Drum Pedal: Making my own direct drive

[@joshtaylor6086]

I'm impressed. Nice job.

[@rullisdownhill4247]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!! you inspired me to try to make my own direct drive

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

yeah sounds awesome!

[@PRIELATV]

Cant believe this video is not getting million views!

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

feel free to share :D

[@adenindra2506]

Is the schematic could applied to tama iron cobra?

[@adenindra2506]

Wow! Can i have the schematic? I want try to make it for my iron cobra 😁

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

@@adenindra2506 Since it was a lot of work to come up with it how much would you be willing to pay?

[@liampink8704]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought of this.

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

Did you make it?

[@liampink8704]

@@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676 nah but definitly gonna give it a go. Was thinking about doing it then searched it to find this. 👍🏼

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

The Stilo Stig Cool! I would recommend to use bigger bearings then I did to make it a bit more sturdy. I would love to see some fotos when it’s finished.

[@liampink8704]

@@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676 yeah. I'm gonna try and modify my lower end double bass drum pedal so I'll just be making the direct drive but not the whole pedal. I'll see what I can come up with.

[@liampink8704]

@@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676 ah good point never really thought of bearings. Any recommendations?

[@zepa9]

Congratulations for work. Show! I also do my pedal modifications.

[@vitunpelle602]

3:17 Nice Wormrot shirt dude! \m/

[@MrE1981]

What are the ID and OD of those ball bearings?

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

The bearing has the short mark 623 - ZZ. It is the short mark of the german company INA FAG which is international so you should be able to find them. The important dimensions are 10mm on the outside, 3mm on the inside and its 4mm thick. But to be honest i would chose bigger bearings. these hold up but are a bit wobbly and the max of 3 mm for the axle makes the axle a critical point. Hope this is helpful

[@jeremiahdavis7904]

As a machinist, I am equally bothered and impressed by your end result, all together it seems to do its job

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

jeremiah davis yeah there are some things that bother me as well. Most of the things that bother me are due to decision based on the material I got at my local hardware store and my making skills and experience at that time. I am working on a plan for a new one. Out of curiosity what bothered you. I’d like to know maybe there are some points I didn’t think of just yet.

[@jeremiahdavis7904]

I was mostly bothered by the lack of inherent precision, mostly due to it being done by hand, and the material of choice seemed like it would be prone to pretty immediate wear even if it had been an excessively perfect fit to start. If I were to do it myself, I would use a slightly less hard steel than the drive shaft itsself and use a multi- fastener or hinged locking clamp sort of attachment for the shaft/beater attachment and a steel drive bar with brass bushings/bearings

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

jeremiah davis honestly I am pretty surprised with how well it holds up. I too expected it to wear out way faster but it’s still okayish. The hinged locking clamp seems to be interesting. I was hesitant to use steel because it weighs more than Aluminium and if I don’t find a stainless steel I would have to use some sort of varnish to protect it from corrosion I guess also I was kind of fixated on using Aluminium because most commercially available pedals use Aluminium. But as I said I am planning on redoing it and i am glad for everyone who has cool ideas that i can implement in the new build. To the lack of precision I think you can be pretty precise with hand tools (e.g. clickspring). Not saying that I am but since I don’t have the money (yet) to buy more expensive tools I kind of training my filing skills. But still my drills are pretty far from precise.

[@usdms13]

beautiful! well done

[@christophergay7337]

where did you download the schematic you were cutting out with scissors at the beginning of the video?i need that too

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

Hey i am an engineer so i designed this whole thing myself.

[@stannc5243]

You are Jeff Loomis! :))

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

nice work.

[@po5541]

Wow amazing job

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

P O thanks

[@adrianmickles833]

I have axis long boards And I’d loooooove them. But if much rather have a double pedal set up of your pedals. (If you ever do produce some to sell and they aren’t psycho expensive let me know. I think I paid used for my axis pedals... maybe $450.

[@sebastianialvarado7152]

Great job!!!!! ImI

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

thanks man

[@davidsantiago5202]

would you sell the project or make it available?

