Made in USA / 6061
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6061 Parts |
Why Wood Hoops? |
Configurations |
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11 parts. That’s all it takes.
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Or 6 parts for a lug like this.
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Or 16 parts for this custom guy.
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Hex Set Screws hold the Tube in the Nodes.
Backing Screws with Lockwashers and Washers hold the completed Lug to the shell. The Hex Set Screws, which hold the Tube in place in the Nodes, use the same holes that the Backing Screws use to hold the Lug to the drum shell.
All 6061 Lugs are made up of at least one Tube and at least one Node along with screws and washers to hold everything together. Each component supplied with these lugs are made in the United States of America. 🇺🇸
Nodes
It’s important to get your Nodes right. At first, we were going to call these “tom/snare” and “bass” Lugs. It turns out that there are so many exceptions to the rules—such as wood hoops using claws like bass drums on snare drums require Tall Lugs and you’d need Short Lugs closer to the shell if your 20” bass drum wore a 2.3mm triple-flanged tom hoop—so we have “Short” and “Tall” nodes to keep them apart. Again, this has to do with how close or far away from the shell that the Nodes place the Tubes, not how long the Tubes or overall Lugs are.
It’s easy to tell them apart as the Short Nodes have just one bump where as the Tall Nodes have two bumps. Stick around and you’ll see something with three!
It’s easy to tell them apart as the Short Nodes have just one bump where as the Tall Nodes have two bumps. Stick around and you’ll see something with three!
Next, some of the Nodes are drilled only part way so that a Tube locks in at a fixed distance whereas others are drilled clear through so that a Tube can pass through. These are called Pocket Nodes and Through Nodes.
TubesThese cylinders of tubular goodness are currently offered in 3 standard lengths: 1.25”, 2.5” and 3.5” along with a specialty 0.875” length to make a single Pocket-Node Lug presenting a ¼” Reveal — more on that term later. If a Tube is in a Pocket Node, the Lug can only accept one tension rod, but if both ends are exposed, it can accept two tension rods. It can be confusing to say Single Lug or Double Lug (does that mean one lug with two rods, or two lugs on the drum end-to-end?), so our part number system just deals with the numbers of tension rods that the Lug accepts.
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Reveal and PositionReveal is a special word thrown around descriptions of these new Lugs. It simply refers to just how much a Tube is peeking out from the Node, that is, how much of the Tube do you see between the Node and the end of the tube? Since you can slide the Tubes in and out of the Nodes, there are some common looks, plus some custom ways to put these together.
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Sometimes instead of indicating how much of the Tube is seen, it’s best to designate where on the Tube the Node lives. The Nodes might live in the middle of the Tube, or somehow Off-Center.
Location
Different from Position, which is where Nodes and Tubes are situated, Location has to do with the location of the Lug itself or how the Lug is mounted upon the shell. Although this last component of Lug part numbers is optional when it comes to ordering parts to retro-fit your own drum, when you’re placing an order for a new drum, think of it as, “Style of Installation,” as it informs us of where you want it mounted to the shell.
Note: don’t confuse Position with Location. To clarify this, refer to the end of the next item, “What’s your number?”
Note: don’t confuse Position with Location. To clarify this, refer to the end of the next item, “What’s your number?”
What's your number?
Our goofy-looking lug part numbers are really just codes for how many of which parts are used to make your Lugs. Once you get the hang of them, they’re really easy to read.
6061 Part Number Key
Height |
Kind of Node(s) |
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Tube Length |
# of ends of the Tube |
Tube position or Reveal |
(space) |
Style of Installation |
S = Short |
P = Pocket |
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875 = ⅞" |
0 (only w/PP nodes) |
SH = Short Reveal |
Concert |
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T = Tall |
T = Through |
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125 = 1¼" |
1 = single ended |
ST = Standard Reveal |
Split |
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250 = 2½" |
2 = double ended |
FL = Flush |
Split Offset |
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350 = 3½" |
TU = No reveal (for Tupans) |
Centered |
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CN = Centered Tube |
Off-Center |
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OC = Off-Center (specify) |
Alternating |
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CU = Custom (specify) |
Custom |
Height
To start, since a Lug with multiple Nodes will always use the same height Node, each part number starts with a single “S” for Short Node or “T” for Tall Node.
Kind of Node(s)
Next is a “P" for Pocket Node or “T” for Through Node with “PT” or “TT” for two Nodes, though rarely “PP” could show up. You could actually fit 3 Nodes on a long tube if you wanted that look.
Then the part number has a dash.
Tube Length / # of ends of the Tube
The next element of the part numbers has two parts: 1) the first 3 digits refer to the tube length then 2) there’s a single digit that shows the number of ends that accept tension rods, such as 1251, 2502, 3502. Part numbers with these digits, respectively, would indicate a 1.25” single-ended Tube then a 2.5” two-ended Tube followed by a two-ended 3.5” Tube.
