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Gregory
 Post subject: MODIFIED HARDWARE
PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:41 pm 
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Sliced the end off my bass drum's Big Boy, knocked the press fit cap out, popped it on the newly exposed end, and viola, a more proportional tom mount. The cap is held on by a tube that presses against the center hole in the post, and is held in position by four protrusions that line up with the corners of the D formations.

Photos: Before, After, Detail & The Removed Bit.

In this case, I also benefitted because the bubbling chrome section was also removed. :D

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Kelly
 Post subject: Re: MODIFIED HARDWARE
PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:30 pm 
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Hell, nice job Greg.
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stevesmithfan
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:55 pm 
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Looks great Greg.
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Goki
 Post subject: Re: MODIFIED HARDWARE
PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:56 am 
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WOW - it looks fantastic!!!

Greg - you did a perfect job... :)

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tim
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:35 am 
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Nice job greg, someday I want to see a picture of your shop! Did you use a bandsaw for that.?
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Gregory
 Post subject: Re: MODIFIED HARDWARE
PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:26 am 
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Thanks, guys.

Sorry, missing detail: Nothing fancy. I used a carpenter's cutoff saw, with a carbide-tooth blade (wood cutting) to get that perpendicular cut. Aluminum is no match for the carbide, although I was a shade worried about how the chrome would fare... and thus the two practice cuts showing in the photo of the removed piece, first with a hack saw to ascertain composition, the second a test with the power tool.

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