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

David ddrums hey man i don’t sell the project itself because it’s handmade and the price I had to take would be to much. The plans are very adapted to my original pedal so they wouldn’t be to useful for your pedal. If you really want to build one yourself my advise would be to make cardboard prototypes to get the right measurements and use bigger bearings than I did for this one.

[@rolandedrummer9723]

You don't need safety glasses if you wear safety contacts.

[@martinp.8781]

Hello, I think it's excellent, can you pass me the plans? I want to make a pair for my iron cobra, pleaseeee :c

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

hey man i have a hard time giving away my plans because i really don't know to whom i'm giving the plans to. I am just a maker with a very small account and the chance that someone takes them publish them wildly without giving me credit and thereby screwing me over is not worth it. Besides these plans are designed to work with my footpedal which is not an iron cobra so you'd have to redesign it anyway. This video is more of an inspiration. So just try and make your own and feel free to ask if you have any specific questions.

[@chelcooficial8842]

What material are the pieces? please answer me I'm desperate to do it a month ago!

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

Hey the parts i made myself are all out of aluminium i got at the hardware store (12mm*12mm). The bearings and the screws i just bought online and they are normparts.

[@chelcooficial8842]

+Hewitt Brothers Manufacture thank you very much! I'm going to get the aluminum then

[@chelcooficial8842]

+Hewitt Brothers Manufacture Can not you pass me the measurements of the pieces? the long

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

okay the lenght of the link is 95 mm between the centers of the holes where the bearings are in. the bearings have a diameter of 10mm. so with a bit of material on the side of the bearing the total length is 107 mm which is good for my pedal.

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

the rest of the parts are very adapted to my pedal which is very customized. Before i made the parts out of aluminium i made a couple of models out of cardboard to figure out some of the measurements. The part above the link is about 70 mm long and the part that is screwed to the pedalboard is about 50 mm long

[@chelcooficial8842]

omg!!!!!!

[@ozkarmaldonado6927]

Hats off to you my friend, can you please sell me some of those, I'm from Mexico and I would like to buy. Is it possible? I have a pair of Tama iron cobra 200

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

hey man thanks for the kind words and your interest in these. The problem is that i don't really do production work as of yet. Meaning these are prototypes. Allthough they would kind of work with iron cobras depending on your beater attachement. Nonetheless ACD unlimited offeres various uprades to various pedals (www.acd-unlimited.at/english/onlineshop/upgrades/) And also provides you with installation videos (just search for ACD unlimited). You can also contact him directly.

[@azrafel6664]

This is amazing....good work, brother!! If I want you to make me these for Iron Cobra Double Pedals, how much (money) will you take then?

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

Thanks man. To your question: None :D, just make them. I don´t own any copyright or something for this one. And i am for sure not the only one who ever something like this.

[@JoeyRam.]

@@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676 Acd-unlimited do what you did...is not a sin to be creative and customize something if is your own design, I don't see any problem. Just like customize cars for living...need no copyright because you are not coping. Instruct yourself about it and make some money.

[@Nefville]

Am I watching a Palantir in the tower of Orthanc? JK nice work!

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

Nefarion 😄 thanks

[@Ezraph2001]

ASMR

[@matenorth]

WOW!! Thanks for inspiring me to not even try, haha. Make your own line of pedals and sell them for 1200$ each pair like the copyto and darwin ones.

[@urielfuentes1700]

Gran trabajo y por pura casualidad tendrás los dibujos de las piezas o algún molde. Soy tornero y me quiero dar una idea de cómo fabricarlos. Exelente trabajo muy bueno... saludos

[@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676]

hey man since i don`t speak spanish I am just going to assume that my translator is translating correct. First of all thanks man. Second of all this direkt drive is very customized for my pedal. But i started with templates out of cardboard and took measurements and sizes of it to have orientation. However i would do things differently now that i have used it for a while. For one I would use bigger bearings and also i would do the mount on the axis differently. Hope I could help you out a bit.

[@urielfuentes1700]

@@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676 excellent work you will have plans

[@urielfuentes1700]

@@hewittbrothersmanufacture7676 dont worry bout is a very exelent.

[@hernanpereiravillanueva1768]

Usa guantes aweonao