Turning a Tom Into a Snare Drum 

You should start making your own drums out of old shells you found. Maybe even start your own company!

Man, that hoop mod was classic home grown "get er' done"...

I though you'd make that snare as deep as the tom was.

You weren't joking about the audio quality

Did you use twice as many single-sided lugs rather than half as many double-sided lugs because that's all you had available?

Thanks for showing us a bit of innovation in shallowing up a snare drum from an old tom; double-ended one-piece lugs were obviously needed here. I'd simplify it further and handle the snare conversion at the tom's original depth - only the snare bed need be routed out, and the strainers retrofitted, that way. Remo manufactures a fairly large number of reso diameters; the 12x7 snare project, for instance, would be a good candidate for the BA-0112-00 batter and SA-0112-00 3-mil reso with most 11"-long snare units.

its tomorrow? so does that mean its tomorrow's tomorrow!? It's never ending! this video is still going! lol 1:32

This Was The first Video I Heard Without The Background Music During Cutting the Wood, drilling Etc Etc...

I just converted a 10"×7" rack tom to a snare. Got the throw off mechanism from a 14" snare. bought a snare side hoop so it would look professional. cut my own beds with a file and sandpaper. this nice snare turned out professional looking and matches the rest of my kit. sounds awesome. The remaining matching 14" snare shell I then converted it to a subkick. I used those Pearl silent window screen heads to cover the speaker. It too looks professional.

Great video. I love the time lapse stuff, especially the filing and hammering. Would like to hear the drum by itself though, just some strokes and rolls

wow that sound was great ! well done :)

I’m wondering if I should on a poplar drum or if it’s a waste of time lol

I know you’re the expert, but it seems like you should’ve gotten lugs that fit the already drilled holes from the previous one that we’re double sided, if possible, so you wouldn’t have to drill new ones and that way wouldn’t have offset logs either

the snare looks really awesome man !! nice job ! i wish i could do all this things too xD i love your videos, keep uploading ;))

Do you still have this drum, bro? It would be grade if you could make a new sound demo for it!

Love this early videos, when there was no music in between the working accelerated phases

I thought you would have pulled out a dremel tool to cut that opening on the rim, I have to say I admire guy's like you because you aren't afraid to take a chance and try something. I hate messing things up because it cost's me extra money I can't spend so I don't try things, your video's kind of amp me up to try and build something or mod something maybe i'll get to that extra 12in tom I have and do some kind of a stain job.

plus 1 subscriber for this one! I've seen a handful of your videos now and I'm smitten with your sense of adventure when it comes to these instruments! I'm seriously motivated to start tinkering with my drum kit!

Do you sell any of the things you make? You're creative man!!

7:21 I couldn't stop laughing I'm sorry

The old luan mahogany shells used to be quite thick and were good for snare shells cut from toms.

you are one of my top 10 favorite persons in the world

This one didn't convinced me at all.

Nothing like working in 3D and then finding something unforseen. Now I work up at least one prototype. For this project, a ring made from a cardboard box would have sufficed. One last tidbit. Put the finish on first and drill after. My first drum project was a TAMA tom conversion. The lugs were not offset which made it easier.

Nice job!! The drum looks beautiful. Have you considered using the second half of the tom to make a second snare? Im sure you could get a good price by selling one!

enjoyed watching this!

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Classic rdavidr! The good old days! A quick and sloppily put together drum, recorded poorly, and played badly. But hey, um , yeah it's a thing so um, like and subscribe!

that was awesome

Dude,You work extremely fast!!!!

How does the cost compare, to buying a comparable snare.?

find a tape measure on craigslist

create a jingle head pack. snare head with jingles attached to the actual head, and do that to the rest of your tom head and hear what it sounds like? just an idea..

Yeah fucking awesome! Love your videos!

Dude,where do you buy the drum hardware,tensión rods,etc.?

This channel is great, but bad for my study habits

hey bro can you give me a new snare drum head thanks...

I got a old tom that i want to shorten it and make it 5 inches in depth.

Original Snare into a Piccolo Snare? Can you?

was this before the 20$ drumset??

That is bad ass!! Nice job, brother!!

