A single point lug listed as being for a tom could still work? Or is the thought still double point is the way to go.
Yes, a single-point lug
could work. But I wouldn't risk the mechanical failure possibility in my work if I were you.
Single-point lugs work on toms and kicks because those heads are under less tension than snare heads. Snare drums are under a lot more tension, and the lugs need to be able to handle the forces involved.
On the extreme end of the tension spectrum, look at drum & bugle corps snares, like this one:
All that metal is there to handle the stresses of A., tuning a Kevlar batter head tight enough to resemble a granite countertop, and B., rimshots with marching sticks, which are basically the size of tree trunks.
Marching snares used to look like this:
When tuning trended tighter and tighter, these drums collapsed under the strain. I ought to know; I destroyed several of them myself, to my horror. Even the long lugs couldn't handle the stresses involved.
The long and the short of it is that if you desperately want them, you can use single-ended lugs, which only take one tension rod. Drum companies do that all the time. But if you're wise, you'll do like the pro drum makers do, and ensure those single-ended lugs have two attachment screws each.
That means lugs like these are out:
And lugs like this are in:
And don't apologize for asking questions. We'd much rather you ask questions than destroy the drum you've slaved over because you were too milktoast to inquire. We want the drum p0rn pictures you'll post of the end result when it's done. ;-)
