Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Matt,
    I think they are stapled shut. Pry back the  overlapping rubber of the 
head surface w/ your thumb. This will expose a staple  that is holding the 
plastic shell to the wood top. Gently work a mini  screwdriver or any thin pry tool 
between the staple and shell. Repeat these  steps until you pull out all 
staples. The shells are brittle near the edges so  work slow. After you reconnect 
the wire to the pickup (That is why you're  going in, right?) you can recycle 
the staples by tapping them back into  their holes or replace them w/ new by 
tapping them in with a tacking hammer. The  blow from a staple gun may crack 
the shell. Or you can drill pilot holes for  small screws and drive some in. The 
screw heads will be covered by the rubber. I  hope my guess is right. The 
SDS-1s are constructed this way and I assume your  pads are the same build.



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if you want to stable with a gun 
keep a piece off cardboard between the surface and the stablegun
after stabling (is this correct English) you remove the cardboard
this keeps the impact of the stablegun low

good luck
BERK!
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>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>From: sovereigng@...
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:15:58 EDT
>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Opening SDS9 Pads.
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
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>
>Matt,
>    I think they are stapled shut. Pry back the  overlapping rubber of the
>
>head surface w/ your thumb. This will expose a staple  that is holding the
>
>plastic shell to the wood top. Gently work a mini  screwdriver or any thin
>pry tool 
>between the staple and shell. Repeat these  steps until you pull out all
>
>staples. The shells are brittle near the edges so  work slow. After you
reconnect
>
>the wire to the pickup (That is why you're  going in, right?) you can recycle
>
>the staples by tapping them back into  their holes or replace them w/ new
>by 
>tapping them in with a tacking hammer. The  blow from a staple gun may crack
>
>the shell. Or you can drill pilot holes for  small screws and drive some
>in. The 
>screw heads will be covered by the rubber. I  hope my guess is right. The
>
>SDS-1s are constructed this way and I assume your  pads are the same build.
>
>
>
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Autsch!
Simply stick your finger into the hole for the tom arm and press the
shell to the outside. If it does not come of completely, use anything
wooden or plastic to make the shell to come of without damaging the
plastic hooks of the shell, but better no metal screwdriver

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, sovereigng@... wrote:
>
> Matt,
>     I think they are stapled shut. Pry back the  overlapping rubber
of the 
> head surface w/ your thumb. This will expose a staple  that is
holding the 
> plastic shell to the wood top. Gently work a mini  screwdriver or
any thin pry tool 
> between the staple and shell. Repeat these  steps until you pull out
all 
> staples. The shells are brittle near the edges so  work slow. After
you reconnect 
> the wire to the pickup (That is why you're  going in, right?) you
can recycle 
> the staples by tapping them back into  their holes or replace them
w/ new by 
> tapping them in with a tacking hammer. The  blow from a staple gun
may crack 
> the shell. Or you can drill pilot holes for  small screws and drive
some in. The 
> screw heads will be covered by the rubber. I  hope my guess is
right. The 
> SDS-1s are constructed this way and I assume your  pads are the same
build.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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The stapled ones are SDS7 and SDS1. SDS9s have the black plastic frame and a coloured bottom. As superwolle recommends on his page, insert finger into tom holder hole and press against the coloured hex cover from the inside. There are some plastic noses, pray, that they don't break. 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sovereigng@... 
  To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 6:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Opening SDS9 Pads.


  Matt,
  I think they are stapled shut. Pry back the overlapping rubber of the 
  head surface w/ your thumb. This will expose a staple that is holding the 
  plastic shell to the wood top. Gently work a mini screwdriver or any thin pry tool 
  between the staple and shell. Repeat these steps until you pull out all 
  staples. The shells are brittle near the edges so work slow. After you reconnect 
  the wire to the pickup (That is why you're going in, right?) you can recycle 
  the staples by tapping them back into their holes or replace them w/ new by 
  tapping them in with a tacking hammer. The blow from a staple gun may crack 
  the shell. Or you can drill pilot holes for small screws and drive some in. The 
  screw heads will be covered by the rubber. I hope my guess is right. The 
  SDS-1s are constructed this way and I assume your pads are the same build.

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Thanks everyone, I thought that was the case but just didn't want 
break the shell. 

Cheers,

Matt.

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70" 
<superwolle70@...> wrote:
>
> Autsch!
> Simply stick your finger into the hole for the tom arm and press 
the
> shell to the outside. If it does not come of completely, use 
anything
> wooden or plastic to make the shell to come of without damaging the
> plastic hooks of the shell, but better no metal screwdriver
> 
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, sovereigng@ wrote:
> >
> > Matt,
> >     I think they are stapled shut. Pry back the  overlapping 
rubber
> of the 
> > head surface w/ your thumb. This will expose a staple  that is
> holding the 
> > plastic shell to the wood top. Gently work a mini  screwdriver or
> any thin pry tool 
> > between the staple and shell. Repeat these  steps until you pull 
out
> all 
> > staples. The shells are brittle near the edges so  work slow. 
After
> you reconnect 
> > the wire to the pickup (That is why you're  going in, right?) you
> can recycle 
> > the staples by tapping them back into  their holes or replace 
them
> w/ new by 
> > tapping them in with a tacking hammer. The  blow from a staple 
gun
> may crack 
> > the shell. Or you can drill pilot holes for  small screws and 
drive
> some in. The 
> > screw heads will be covered by the rubber. I  hope my guess is
> right. The 
> > SDS-1s are constructed this way and I assume your  pads are the 
same

> build.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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I second that... But I think I restapled my SDS-1's after fixing them. Or 
maybe I just squeezed the shell back on and decided to leave it like that...

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To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Opening SDS9 Pads.


> Matt,
>    I think they are stapled shut. Pry back the  overlapping rubber of the
> head surface w/ your thumb. This will expose a staple  that is holding the
> plastic shell to the wood top. Gently work a mini  screwdriver or any thin 
> pry tool
> between the staple and shell. Repeat these  steps until you pull out all
> staples. The shells are brittle near the edges so  work slow. After you 
> reconnect
> the wire to the pickup (That is why you're  going in, right?) you can 
> recycle
> the staples by tapping them back into  their holes or replace them w/ new 
> by
> tapping them in with a tacking hammer. The  blow from a staple gun may 
> crack
> the shell. Or you can drill pilot holes for  small screws and drive some 
> in. The
> screw heads will be covered by the rubber. I  hope my guess is right. The
> SDS-1s are constructed this way and I assume your  pads are the same 
> build.
>
>
>
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> http://www.aol.com.
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