Placa en el Macho •∞• X-Ray film on Macho

[buckoh]

Mark, nice playing and nice sounding macho! I just scored 2 x-ray sheets in Havana from Airel, the bongocero/conguero in Grupo Santiago & Havana. I met them in the Bar Monserrate where they became my favorite band for 2 weeks. Ariel said to use a thin coating of grease between 2 sheets to hold them together and then draw an oversized circle, cut it out and then make evenly spaced cuts from the outside toward the center but, not so far that they'll interfere with the bearing edge. I don't know the reason for 2 sheets. That's what he recommended. Years ago I mounted a single on my Mienl and loved it. I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm planning on putting them on my Gon Bops Californias. Buck

[FidelsEyeglasses]

Mark, nice playing and nice sounding macho! I just scored 2 x-ray sheets in Havana from Airel, the bongocero/conguero in Grupo Santiago & Havana. I met them in the Bar Monserrate where they became my favorite band for 2 weeks. Ariel said to use a thin coating of grease between 2 sheets to hold them together and then draw an oversized circle, cut it out and then make evenly spaced cuts from the outside toward the center but, not so far that they'll interfere with the bearing edge. I don't know the reason for 2 sheets. That's what he recommended. Years ago I mounted a single on my Mienl and loved it. I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm planning on putting them on my Gon Bops Californias. Buck

Great buckoh, thanks for the tips.. very interesting, "a thin coating of grease between 2 sheets" and Isaac's "put 'em in the oven"... sounds like we're baking cakes.
Re: grease between each film, now when I think about it... I seem to remember the "EM-RAYS" had what I thought looked like slight oil/liquid spots between the plys.
Thanks for the info buckoh.

M.

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