You should put a ring on the batter head

Needs more cowbell

I love your channel! its basically Tool Time.... bit with drums!! haha keep it going man!!!

Sounds like the st anger era snare a bit

Are there any tools you don't have?

What lugs/lug housings are on the drum? I have a project snare that has the same lugs but in gold already installed. However, some of the lugs broke off and I need to find new ones but I can’t find them anywhere! Please help thanks!

That was Fucking epic... I have a Tama Rockstar DX and since I saw that you removed the paint from the "snare", I think I'll do the same with my drumset and use the same thing you used to give it the same finish, awesome!

rdavidr, what powertool did you use to cut the bearing edges? What's it called?

are u willing to sell this snare??

Hey, nice work :) But I have got a question. What mashine do you use at 01:56? Do you have a product link?

good job man👍 sounds good to me

Did you route out snare beds? Didn't see that anywhere! :P Cool project!

I did this with a 13” Tom and made it into a 13”x3” snare and I couldn’t be bothered buying new hoops so I drilled holes through them so I could use snare wires

it sounds pretty cool !

you have come a long way

Hoop job is beyond mess...

The hi hats blow out the mic

great project, brother, & nice solution for the strainer problem. drum sounds crisp from what i could hear.

This would be something I would buy! U planning on selling it cus I might get it depending on price.

So, really good sound! Can you try to do homemade concert tom (without bottom head)? It will be Very interesting to listen the sound

Man, I own a stave shell that needs some fixing to do. I wish I could find someone to do the job. The shell is 5"x13" and I want to reduce it to 4"x13". The thing is that it isn't completely flat outside. It needs sanding. It will also need the 45° bearing edges and snare beds. And new holes to upgrade from 6 to 8 lugs.

make a Roto Tom drumset

You should definitely start a business in which people bring in their old busted drums and you fix them up into something else, like converting a Tom to a snare here. I would pay for that

5:05 CLOSE YOUR EYES, it sounded like someone hacking

+rdavidr You are my hero! I have an old drum set with four toms, floor tom and bassdrum. I've seen all your renovation videos. There are so many ideas what can I do with my drum kit to make it great again :D Thanks very much! Don't stop making these videos, you are the best!

Absolutely Awsome vid hahha great job! Can I ask what the other snare was this was at the end of the vid?

Hi David! What kind of machine is that in 1.56"??? Thank you

Rip headphone users

Dude thats sick!

hello bud nice video keep up the good wark. what is the name of the machine you use on 1:53 to make the snare serfise smaler.

Did you ever sell it? Sounds AMAZING by the way

How can I do this to my floor Tom without cutting it down or is it possible to get a company or drum shop to convert it for me

before you did the coats of polyurethane, did you do a light sand of the stain?

I did that ounce

Just a tip. When removing paint, using scrapers is really fast. You just have to sand to prepare the surface for finishing.

wow sounds WAY better than i would have expected, nice work sounds crisp.

hey bro, i think you may work for tama or something lol, Nice job tho :)

great job. :)

Was so funny to listen the extremely fast use of the tools jajajajaja. Well done, nothing better than doit by your self!

Very smart engineering The alternating lug orientation is very cool and unique looking Also the snare latch that sticks out so much, haha very cool.

So satisfying

Which grade of sanding paper did you use between coats?

i like this idea

great job dude. love the videos. and awesome workshop u got there. keep it up!!!!

I expected this to be way worse of a project, but I was surprised! Good job on this.

5:08 Star Wars

Would you mind telling me what you used to cut the new bearing edge on the trimmed side?

What if you have a 5 lug 13x10 tom? Do you add a lug or keep it as is?

WOW... it looks good n it even sounds amazing nice work sir

very nice

do a OCDP Vented style snare drum!!! xD

I weirdly love how the audio sounds at the end. It’s like the 60’s compressed sorta drum sound.

Love the fast forward sounds! Great project...

Nice

Kinda’ therapeutic watching the high speed video😂

hey, whats the tool you used to cut the bearing edge?

are you using a chamfer bit in that trim router to cut the bearing edge?

Holy grail... That snare was cool I luv it

Like to hear the snare drum on it's own, just a snare drum demo