How to Build a Stave Snare Drum, Step by Step, by Seven Six Drum Company's Marc Pagani 

Thanks so much

I wish I had a gigantic machine, too

@@SevenSixDrumCompany cheeky.

@@MadWinter889 seriously. I would love to have a huge CNC router to do all of the cutting and shaping for me via computer

Thanks. We’d be honored to build you a drum.

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thanks so much. I can say the same thing about YOUR drums. Gorgeous

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I use a random orbital sander with a Pad and Meguiar's G17220 Ultimate Compound, Color & Clarity Restorer, Scratch & Swirl Remover, followed by a coat of Carnauba Wax.

Good idea, but I like the versatility of a square format. Thanks.

Look up the “koko jig” for drum building

I use Prestec high gloss 2 part polyester top coat with an MEKP hardener

I don’t show the snare bed cutting in this video. It’s moderate depth and wide enough to use 30 strand snares

I’m lucky that there’s a great lumber yard nearby that sells a good deal of exotic species

Thanks. Look up “koko jig for dum building”

Sorry, I don’t understand the question

@@SevenSixDrumCompany Typically the vertical lug will have 2 horizontal attachments to the shell near the batter & resonant heads... this snare appears to only have 1 horizontal lug attachment.

These lugs are double ended single point lugs. As you can see in the final photos, tension rods enter the lug at both ends (double ended) and the lug contacts the shell at the lower nodal point (single point of contact). If you look at my website at 76drums.com, you will see that I use multiple types of lugs, some have a single point of contact, some have dual points of contact, and some have separate dual point contact lugs for the top and dual point contact lugs for the bottom.

@SevenSixDrumCompany Very cool man! I will check it out. Thank you.

This video wasn’t shot at the start of the business, but yes…I’m a drum builder based in New Orleans. All of your questions can be answered by checking out www.76drums.com

Amazing drums at a surprisingly low price. I was expecting $2500+

I installed the hardware that the client chose. I have built many drums using the brass Champagne Drums lugs you see here, along with a DW or Trick or INde throw. Each of my drums is unique.

I’ve considered leaving it unmilled. I think the issue would be sound quality. Sound waves bouncing off of flat surfaces would sound different from sound waves bouncing off of a curved surface. Worth looking into, though

​@@SevenSixDrumCompany I wonder how this would sound with a thin shell and reinforcing rings milled into the bearing edges?

I’ve done that with my shells. Check out my Blue Bayou drum. That has a thin shell and reinforcing rings milled in

I found mine by googling it…don’t remember the site

Champagne Drums

Look up Koko Jig for stave snare

Most of the wood I use starts out at anywhere between 3/4” to 1” thick

Google is your friend: www.google.com/search?q=layout+template+for+drilling+holes+in+drums&client=safari&sca_esv=8b0f0bb61a9c22c4&rls=en&sxsrf=ACQVn09Jz38nhlbHBvZI6kzYezRaGPvHnQ%3A1707501345975&ei=IWfGZayEO-KtqtsP9cSNiAk&ved=0ahUKEwjsmLiZ6p6EAxXilmoFHXViA5EQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=layout+template+for+drilling+holes+in+drums&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiK2xheW91dCB0ZW1wbGF0ZSBmb3IgZHJpbGxpbmcgaG9sZXMgaW4gZHJ1bXMyCBAhGKABGMMEMggQIRigARjDBEjTFFAAWMEScAB4AZABAJgBaKABiwqqAQQxNC4xuAEDyAEA-AEBwgIKECEYChigARjDBMICDBAhGAoYoAEYwwQYCuIDBBgAIEE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#cobssid=s

Yes, just Google “snare lug hole template”. Not sure what you mean by “how tall the snare is”

There certainly are wide and deep snare beds, I just don’t show that very exciting snare bed cutting process in the video. As for polyester/oil/polyurethane, etc, that’s totally personal preference. Not sure what you’re seeing with bearing edges…these are offset 45 degree edges

Champagne Drums

It is 9 coats of 2K polyester, sprayed on with a high quality HPLV gun. Every 3 coats gets sanded before next 3 coats are applied. Final coats dry and get sanded up to 3000 grit. Then buffing with quality car buffing liquid, polishing, and waxing with a car waxing cream.

@@SevenSixDrumCompany what are the best buffing pads for this?

Hex-Logic Medium-Heavy Cutting Pad, Orange (6.5 Inch Pad made for 6 Inch backing plates

@@SevenSixDrumCompanythanks, what is the other pad?

@@PeytonOhOsborne buffing pad, but I don't use that anymore

why ÷3?

Glad to build you a drum. Please fill out the info here so I can give you a quote: www.76drums.com/customsnaredrums

Staves start out at about 0.82” and end up at about 0.60”

@@SevenSixDrumCompany thanks

www.76drums.com/shop

Yes, there are performance videos of all of the standard drums I build. Here’s the video for this drum: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aHj_8S6-s-M.htmlsi=pEJaxOZ1O1L14kOR

El tambor d'aquest vídeo era una construcció personalitzada per a un client. Podeu veure tots els meus tambors a la venda a www.76drums.com

It is 1/2”

@@SevenSixDrumCompany perfect!

Final thickness is about 1/2 inch

@@SevenSixDrumCompany gracias pero digo el tablón de madera para cortar

Haber si nos enteramos amigo,yo estoy igual...supongo que serán 2cm...de grosor en bruto.Lo que al final lija la fresadora es poquita cantidad...sale mejor...menos margen de error.GRACIAS

…and yet, many drummers have custom ordered that exact setup because they love it, so…

Noble & Cooley snare drums use a similar one point offset lug configuration.

All just a matter of taste and or vision. We all like different concepts. This company is really cool. Well crafted drums!

Yeah... beautiful drum, but that hardware triggers my ocd

I'd have a whole kit like that

Very legit...and exactly what the client requested. I build drums for drummers, and use the hardware they request. Thanks for your input.

No, sir. I use 2k polyester clear coat, which is the same substance that most of the large drum corporations use. Though it is much more difficult to work with than water or oil-based polyurethane and more difficult to clean up, It offers a high gloss and very effective durable protection against the elements and abuse. Viva la 70s!!!

We specialize in hideous hoops. Also, clear coating the interior is not a common practice. It causes sound waves inside the drum to bounce around too much, making it more difficult to control overtones