DIY E drums 3 Rack toms finished

**Timmkatt** · 08-29-2011, 10:41 PM

This past weekend I finished my 3 Rack tom's. The PDP mini timbales have turned out to be the ideal shells. I've included a picture of the adjustable riser (post paint) I'm building to hold the cone and sensor. A well placed metal disk leaves a bare spot on the center plate for maximum adhesion of the cone adhesive. These drums are turning out far better than I imagined. For the Rack toms I'm using the Pearl mesh heads. I'm finding these and the pintech head on my snare have a better feel than the stock Roland heads. Almost real but not too springy. The Roland heads seem hard by comparison although I am using 2 10" Roland heads for my 2 Kicks. I've got my build process down to about 90 minutes per drum. The black felt disk floating just under the head in all the drums leaves a clean finished look through the opaque heads. Last picture is an under shot of the snare and can see all the components mounted. Another week or two and I'll have the 2 Floor toms and Bass drums done.