More work on these two…
After finagling the joint-surfaces, I glued up Snare #1 for a second second time, so to speak. Part one of the second glue up was the spline-attachment; part two is today’s joint of the three resulting segments.
After cutting and rasping/sanding the splines to better match the shell, the re-glue-up funds the drum back to a fully rounded thang…
I ordered two heads, batter and snare side, for the 13” snare. The batter – an Evans (?) – arrived today (snare side is due by Sunday). I prob’ should’ve bought a CS Dot.
The diameter of the Keruing drum is pretty much perfect. The Rosewood and White Oak one, on the other hand, is the drum that’s gone from silk purse to sow’s ear.
Snare #1, which has been cut up, splined, and is now gluing up, again, is the right diameter on one side (I’ll call that the top), but 1/8” too small on the other! Even after all the trouble I’ve been to ‘true’ the sides, and ‘re-enlarge’ it.