The early kick drums were made from wood. Back in the day big band sounds were really popular and room for 4 or 5 drummers was not possible. They needed a way to save space and the drum pedal way the answer. Now drum pedals are made from metal. I have some friends who are drummers and they have broken the metal ones kicking too hard. The wooden drum pedal I designed is for someone sitting on a suit case or cajon and stepping with their heal.
Start by downloading my hand-written parts PDF and then follow the photos/captions below.
Attach sides to base
Use the hinge to reconnect the foot pedal
Attach the small 5 inch piece of scrap to the front of the pedal, this should stick out about 1 1/2 inches
Place the pedal on top of the base, secure with 2 screws at the heal of the pedal
Slide the dowel into one side of the side piece.
Slide the beater holder on with the courier facing away from you. Small piece that holds the rubber band goes on the end. You will need to counter sink and drill them into place when you get them into the correct position.
Here is the correct position. I would wait to screw on the beater piece until closer to the end when the extent in is connected. See the small hole in the scrap wood attach the connected there.
Now connect both pieces and secure the beater holder. The holes need to be big enough on the connecter that they move freely but small enough to stay on the screw.
To make the beater I drilled a hole in a piece of 2 x 2 and sanded it.. The beater could be anything a spoon, no rules here.
Attach the cup hook, I used an eye hook and cut some out be use that's what I had.
lol, I know it looks like 10 pickups , . but there's actually only 6 (4 humbuckers and 2 singles.) ps ... i lost 10 years off my life , half a head of hair , and 13 pounds wiring the friggan thing . lol.
Sure thing!! Hey that stand up bass you made for the contest was freeekin cool. I have a large army trunk that might make a good bass. If I need help on the measurements for the scale and bridge I might message you if that's ok? Really I loved your entry.
I think it'd be better if I had access to the dimensioning workbench before trying to make up the printouts.. Its not part of this AppImage and I don't have better access to the newer versions right now..
FreeCad is free open source and I have found it to be plenty workable, its been around a while so there are videos on youtube... Is how I learned it ( although I am familiar with the Blender 3D modeler and various art programs already.. inkscape, ilustrator, photoshop, GIMP, MagicaVoxel ... I'm a media design geek stuck working support desk :-D )
But still - getting it to spit out something like a blue print is a little beyond my ken right now, but if you download FreeCAD and pull up the file you can get all the measurements and such.
Especially kickdrum.fcstd, which has the parts laid out flat...
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