2004 Restoration Project

Here's what I started with:

20x14 no name bassdrum, missing rods and lugs

13x9 no name tom, missing rims and lugs

13x9 no name tom, no rims or lugs!! -_-"

16x14 export tom, missing bottom rim and rods

So many drums, so little room.

I didn't take any pictures during the process of the repair, but here's what I did with the drums:

1) Cut down one of the 13" tom to make a 13x4" piccolo snare drum. Lack of appropriate tools make job super hard.

2) Ordered Aqua Satin drum wrap to wrap all the toms, though not enough to do the bassdrum. :(

3) drill new holes in the 16" floor tom to convert it into a bass drum.

4) Scour high and low for enough lugs to fit all the drums. Ended up getting some genuine Slingerland lugs. Cool.

5) Bought light duty hardwares to go with the set.

6) Make my own bassdrum riser for the 16" tom. So the bassdrum beater can hit closer to centre.

7) Wrapped the 20" drum with the chrome wrap taken from the 16" tom.

8) Wrap all the toms / snare in Aqua satin. You can see where the wrap ran out on the bottom of the floor tom in one of those pics.

9) Drill / sand / and screw to install tom mounts and snare strainer.

10) Take it to my fellowship's coffee house for a try out. Sounds alright, but it looks g-r-e-a-t. :D