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  • MusicPercussion
    By Trent Davis
    May 24, 2019
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    Bright & Shiny

    A few years back I started recording an album with the local band Bright & Shiny. It appears that the album is now ...
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  • NewsPercussionWoodworking
    By Trent Davis
    March 6, 2019
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    News – March 6th, 2019 – Cymbal Cart, Lathe Bed Extension, and YouTube Videos

    I finished the cymbal cart The cymbal cart is finally complete. It holds all of my cracked cymbals and has freed up a ...
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  • NewsPercussionWoodworking
    By Trent Davis
    September 4, 2018
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    News – September 4th, 2018 – Live Performance and Woodturning

    Live Performance with Cody Weathers I got to perform with Cody Weathers and The Men Your Mama Warned You About this past weekend.  ...
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  • News
    By Trent Davis
    January 8, 2018
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    News – January 8th, 2018 – Outfeed surface, Recording, and Cthulhu

    Outfeed table Almost a year ago I decided to try a new work surface for my outfeed/assembly table.  I wrote about this here.  ...
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  • News
    By Trent Davis
    December 11, 2017
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    News – December 11th, 2017 – Teaching, last-minute performance, and woodturning

    Sorry for the delays in my posts.  The holidays are always pretty hectic so I’ve been busy. Teaching Two weeks ago I was ...
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  • News
    By Trent Davis
    November 2, 2017
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    News – November 2nd, 2017 – Wiring, teaching, and recording

    I’ve been lax in posting news updates.  I’m going to try to be better about this. Wiring I’ve got the studio desk pretty ...
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  • MusicNewsPercussion
    By Trent Davis
    July 24, 2017
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    News – July 24th, 2017 – New Sabian Ride

    This weekend I added a new cymbal to my setup.  It’s a Sabian Vault Custom Shop HH 22″ ride with a semi-lathed pattern ...
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  • MusicNewsPercussion
    By Trent Davis
    June 15, 2017
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    News – June 15th, 2017 – Performance video update

    The recording for the upcoming album by Bright & Shiny is progressing well.  I have been playing around with the video for a ...
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  • MusicNewsPercussion
    By Trent Davis
    June 5, 2017
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    News – June 5th, 2017 – Recording Progress

    Recording Progress – Bright & Shiny This weekend I managed to get time to record two more songs for Bright & Shiny.  The ...
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  • Photo taken after recording the track "Crooked Tree" by Bright & Shiny
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    By Trent Davis
    May 5, 2017
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    News – May 5th, 2017

    Current Projects I’ve got several projects in the works and many more planned for the near future.  Below is a list and description ...
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I'm getting all moved into my new studio/office. It's still messy and I'm not 100% sure about the placement of everything but it's nice to have all my gear in one location. What you can't see in this photo is the closet that stores my percussion gear.
I got the outside of my 8" snare all lathed up. I even took it for a test drive and set a drumhead on it to see how it fit. It was perfect. Now to sand it and start on the inside. Since this is such a small drum, I won't be able to fit a router on the inside. I have a plan but it's going to be time consuming. Since I'm heading out of town in a few days, I think I'll wait until I get back before I get started on the inside.
This is a test run of my drum-lathing jig. I've since added 60-grit sandpaper to the plywood discs to ensure that the drum shell doesn't slip while spinning. I'm going to take this jig on its maiden voyage tomorrow night. This is for an 8" shell.
Never work with children or animals! All I was trying to do was get a shot of a jig I'm working on.
What could this possibly have to do with stave drummaking? You'll find out...
New stave drum glue up looks a lot better than last time. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes when your bevels are cut accurately.
When protecting your cast-iron tabletop from rust, apply several coats of paste wax and vigorously buff out with a paper towel or a large cat.
Here's where I screwed up. In cutting my staves, I needed an angle of 11.25° on each edge. What's 90 minus 11.25? The answer is 78.75, not 79.75 which is what I set the saw to. This is what happens when you try to do precision work while also worrying about filming the entire process. I was one whole degree off on each edge. With two edges and sixteen staves, this amounts to a 32° gap total. Other than the pieces not glueing up very easily, I didn't realize there was a problem until I noticed the digital readout while I was editing the video as the glue was drying. Time to start over.
This is my latest snare drum build. It's made from repurposed jatoba flooring. It's taking me a while because I'm filming the entire process. There should be a YouTube video within the next few weeks showing how I made this.

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