7" Mini Bucket Drum

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7" Mini Bucket Drum

I cut some plastic from the leftover Fleet Farm bucket and riveted together . This will be a 7" diameter x 1 1/2" drum. You can make just about any size you like.

I cut a slit down one side of some plastic tubing and pushed it over the top edge so it wouldn't have such a sharp edge for the mesh head.

I used a router and a homemade circle jig to cut the 3/4" oak Veneer fiber board paneling into hoops. (Or you can buy one of these) I cut the inside diameter of the top hoops big enough so they will just fit over the top of the bucket.

On the bottom side of the top hoop I used a table router to cut a 1/4" deep groove wide enough for the screen mesh head.

Took some copper tubing and formed it to fit the 1/4" groove and cut to size.

Sewed on some window screen. The mesh screen head rim now fits perfectly in the groove.

Used a router to cut a circle for the bottom and an 1/8" deep groove for the bucket to fit down into.

Placed top hoop over the bottom circle and drilled 1/4" holes through the top hoop and bottom circle at the same time.

Increased the size of the holes in the bottom circle to 11/32" to fit the 1/4" threaded insert. http://www.mcmaster.com/ part # 92105A675(Check the package for correct hole size for threaded inserts they may be different for different brands.)

T-nuts work well for this also http://www.mcmaster.com/ part # 90975A057

Now we can start putting it together.

Added the Oak L rod Clamp. Arrows show where I drilled holes that line up with the holes in the top hoop and bottom circle.

Installed the 1/4" jack and piezo Sensor. Used a couple layers of 3-M double sided foam tape under the peizo to get the foam block about 1/8" above the rim.