My goal in building this drum was to reproduce the look of a drum I thought was just incredible. That drum is pictured at the end of this gallery as a comparison. I did not stick to the details of everything (I used 8 lugs rather than 10), but I thought it turned out pretty close. Not only does it look great, this is by far my favorite snare drum ever!
This drum is 5x14" with 8 tube lugs and single flanged hoops. It is a 6-ply maple shell with 6-ply maple reinforcement rings. I started off with a Dunnett R-Class snare strainer and decided it was not only too heavy, but it just didn't fit the aesthetic of the drum. I opted for a Ludwig "Millennium" strainer. I had to make an adapter plate out of aluminum, but this was no trouble at all and it was well worth the effort.
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 The shell... |
 The person who sent this to me cut it up. |
 Box of goodies! |
 Fitting the reinforment rigns. |
 Glued up and ready to go. |
 Gluing the rings in. |
 Clamped and drying. |
 Using an extra shell section to set the rings. |
 Drying... |
 Dried and ready to sand. |
 Ready to be lacquered on the inside. |
 First coat of lacquer. |
 Drying. |
 "DK, Oct 2007" |
 Wet sanding the inside. |
 The wrap still...wrapped. |
 Low light shot. |
 Inside protected from glue with paper. |
 Glue is setting up. |
 Tacky yet? |
 Warp adhering to the shell. |
 Drying some more... |
 Tape removed! |
 Sanding the edges flat before measuring. |
 Are we there yet? |
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 Keeping the measuring tape still. |
 Accuracy counts. |
 Measure once, cut twice, right?... |
 Tools of the trade. |
