You did a great repair job.  Really enjoy your videos…keep’em coming

Great information,  thanks for sharing it with us!

Nice work! Thanks

Keep em coming brother.

This is fantastic, and after reading all the comments I subscribed to your channe and look forward to watching more of your videos. I just purchased a new Gretsch Renown kit summer 2023 and it is great but my 12” does not sing like the 10” Tom and so I have been watching and reading everything I can on needing edges and recutting edges. I’ll have to find someone to do it someday.

excellent

Beautiful repair and restoration job!

I'm glad I found this video. I have a 50s Gretsch marching snare that I'm refinishing as part of a single tension "Levon" kit. I wasnt sure if I should route the edges or do them by hand. I already filled in the snare beds with kwikwood and flattened the edges. I tell pretty confident now about doing this by hand.

This came out nicely, Bruce.

I’m all about saving old drums from a scrap heap. I’ve bought many shells, cheap… and brought em back to life. Sometimes people just don’t wanna do the work, so you find a deal. Boom!

My latest great save is a mahogany Club Date shell 9x13” 3 ply with rerings, I revived… and it sounds amazing.

There was nothing wrong with the shell, it had just been stripped of hardware and spray painted on the outside. Sheesh! Now it sings!!!

Thanks for the video!

Bruce every time I watch your videos I'm fixing drums you are definitely an artist and a Craftsman all in one you really have a knack for making stuff come back to life I'm learning stuff and saving myself a lot of money by how you redo drums you are a wealth of knowledge thank you so much for sharing

You're amazing! Subscribing now!

Hola amigo! Greetings from Costa Rica! 😊
Thanks for sharing these videos. I simply love al these stuff!
I have recently started to repair an old drum set I have. And I was wondering, do you recommend using any oil inside the shells?

Nice job repairing that shell.   I have 3 Gretsch round badge shells,  should I put 45 degree bearing edges on them?

Great job Bruce. I bought a cheap drum set for practicing repair work and it needs some slight bearing edge work. Since I've been a carpenter all my life I feel comfortable doing this kind of repair after watching your video. I know how critical that edge is, and the cleat spacing from the edge. Good job on that repair.

Sad that Gretsch won't repair them.  Those are supposed to be LIFETIME Shells.  Those inside labels look like they are in better shape than mine and could be read.  Same Aqua Satin Flame as mine.

What kind of fiberglass resin do you use?

AWESOME!! Thank you for sharing, and doing an amazing job,, Much Appreciation!!! (>‿◠)✌

thanks for this .. I'm about to try and cut a bearing edge on an old Tama shell that was originally a concert tom, so I can add a reso head. I don't have the tools or confidence with them to use a router and I've been wondering how best to tackle the job. This has given me the confidence to go ahead.

Bruce,  I have questions for you.

I made some octabans out of PVC pipe.  Would this kind of edge work for that type of drum?