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Drum Building 101/May 10, 2010
Drum Building Tools When building a custom drum set, you’ll use lots of tools, but these are the 4 tools that will make building a drum much easier! 1.Drum Key Drill Bit This tool is a must for any custom drum builder wh
Drums/April 30, 2010
Using Contact Cement to Apply Drum Wrap The past few weeks I’ve been waiting to get supplies in to build a new custom drum set for a P.Ellis Drums artist. I recently started the build process in my wood/drum shop. Like I
Drum Building Resources/April 19, 2010
Drum Building Safety Tips I have never had any major incidents when building drums, however there are some important safety precautions to take into consideration. Working with sharp powerful tools should make this obvio
Drum Building 101/April 12, 2010
Don’t Miss a Learning Opportunity Every time I build a new custom drum or custom drum kit I learn something that can usually help me improve upon a
Drum Building Resources/April 7, 2010
Twitter users, I’m running a Twitter-only campaign in an effort to gain more followers, and to do so I am giving out random drum building supplies every week for the next 5 weeks! The drum building supplies the be given
Drum Building 101/April 5, 2010
The follow section is taken right from the pages of “How to Make Custom Drums”. Like what you see? You might want to consider buying the full version to learn everything you need to know to be able to build your very own
Drum Building 101/March 24, 2010
How to Wrap a Drum Shell This is the 2nd and last post on how to wrap your drum shells! Enjoy! Check out the first post here. Another important blog post to view along with this post is “How to Keep your Wrap Seams From
Drum Building Resources/March 16, 2010
How to Take Drum Product Photos When you build your very own custom drum or drum set you’ll want to take some great product photos to show off your work to everyone you know. In the past I’ve been lucky to work with some
Drum Building 101/March 10, 2010
My Drum Wrap Seams Are Coming Unglued I have a confession to make. I recently discovered that the seams on the 2nd wrapped drum set I ever made are starting to come apart. This is unacceptable, but luckily you get to lea
Drums/February 25, 2010
Making A Custom Snare Drum I just got these pictures in from Ryan in Lubbock, TX! Ryan cut his own bearing edges, marked his own lug layout, drilled for hardware, cut his own snare bed and put a clear satin finish on his
