The Garage Drum Builder

The Online Video Show dedicated to DIY Drum Building.

Episode 6 – Drilling For Hardware

Dustin | April 6, 2009

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 [...]

Episode 5 – Marking The Shell

Dustin | March 15, 2009

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 [...]

Episode 4 – Edge Preparation

Dustin | March 7, 2009

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 [...]

Episode 1 – The Tools

Dustin | February 6, 2009

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 [...]