tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164492821878012312012-02-16T16:46:54.511-08:00Willamette Homeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861787003606545020noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316449282187801231.post-52947918071033847662011-05-05T14:41:00.001-07:002011-05-05T15:14:33.964-07:00Well here we are, A vintage 1937 WFL, the first of the WFL line. I have done a lot of research on this one, thanks to "<a href="http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/">Vintage Drum Guide"</a> <br /><br />So I took the hardware off and started to clean it up, I first started with some #0000 steel wool. The tube lugs came out pretty nice, the hoops on the snare drum are gonna be a little tougher. The tom tom hoop looks great, most of the dirt and grim came off smoothly, then I took some Brasso and started polishing it up. Now Im not a pro at cleaning, some of you probably are laughing because im doing it wrong, haha so leave a comment and let me know how wrong I am. Anything helps.<br /><br />These drums are all painted, so sanding is a bit tedious... as you cen tell with my video. I made sure to but painters tape over the holes. Didn't want it to get everywhere. <br /><br />Now that the snare is done im moving on the the tom tom. I found a picture of Old man Ludwig. His ghost actually. check it out<br><br> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FUWlxNnxfrs/TcMg58GHVqI/AAAAAAAAAC4/whjICq4EGws/s1600/DSCN1302.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FUWlxNnxfrs/TcMg58GHVqI/AAAAAAAAAC4/whjICq4EGws/s200/DSCN1302.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603358541135435426" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/316449282187801231-5294791807103384766?l=vintagedrumrestoration.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Willamette Homeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861787003606545020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316449282187801231.post-71011533908457650032011-05-03T13:45:00.000-07:002011-05-03T13:53:23.766-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr4yiqG1S_4/TcBrOOP4BkI/AAAAAAAAACQ/7yqER63Y0uI/s1600/DSCN1297.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr4yiqG1S_4/TcBrOOP4BkI/AAAAAAAAACQ/7yqER63Y0uI/s320/DSCN1297.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602595828535920194" /></a><br />Pete Wheeler is the name of my drum cart. Taken from the Great Pete Wheeler of backyard baseball. Really its an over priced rolling cart from Storables.<br /><br />This thing holds all the drum tools and parts that I need to complete projects.<br />Everything from sand paper to chrome polish. This little guy is my hero.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/316449282187801231-7101153390845765003?l=vintagedrumrestoration.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Willamette Homeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861787003606545020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316449282187801231.post-50035614191019811842011-05-03T13:23:00.000-07:002011-05-03T13:37:46.753-07:00My 8th grade year at Cedar Park Middle school I joined the band playing the snare drum. I really only joined because there was this girl I liked and... right, anyway... So I started to take lessons from a cat by the name of Kelly Dunn, KDunn for short. I never called him that in person, only when I was taking about how awesome he was to my friends. For a while I was knockin down rudiments and reading "stick control" and joel rothmens rock rudiments book. It was okay, band was fun, I received and A, but it wasn't what I really wanted. Now the Drum set was what I had my sights on, you know, be a rock star and play in a band. So the story begins...<br /><br />"Hello, Costco?, yeah I need one of those silvertone drum sets" <br /><br />Silvertone drums, the best of the best. That was my first set. The color was burgundy, to me it was red. I don't care for any color outside of first grade, keep it simple please. <br /><br />More on this story later... now on to my project<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/316449282187801231-5003561419101981184?l=vintagedrumrestoration.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Willamette Homeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861787003606545020noreply@blogger.com0