On Jan 17, 3:35*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
"RicodJour" wrote



I know exactly zero about drums, so take this with a shaker of salt
(preferably with a few lemons and a bottle of tequila), and I have no
idea about drum sizing, so this may be totally off the wall, but could
you use a section of plastic sewer pipe, wrap veneer around it and
vacuum bag the sucker?

Wouldn't work, I believe.

In using vacuum bagging, the pressure pushes layers together or into a
shaped form. *In this case, the pressing together tighter would also need to
coil the veneer tighter, rotating around the jig. *Unless you had a way to
rotate the veneers as you bagged it, it would not allow the veneer to be
compressed against the other layers.

It might work if each layer was separate from the other layers, so there was
only a short overlap, or no overlap.

When a drum is built using veneers, it has glue applied, and tightened and
held tight as it is rolled around the form.

Yeah, I can see that is an issue. Leaving 'contraction space' so the
veneer meeting edges would just touch as the vaccum was applied would
also be difficult. What about laying up the veneers inside the sewer
pipe and using a pneumatic bladder to press the veneer against the
pipe?

R