What a week it was, this last week. On Monday I had a… By Wednesday… And then, come Friday, well… Suffice to say, disaster struck repeatedly.
This second breaking of the second snare drum – fool that I am I tried flattening it using the thicknessing machine (way too brutal!) – was the worst yet, because bits of shell, albeit only time fragments, vanished.
As the ratchet straps in some of the above pics show, I glued the shell back together, again.
The four pics above are from after the latest shell glue-up. There are small bits of both the inner and outer farces that have chipped off. Less disastrous in the inside, perhaps? The larger chunk missing on the outer face might be more of a problem?
Several dowels popped out, as well. I had to gently tap them back into position. One or two are still not 100% flush.
Today I finally got the over-tightened nut on my router loose. It took literally days of effort. But dogged perseverance eventually triumphed.
A couple of days ago a collet adapter – 12” to 8mm – arrived, via Amazon. And then today the above set of six router bits dropped thru’ the letterbox.
But of course I had to get the stuck bit out, and the nut loosened off, before I could cut out the plate attachment area on