Tube position or Reveal
Next has to do with the Reveal, or how much of the Tube is sticking out of the Node. In other words this position of the part number tells you where the Node lives on the Tube. There are 7 codes here: SH for Short Reveal where about ¼” of the Tube protrudes from the Node, ST for Standard Reveal where about 5/8” of the Tube is seen, FL for Flush Reveal where the end of the tube is even with the hole on the Through Node, then TU for No Reveal — this rare one is used on our Tupan drums (hence the name) with two Pocket Nodes. Some Position possibilities are CN for Centered, where the Node is in the middle of the Tube, OC for Off-Center placement (though please do describe how you want it positioned if you’re ordering a drum with this design), then CU for Custom where your design doesn’t fit any of the above (again, please describe in your order). For clarity's sake, two of these descriptors can be used such as STOC indicating a Standard Reveal where the Node remains Off-Center on the Tube.
After that, the part number has a space.
Style of Installation
The last element, the "Style of Installation," has to do with where on the drum the Lug goes on the drum itself. Concert is for one-sided drums like Concert Toms. Split is where the top head and bottom head each gets its own Lugs. In other words, a “6-Lug” tom gets 12 Split Lugs. Split Offset is like Split Lugs, but where the bottom lugs don’t line up with the top. Think Zig-Zag or the bottom Lugs are all 1” to the right of the top Lugs. Please specify how you envision this if you pick this style. Centered has to do with placing the Lug so that the Tube is in the middle of the shell, regardless of where the Node(s) live(s), and the tension rods from the top and from the bottom head each are the same distance from the Tube. Off-Centered placement would be that the Lug is closer to one head or the other, thus requiring different lengths of tension rods. Please specify. Alternating has to do with a lug style flipping over one after the other, and again, do specify what you have in mind. Custom is for whatever else you come up with that doesn’t fit anything above.
To start, since a Lug with multiple Nodes will always use the same height Node, each part number starts with a single “S” for Short Node or “T” for Tall Node.
Kind of Node(s)
Next is a “P" for Pocket Node or “T” for Through Node with “PT” or “TT” for two Nodes, though rarely “PP” could show up. You could actually fit 3 Nodes on a long tube if you wanted that look.
Then the part number has a dash.
Tube Length / # of ends of the Tube
The next element of the part numbers has two parts: 1) the first 3 digits refer to the tube length then 2) there’s a single digit that shows the number of ends that accept tension rods, such as 1251, 2502, 3502. Part numbers with these digits, respectively, would indicate a 1.25” single-ended Tube then a 2.5” two-ended Tube followed by a two-ended 3.5” Tube.
Tube position or Reveal
Next has to do with the Reveal, or how much of the Tube is sticking out of the Node. In other words this position of the part number tells you where the Node lives on the Tube. There are 7 codes here: SH for Short Reveal where about ¼” of the Tube protrudes from the Node, ST for Standard Reveal where about 5/8” of the Tube is seen, FL for Flush Reveal where the end of the tube is even with the hole on the Through Node, then TU for No Reveal — this rare one is used on our Tupan drums (hence the name) with two Pocket Nodes. Some Position possibilities are CN for Centered, where the Node is in the middle of the Tube, OC for Off-Center placement (though please do describe how you want it positioned if you’re ordering a drum with this design), then CU for Custom where your design doesn’t fit any of the above (again, please describe in your order). For clarity's sake, two of these descriptors can be used such as STOC indicating a Standard Reveal where the Node remains Off-Center on the Tube.
After that, the part number has a space.
Style of Installation
The last element, the "Style of Installation," has to do with where on the drum the Lug goes on the drum itself. Concert is for one-sided drums like Concert Toms. Split is where the top head and bottom head each gets its own Lugs. In other words, a “6-Lug” tom gets 12 Split Lugs. Split Offset is like Split Lugs, but where the bottom lugs don’t line up with the top. Think Zig-Zag or the bottom Lugs are all 1” to the right of the top Lugs. Please specify how you envision this if you pick this style. Centered has to do with placing the Lug so that the Tube is in the middle of the shell, regardless of where the Node(s) live(s), and the tension rods from the top and from the bottom head each are the same distance from the Tube. Off-Centered placement would be that the Lug is closer to one head or the other, thus requiring different lengths of tension rods. Please specify. Alternating has to do with a lug style flipping over one after the other, and again, do specify what you have in mind. Custom is for whatever else you come up with that doesn’t fit anything above.
You’re doing great tracking all this boosh-wah! Last thing is not to confuse Position with Location.
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You could have a part number that ends “CN Centered.” That’s telling us that the Node is Centered on the Tube and then that you want the whole thing Centered on the shell.
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An Off-Center Lug where the Node is partway up the Tube can be mounted Centered on the shell so that the tube is the same distance from the top head as from the bottom.
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A Centered Lug where, say, a the Node is mounted on the middle of a short Tube, can be mounted Off-Centered on the shell so that the all the batter rods are long and the resonant rods are short. [we need to mock up this example using ST-1252CN lugs on, say, #04420AUSA]
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