The Vistalite project - Part 2

So the Vistalite kit is on it's way to completion.. kind of. The acrylic adhesive did the trick on the floor tom and the bond on the seam is good and strong. The join still looks a mess, but wet sanding and buffing it out could cause problems by weakening the join. I'm gonna get on with finishing the rest of the kit, and if it still bugs me i'll do something about it, but really it's only cosmetic. I couldn't resist quickly throwing a head and the hoop on, just to see how it looked.. its damn sexy..

The bearing edges still need doing, which i'm gonna try and get done as soon as. With regards to fitting resonant heads and so on, I was under the impression that the resonant lugs would have to be in line with the batter side lugs. I asked around and a couple of people set me straight, the resonant lugs can be offset from the batter side, it has no adverse effect on tuning or anything. This means that the postioning of the legs on the floor tom aren't an issue, which will save work and money as I thought the best plan might be to use it as a floating tom attached to a cymbal stand or something, but I won't do this now. So I need to grab hoops, heads, lugs, and tension rods for the toms, and some tension rods for the kick, and just sort out the bearing edges and the kit should be all good. Though i'll be giving it a reet good polish as well. More pics..

Cool.

Will.