It's been a few days since I've posted anything. Life has gotten crazy busy and there has been a lot to do. By the time I get home and ready to write something....I'm too pooped to think straight. Jeff Rich and I have been conversing quite a bit and the drumstick division is getting sorted out. The following pictures and verbage describe what I've done the past few days. Below is a picture of the first really good dowel that was turned on the Goodspeed. It has been a learning curve and now that I'm figuring it out it will progress a little faster.
Good Dowel... finally tweaked for tolerance.
| Monday, I had to take a break from the Goodspeed and do some work on an old '66 Slingerland that I've been overhauling. It's not a restoration, just a refurb. the wrap is not in great shape but the drums themselves and hardware are in good condition. I stripped all the hardware, soaked it in cleaner, and polished. The shells were cleaned (including removing latex paint from the inside of the bass drum shell) wet sanded and polished along with the bearing edges slightly reshaped and handed sanded. The photos are in progress and the drums a little further along now. I did work on the Goodspeed too.  |  Hardware cleaned and polished.  Hardware cleaned, de-rusted and lubricated. |
Tuesday, I had to catch up on much needed paperwork and deal with those people that get some of my peanuts every month. It was a long morning of office work and then a good full evening of drum lessons. I do teach drum lessons along with everything else.
| Wednesday I did more work on the Slingerland and eventually gravitated to the Goodspeed. I started working out some of the math and fabricating to make a starter template for a stick. I did find that there are 2 stripped bolts in the roughing gouge holder that I will have to drill and tap for a slightly larger bolt. Also, I've found a stripped bolt in the template bar. There are some other challenges to overcome and they will be resolved in the coming weeks. This machine was a little more neglected than I was led to beieve. |  |
Today, Thursday, I got up early and wrote a few emails to people I must keep in touch with regarding the business. I got over to the shop about 9 am and set to work on my project of the morning... a temporary template so I can start figuring some of the roughing gouge process. The template came out alright. I will have to do some modifications to make it better. Things like depth and also the bead of the stick. there's a lot going on. Below is the first attempt at cutting with the template and video at bottom. More to come in the coming days.... 'til later -Frank
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