I've played drums all my life... nearly 40 years. Over time I have come to appreciate the craftsmanship put forth by drum makers. You sir have truly impressed me. This snare drum is beautiful. I wish I knew how to wood work. Great job. Absolutely beautiful and unique.
This is extremely inspiring. I don’t have a lot of years in woodwork but this is something I definitely want to try out! What better way to personalize my drum set than to build my own snare. Thank you !
Cool. I'll look into that. I really don't know much about the drum proper sound. I build this for my daughter. I though it would be a fun project and it was. I've watched some of your builds you make some kick A** drums.
I'm currently going down the stave drum making rabbit hole, and your inside routing jig is the cleanest I've seen yet. Good idea using the rollers off of an outfeed stand!
Very kool! Something I’ve always wanted to do myself is build a drum. A solid shell would be neat but I’m not sure how I would steam a plank of wood hot enough to roll into a shell. That clip is most likely for marching, you can attach a sling/strap to go over your shoulder. If it’s for sheet music I haven’t personally seen an attachment for it, however there’s a ton of drum gadgets so I wouldn’t be surprised! I would personally tighten that bottom reso head much tighter and tighten the top batter head, it should feel almost solid. Either way good luck with future projects and I hope your daughter enjoys drumming as much as I do and is learning a lot!
Solid shell? Which way should the grain go? Can you cut a log to size and remove the core and then remove the bark? I guess you could drill a hole in the middle (on the long axis) and mount it on something, to spin. Then drill a hole at a radius point, and pass a bandsaw blade through that hole. Then simply spin the log on it's axis, to cut the core out quickly. I assume the bark would make it sounds worse, but it would look cool as hell, if you found a way to leave it on.
I haven’t seen you doing a snare bed on the underside. We usually do a small curve on both sides, where the snares meet’s. Good idea for the jigs you used. Thanks for sharing.
Very very very impressive, I’ve played the drums for 35yrs & I own 2 custom drum kits, where I picked the wood, the sizes & the colour. I think I NEED to give this a go. Would it be to much of an inconvenience if I asked how wide each piece of wood is, I would love to give this a whirl, I understand if you want to keep it a secret. If you were to build another drum you can actually get a free floating system, where basically you don’t have to drill any holes for the lugs, basically the lugs a held there via the tension rods & the top & bottom skin. Food for thought if you wanted to attempt another one. But seriously dude, this drum ROCKS, especially for your first attempt, well done. Ps, I just subscribed & I look forward to watching more of your videos
I dont have any top secret info. the width depends on the circle size try this web site for Stave construction. www.woodturnersresource.com/extras/projects/segmentcalc/index.html
Wow man, you did a great job. Even the intuition to prepare the drum with simple pieces of wood is mind-blowing! I suggest to buy some proper hardware, maybe a die cast hoop and an EVANS or REMO drum head for snare and make it tune by a professional drummer. Level of satisfaction for your job could considerably become higher after this corrections.
Michael, thanks for the enjoyable and informative video and reading the comments. Post COVID it would make an interesting follow on to take the drum to your local drum shop and see what their Drum-Tech does: Hears, suggests, modifies? I’d hope they’d do free-of-charge as a promo...
Great job man...!!!! A few things come to mind. Im thinking with the grain going the way it is that shell would more than likely warp over time? Maybe not but its a bit risky with all that effort to make it round. Also, that could be rounded up with a lathe with a similar jig very quickly.
One can see that you are an excellent woodworker, but one can see that you are not a drummer, too :D A nice pair of heads and snarebeds would have elevated this drum above and beyond. You are a good father, your girl can be proud of you!
it's Kool . you should start a drumshop. that clip is for a strap. the one you asked about. cheap snares have them . like gp and griffin. good job dude. it needs a better tuning. but your a damn good builder . I'm a 30 yrs drumming I'd buy a shell if you built more.. peace.
HI, interesting. AT 8:45, with the rollers, why didn't you mark up your jig like you did for the exterior and simply just hold the tool in place and turning the drum around and move to your next mark ??? just saying ! great work !!!
@@JeremyTripp87 I also think that there's some stability intruduced with his method. If the drum were to be spun constantly, there's probably more to chance for human error to wobble it and cause some blemishes. Maybe he couldn't find a good way to spin the shell with stability. With this method, his left hand can hold the drum (somewhat) steady.
You did a really good job, it looks amazing, but the sound is off. It needs some tweaking, either tuning, better heads or snare wires. Not trying to be harsh, just a thought.
Nice work! I see that @Bales already mentioned snare beds, which will give you much better and more accurate snare response. I think I might have seen something, but I'm not sure if you added an air vent. That will also help control the tone. Both are super easy steps (far easier than assembling and milling the shell) and will have a huge impact on the sound. I'm really not touting my own channel here (seriously), but the first time I used the router table for my snare beds (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cssN1t4bRkc.html) it had a huge impact on quality.
It's a bummer that good hardware is so expensive, because it does make a big difference in how the final drum sounds. Putting crappy lug mounts and rims on a beautiful handmade shell will not take it anywhere near its potential.
I know it makes a difference. This was my first and probably only one I’ll do. If I was a drummer I would have done better hardware. Thanks for the input
Nice build. What were your stave dimensions? I’m trying to build one but keep getting spaces between the staves when assembled. I’ve tried multiple degrees and used the online stave calculator website everyone uses. I always end up with spaces between them. Any tips?
Just remember the saw has to be setup absolutely perfect. Especially if you do many staves, any error in the cut will compound over all the parts. In my experience either use less staves to reduce the compound or use more clamping force to close the minor gaps.
Your work is awesome. How do you make the inside shell so uniform looking after milling it with that round over bit?? I use a cove bit on my stave drums I build but they don’t come out looking that good... cheers!
Wow that is beautiful. I have a Snare Drum on my list for this year. How did you fasten the plywood disks to make the outside round? were they glued on? also do you guys think oak would be a suitable choice for a snare?
Making a drum is interesting and probably a very enjoyable hobby project, but there's also the economic aspect to consider. For example, you don't know what it will sound like, until you've already paid for it. So it is, buying a pig in a poke, on the one hand (much more economically efficient to go to a music store, test out all of the used snare drums, and buy the one you like best). On the other hand, if you have a wood shop, you probably enjoy making things, and so you're killing two birds with one stone (which is a form of efficiency). And you'll have the pride of playing an instrument that you made, as well as the opportunity to acquire enough related knowledge to innovate, or at least customize an entire drum set, from scratch. I did notice that you ended up buying a used drum, as part of the economic calculations... it seems that a used drum, with no heads, and damaged bearing edge is the best bet for hardware.
@@mfwoodshop there are a few 45 degree snares. Did you get the chance to go back and put snare beds in? But more importantly, did your daughter like it?
Great job Mike. That snare drum came out fantastic. I especially like how you figured out what jigs you needed to do the job and made them. Well done buddy.
The man is right about cutting snare beds. Beautifully made snare drum. Also, replace those GP stock heads, they're usually lousy, with Remo or Aquariun drum heads, sound would be vastly improved.
I’ve been using hydro-heads for about 40 years. Much richer, fuller, fatter sound. Love’em, baby! Great job on the new shell. Your daughter will be extra proud to play it. Stix with it! Cheers from Tassie.
@@mfwoodshop you buy all these equipment ,build a lab just for fun??Unbelievable or means you are too rich and you are bored soon...thats it?Of course not i think!!
