While I'm waiting...

I'm still waiting for the floor tom to come from eBay to put finish my "bass" drum. In the meantime I've been refinishing the toms. I was going to recover them, but the cost of the wrap put me over my budget. The toms are made of mahogany and they are a little rough. I was wondering what to do with them, then I remembered the Craviotto Cherry/walnut set I saw in an ad.

I like the dark bottom half with the orangish top.

The shell I already have for my bass tom has a finish on it that is sort of greenish/gold. I have some Behr deck and fence stain that is sort of orange so I used it on the toms. I'll take the wrap off the tom that is on the way and finish it the same and inlay a pattern between them to hide the seam. I stained the toms yesterday and I 've put on a couple of coats of poly. I'm hoping they will turn out similar to the Craviotto's.

I also reversed the beater on the pedal so it will hit upward now. It seems to work well. I post some pictures of the drums when they are further along.