This sounds like an good DIY project - as you don't intend to cut a new bearing edge and there are no holes drilled for mounting hardware on the shell of a Pearl Vision tom it should be quite easy to do.
If the tom is not wrapped I would just mark a line with a pencil, drill a pilot hole about 16th inch below the line and cut the tom in half with a jigsaw power tool, or even a tenon saw if I didn't have power tools available. Then remove the excess material with a sander, or a file - or even a block of wood with a flat surface wrapped in sandpaper.
As you aren't attempting to cut a new bearing edge you don't need to strive for perfection - it won't make any difference if it isn't PERFECTLY flat - as long as it looks flat it should be good enough. If you want a perfectly flat edge use a sheet of place glass covered in fine grit sandpaper to finish, but you don't really need to go that far.
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