Murray Drums - Making 14x4 Stave Snare Drum - Part 1

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• Spruce
• Stave
• Snare
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• Shell
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[Mikelikes2rock]

Can you explain how you made your SUPER INTRICATE circle-making jig? (the board that you attached to the bottom of the halves, and the board nailed to the perfect center that acts as a compass) How is that built, and how did you find the exact center so that the drum turns in a perfect circle?

[Phrase]

@Mikelikes2rock

The board that is fixed across the way is rebated at each end, so that the edge of the two staves which are in contact with the board are approximately in the center of the board. A line is then drawn along the top edge of the board, in line with the edge of the staves. The exact center of the drum shell, will be half way along that line, so I put a mark at the midpoint, then use that as the pivot point for drawing the circles and cutting them out.

[Mikelikes2rock]

@Phrase

Ah, thank you so much. I'm using your method to cut my stave drum, and this helps a lot. :)

[Phrase]

@Mikelikes2rock

Good luck with it! I have recently been making segmented drums using a similar method to cut the segmented rings out into semi circles, then gluing the two semi circles together to make a full circle, then 3 or more rings are glued together till you reach the depth you want. You can make a deep shell by adding more rings. I have also made a jig for trimming the outside of the shell on a router table. This gives a more accurate circle than the bandsaw alone.

[sevenof9ChristsBride]

Hi, I'm looking to build my first stave snare over the christmas holidays. I wondered if you could tell me what the outside and inside lenght is on the cut staves please? As in, when the angle has been cut, what is the width from one side to the other. I imagine it is somewhere around 170mm on the outside (top) measuremts? Thanks

[Phrase]

@sevenof9ChristsBride

The width of each stave depends how many staves you want to use. For this project I used 16 staves and the outside width was 71mm (see 0:30) If you want to use 20 staves, the width will be less and the angle will be 9 degrees instead of 11.25.

Check out the videos by Smileythejazzcat. He has some great vids showing how to make different sizes snares, which tell you what size the staves need to be. I think he normally uses 24 staves. Good luck!

[smileythejazzcat]

Great works and music.

Thank you for your kindness.

[bmckenzie69]

Interesting choice of wood. Spruce is pretty soft isn't it? Does it sound good. I just made my first drum using maple and mahogany. Check it out at bmckenzie69 to see my method quite different from yours. I am going to make some more and would really like to know how the spruce sounds. thanks

[Mikelikes2rock]

I love this video. I've been leaning towards using the standard homemade jig method....but that leaves me with so much to mess up with. After learning that the woodshop I'm using had a band saw, I've decided to go with this method. Thanks, man!

[morganix007]

S o damn easy with the right tools......I wish I had them.

[ornball]

@sevenof9ChristsBride if ur looking to to make stave shell google stave calculator and it will tell you every detail you need to know size wise very helpful

[sevenof9ChristsBride]

@Phrase Ah that's amazing thank you so much. This will really help me over the holidays. Hope the snow isn't too thick up north! Thanks