Drum Cases

A friend of mine recently asked me if he could see some of the drums I had made. As it was a practice day, they were in my vehicle, so I invited him to step out to where I was parked and have a look. As I pulled the drums out to allow him to inspect them I noticed that the edges of the heads of my shime were getting scuffed up bringing them back and forth to class every week. By nature and design they're fairly durable critters and I'm not the type to baby them unnecessarily, but it occurred to me that these scuffs and scratches would accumulate over time and that the combined effect wouldn't be desirable.

So I decided it was time to make cases.

Determined to not spend any significant amount of money on these cases, as I've been spending plenty on all these drums I've been making, I decided to use left-over materials I've had lying around from previous projects. I had some upholstery fabric tucked away, webbing left over from various things, and my wife donated some left over flannel and batting she had from a quilting project for padding and lining.

Here's the finished product. The images aren't great, as I took them with my phone. I swear I'm going to do a real photo shoot and get some high quality images sometime soon.

The under flap has a handle on it which sticks up through a hole in the outer flap. The outer flap is affixed to the under with a strip of industrial strength Velcro, and the short edges of the outer flap also Velcro to the body of the case making the whole thing fairly stout.

As mentioned above, it's fully lined and there's padding between the lining and the shell throughout.

I made two of these on this design. I have since decided that some alterations to the design are in order. I'll let you know how they work.