bearing edge on another favorite Gretsch wood snare. Both inside and outside edges. My dude also matched the snare beds exactly-very gradual beds, not crazy deep.

Gigged it last night. Still dialing in the tuning and snare tension, but it's definitely got girth.

I know precisely fuck all about drums but I love this thread. Who needs Netflix when you've got painstaking drum restoration?

Great work. In several different ways.

I can't drum my way out of a paper bag, but this is truly inspiring.

My drummer 1) is not technically minded, and 2) needs a replacement floor tom leg mount (not sure the actual name). I think one of his is stripped or missing the leg tightening screw or something, but i'm trying to replace the whole thing. Where do I look? Its a keystone badge era kit if that makes any difference.

Just this? Or is there something I should get that's different in one way or another?

https://drumsonsale.com/ludwig-tom-floo ... acket.html

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:50 pm My drummer 1) is not technically minded, and 2) needs a replacement floor tom leg mount (not sure the actual name). I think one of his is stripped or missing the leg tightening screw or something, but i'm trying to replace the whole thing. Where do I look? Its a keystone badge era kit if that makes any difference.

Just this? Or is there something I should get that's different in one way or another?

https://drumsonsale.com/ludwig-tom-floo ... acket.html

Yep that should do it! Honestly, I think my favorite thing about Ludwig is that there's very little in the way of replacement parts that cannot still be sourced because almost all of it is still in production...as opposed to having to set up alerts on ebay and reverb when scouring for Camco/George Way hardware on my other kits.

Garth wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:33 am

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:50 pm My drummer 1) is not technically minded, and 2) needs a replacement floor tom leg mount (not sure the actual name). I think one of his is stripped or missing the leg tightening screw or something, but i'm trying to replace the whole thing. Where do I look? Its a keystone badge era kit if that makes any difference.

Just this? Or is there something I should get that's different in one way or another?

https://drumsonsale.com/ludwig-tom-floo ... acket.html

Yep that should do it! Honestly, I think my favorite thing about Ludwig is that there's very little in the way of replacement parts that cannot still be sourced because almost all of it is still in production...as opposed to having to set up alerts on ebay and reverb when scouring for Camco/George Way hardware on my other kits.

Garth is right. Exactly that! Should be a perfect fit!