On drums...

I have veneered much ebony, but very little rosewood.

On that last post, I was going to say, "Now you're ready to do another" but decided not to appear to diminish the achievement of what you've accomplished. Well now, as I was saying before I interrupted myself: (ahem)

You've gone through the steepest part of the learning curve, and are now ready to begin to perfect your craft. Knowing what I know about glues - I would use hide glue... the hot kind. That's going to take your curve up slightly, but I think you'll love the stuff, and I am willing to bet you have no shrinkage. If I ever get around to veneering drums, it will be hot hide glue time.

If you are methodical, you could make a small test sample before working with your drums and designated veneers to make sure you like it.

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Gregory

I had a smooth white reso that I thought would look good, but I hated it.
I think a Fybreskin would lok perfect, but I don't have the $100 odd it would cost down here, to splurge.

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Jeff
Gots ta luv da Beech
Australia

Same guy I used. I have him saved as a favorite.

Those drums look great. Daym good job.
I have found the hardest part of veneering is not screwing up the inside of the drum. There are countless ways to do that in the process.

How I spun my drums. Worked great for spraying.

I'd love to chop that 14 Mahogany tom into a 14x8 snare. Got a couple of kits it would match.
Fantastic set up you had. I was much less organized.

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Jeff
Gots ta luv da Beech
Australia

More set up pics. This is a set up I use for jamming. I don't usually have a tom next to hihat like I've set up the 12. But I thought I'd chuck it in there for some pics.
Enjoy.








Edited 'cos I messed up the pics.

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Jeff
Gots ta luv da Beech
Australia

You can go into business. A lot of Sonor guys would have preferred Phonics if they'd been as pretty as Sigs.

Any thoughts in retrospect about knocking the gloss back with 4xxxx wool and waxing?

Oh, I see you changed the photos! Question 2: How do the Classix Ebauxny hold up next to these... visually, that is.

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Gregory

Thanks, Gregory. I don't think there is any way you could make money doing this the way I did. It wasn't expensive, but it sure was time consuming. Obviously things will become more efficient as you go on, but.
Now these shells are pretty close to Signature thickness, other than depths there is probably very little difference in weight and more importantly production costs.

I'm kinda happy with the gloss at the moment. I have 5x satin veneered kits and this is the only glossy woodgrain kit I own.

In the flesh the Schlebony looks like Schlebony. It doe's photo quite well, but next to each other in person there is NO comparison.

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Jeff
Gots ta luv da Beech
Australia

GREAT work!!!

Nothing but "AMAZING" comes into my mind.........


WOW


Wonderful project Jeff - simply fantastic...

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Goki - short from Goran

Let the good drums roll!!!

Nice job Jeff!

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