Rick - this is so fantastic. Believe it or not I have the exact same snare with the exact same dent. I wanted to swap out the Zoomatic throw (which was as a minimum inefficient but at this point completely broke) and replace it with a Trick throwoff (in conjunction with a Retroplate). However, I don't have all those excellent power tools you do lol nor a spare floor tom. What I DID do was pull out my Sawsall, take one of those orange Home Depot buckets, cut 3" down and then cut half across (it looked like an orange "C"). It snapped right to the drum shell like it was custom made. I then following your technique clamping it tight and then using the C clamp to press out the dents - and oh man it worked PERFECTLY. Am so grateful for this tutorial!
My gosh, you just saved another Slingerland snare - 10 lugs 6,5" Sound King by showing me how to do this...I was praying for this to find somewhere. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Hey Rick hope you’re having a great day. I’ve got an Acrolite that was dropped on the strainer and got dented in. I hammered it out mostly, but I think I’m gonna use this method with the cutting out the 2 x 4, I slightly heated it up, and it’s working OK. thanks for the videos!
Hi Jack This will work much better than hammering it out. Aluminum is a bit less pliable than brass, but it should work fine. Just make sure you tighten both clamps at the same time and go slowly.
@@rickdior Well looks like it was a waste of time. There are a couple dents in the batter bearing edge and the batter side bearing edge is slightly warped. When I took off the old original heads I noticed that the rim wasn’t evenly tightened. And I think it warped the shell. But it looks like it was dropped on the strainer and the muffler was pushed in also. I might just try to return it. It will probably have a hard time keeping in tune. And the resale value is now just for the parts. Blah blah blah. Anyways enjoy your videos thanks 👍🥁
The dent under the strainer is so common, I wonder if it contributes to the failure of Zoomatic strainers. Like, the way the holes are forced to be positioned causing additional stress on movable parts, etc.
You always make the best and most informative videos! My playing has come a long way using your videos and book as a supplement to my lessons. I just got a K ride that the seller didn't disclose had some slight keyholing. I've fallen in love with the sound but have found the ride always rotates until it settles facing a specific direction so I know continuing to play on it will worsen the keyholing. It's very very slight. Do you know of any repairs I can do to prevent it from getting worse? Appreciate all the awesome videos, keep up the great work!!
@@rickdior So you think the cymbal will be fine with a plastic sleeve even if it always rotates to a certain position and then stays there when played? I've seen people suggest installing a brass grommet in the cymbal hole as protection. Have you ever heard of such a thing?
If you use a plastic sleeve it will be fine. Plastic is softer than brass so it will not keyhole. I have many old K's with keyholing that was there when I got them over 35 years ago and I have not had any problems with any of the holes spreading.
@rickdior thank you for all the information on your channel! I was wondering if the dented snare sound much worse than fixed one? Because i have a dented snare and I’m afraid to damage it! Thank you 🙏🙏
Rick do you have any suggestions to coax a brass Slingerland shell back into round? I can force a batter head on and you can see the shell is oval(ed)... I’m not concerned about aesthetics.... I bought the drum as a beater to play on a cruise Ferry during the summer....
Hi If you put a 14" Hihat cymbal on top of it you can see where it's out. Then take 2 Bessey woodworking clamps that are use for cabinet making and clamp it on both ends where it is out. These clamps have large rubber coated jaws. One clamp will span the good part if needed but the other is the corrector. Slowly tighten the screw at the head of the clamp until the drum comes into round and then just a bit further. That has worked for me.
I have a stupid question (but what can I say, I like to be unique). Do you think it would be possible to take a 14 x 6.5 brass snare (Black Beauty) and cut it to make it a 14 x 6.0 or 14 x 15.75 snare? (FYI: I used to play with a Stewart set:)
Totally silly idea as metal snare drums have folded bearing edges which would be the thing you would have to cut off to reduce the depth. Just buy the right sized drum, a lot easier.
