La BackBeat Drum Shop
  • LA Backbeat About
  • Shop LA BackBeat
  • Press
  • LABB Report
  • Contact
  • LA Backbeat About
  • Shop LA BackBeat
  • Press
  • LABB Report
  • Contact
La BackBeat Drum Shop

LABB Report

This is the place for news, updates, developments, ramblings from the shop, along with some pics and video
Shop LA BackBeat

Things are taking shape

10/17/2013

0 Comments

 
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.
Picture
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.
Picture
Picture
Hardware cleaned and polished.
Picture
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.
Picture
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
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Frank Kincel

    Archives

    November 2016
    July 2016
    November 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.