DIY Electronic Drums

DIY 13 and 12" Electronic Drums

I built another set of electronic drums. I did a few things different on this build.

I found a 12 and 13" drum on Ebay. I did things a little different than my first project. This time I used a table saw to cut these toms in half. These are now 4" tall toms.

I used an L bracket to support the circle of MDF board.

I used the lower lug screw to attach the L brackets.

I will use some 3/8" hose for trim on the bottom of the drum. $12.00 for 25'

I cut a slit on one side of the rubber hose and pushed it over the bottom edge of the drum.

I cut a circle slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the drum shell with a router. I also needed to cut notches in the areas of the L brackets.

I'm also going to cut some holes in this 3/4" MDF circle and paint it black.

I cut some evenly spaced 3" circular holes. I also drilled a 7/8" hole partially through the MDF and then drilled the rest of the way with a 3/8" drill bit for the 1/4" jack.

I painted the inside of the drum shell black and attached the MDF circle to the L brackets from the bottom with screws.

I'm going to use a large flat washer, flat head 1/4" screw, nuts and washers to make an adjustable sensor support.

Added some double sided foam tape to the flat washer. I removed some tape in the area of the screw because the screw was raised slightly higher than the washer. I needed a flat surface.

I added a circle of plastic so I would have a better surface for the piezo sensor.

Added 27 mm piezo sensor, 1.5" x 1" x 1" foam block and 1/4" jack. Made adjustments so the foam block would be 1/8" above the drum shell rim.

If you don't want to use foam blocks. You can also make foam cones from the foam sanding blocks.