My DIY V drum project

Note to anyone other than me that may read this- this is my centralized thought location for this project- I take all of my little notes and ideas and slam them on this page so I don't have them on 3 thumb drives, 5 sticky notes, and a liquor store receipt. It may not make sense, but it will soon, or at least be helpful to me if and when I do this again.



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Links Area
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----parts----
-www.drumfoundry.com - this looks like the best one, made parts
-drumfactorydirect.com- has good cheap hardware, lots of tension rod options
-www.drumgearonline.com
-http://www.amdrumparts.com


--------Shells---------
http://www.aitwood.com/default.asp- dirt cheap, from Nathan

----DIY Mesh Heads, installing triggers, and Building----
http://www.edrums.info/5.htm- this site was very detailed and on point

http://www.edrums.info/hoops.htm- diy wood hoops

http://sound.westhost.com/pots.htm ----Beginners guide to Potentiometers- to make volume controls

http://www.acousticdrums.com/members/refinish.html - the refinishing site

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-refinish-a-drum/- another refinishing site

****drumagog youtube videos****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN0IjoijTfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN7IfJrkDo0


*****Mad Drum building Links*****
http://www.drumlinks.com/drum-links-building.htm

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Projects- most in process
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Ludwig Jr. Kit-
16" Kick (slightly damaged inside), 8" Tom, 10" Tom, all pinstripe heads, using my Mapex set hardware,
-needs a snare (once I build the 13" snare, it will go on my Mapex set, and then the 1969 Ludwig snare will go on this kid set)- needs a snare stand, needs it's own tom arms (uses big boy drum hardware, not jr. stuff).


Snare Drum out of 13" tom
-13" snares, snare HW, decent top and bottom head,
-main problem- this has a tom




-----to make it better-----
-rubber trim on the bottom of the drums- use 3/8" black pipe
-black/died thread . . . find a thinner string for making heads
-non-drum shell ideas- plastic buckets, toys, ect
-multizone?
-cymbals?





The drums I bought above-




The following is a goal for the stain maybe??
Electronic's Notes
-on contact mic/piezzo speaker- red is middle, black is outside . . . 1/4"- Tip=Hot Ring=Not

To do

partz inventory
find random snare and tom mount parts
get lugz
look for 1/4" inputz for cymbals
stain kick legs and get rubber tips
price mesh heads and get links
make fake back heads
marker on stained kick head
stash foam
cut enough wood for 3 kits
stain more drums? have the ware house for a while
get a sander
paint other 16" rims black
get a new hacksaw blade, get a wood saw
find cheap piezo's online, 1/4 inputs, wire, ect