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Episode 6 – Drilling For Hardware

Dustin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:25:10 +0000

This week’s episode is about drilling holes for your drums hardware. All that time put into accurately laying out your drum is worthless if you can’t drill a hole exactly where the layout lines intersect. I’ll show you how to use a brad point drill bit to create very precise pilots holes. Then we’ll use a uni-bit to widen the pilot holes to the appropriate size for our hardware.

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Episode 5 – Marking The Shell

Dustin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:02:36 +0000

This week’s episode is all about shell layout. Precise layout is key to keeping all the hardware on your drum straight and even. I’ll show you where to apply masking tape to the drum to keep from getting any marks on the finished shell. Then I’ll demonstrate how to use a combination square and a fine point marker to ensure that all your hardware is square and equidistant from the edges of the shell.

I reference all of the lines from my layout table. If you haven’t seen it go back and check out episode three to learn how to make your own.

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Episode 4 – Edge Preparation

Dustin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:24:35 +0000

This weeks episode is a short one detailing the preparation of a drums edges. This is the first step in the construction process because we need a nice square edge to reference from when marking out our lug locations.

Also a flat and true edge is paramount for cutting proper bearing edges. If the edges are uneven you will never be able to properly tune a drum head.

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Episode 3 – Truing/Marking Jig

Dustin — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:08:55 +0000

In this episode I make a truing/marking jig. On one side is a layout mat which is used for marking the hardware locations on a drum shell. On the opposite side is glued a sheet of glass. When sandpaper is attached to the glass it will be used to flatten the edges of a drum shell to prepare it for bearing edges.

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Episode 2 – Making Parts

Dustin — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:27:38 +0000

Before building any drums, we must build two jigs to make it possible to work on round shells. In this episode I’ll show you how to make parts for these jigs from 1/2″ mdf using a router guided by a straightedge.

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Episode 1 – The Tools

Dustin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:29:20 +0000

Welcome to the first episode of The Garage Drum Builder. I’ve started this show because of the lack of video content on the market about drum building. My goal is that this site would become the best source on the web for anyone interesting in building, modifying or repairing custom drums. In this episode I’ll talk about a tool kit that I’ll use in the first few months of this show to build a snare drum from a pre-made ply drum shell. Enjoy!

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