numa_cruiser
Senior Member
Hey all, I just bought an old 14" Slingerland wood hoop tom. I haven't measured the depth but it's probably 9-10". Its got one set of eight lugs around the centre of the shell and tension rods that run through them to tune the top and bottom heads simultaneously. It has maple re-rings, thin shell and outer finish ply. I got it home and realized the bearing edges are screwed. Looks like someone tried to sand out some problems and both top and bottom edges look like macaroni. I figure that for $20 if I screw it up trying to fix it, it was unplayable to start with anyway.
First question: could this drum have been worth much in playable condition?
Second: I recut the bearing edges flat and routered a new 45 degree edge from inside and out. I know the edge is supposed to be on the shell not on the re-ring but my bit was not big enough to cut all the way out to the edge of the shell from the inside. I actually got a really nice finished product but am worried that the head pressure might cause the re-ring to come away from the shell. Any thoughts?
Pics to come.
First question: could this drum have been worth much in playable condition?
Second: I recut the bearing edges flat and routered a new 45 degree edge from inside and out. I know the edge is supposed to be on the shell not on the re-ring but my bit was not big enough to cut all the way out to the edge of the shell from the inside. I actually got a really nice finished product but am worried that the head pressure might cause the re-ring to come away from the shell. Any thoughts?
Pics to come.