# Supplier RFQ — Bass Surface Drum Quote-ready text. Copy/paste into a supplier email; fill in delivery address and lead-time preferences. --- ## RFQ — Sheet stock and laser-cut parts Hi [supplier], We are prototyping a 800 mm-diameter sheet-metal frame drum. Please quote the following parts, all in cold-rolled steel (1008 or 1018 equivalent): ### Item 1 — Frame blank (1 piece) - Cold-rolled steel sheet, 16 ga (1.5 mm) - Cut to size: **2600 × 150 mm** - Deburred edges - Grain direction: along the long axis ### Item 2 — Clamp ring (1 piece, laser-cut) - Cold-rolled steel plate, 3/16" (4 mm) - Cut to annulus shape: OD 870 mm, ID 770 mm - 6× Ø11 mm holes on a 850 mm PCD, evenly spaced at 60° - 1× small index notch on OD (provided on DXF) - DXF attached ### Item 3 — Lug bracket blanks (1 sheet, 6 parts nested, laser-cut) - Cold-rolled steel sheet, 11 ga (3 mm) - 1× sheet: 500 × 250 mm with 6 L-bracket outlines nested per attached DXF - Each outline: 80 × 70 mm with 1× Ø11 mm hole ### Hardware - 6× M10 × 35 mm hex bolts, grade 8.8, zinc-plated - 12× M10 flat washers, zinc-plated - 6× M10 nylon-insert hex locknuts, zinc-plated ### Delivery - Ship to: [address] - Need by: [date], ideally 5 business days from receipt of PO Please confirm: - Total quoted price (USD, materials + cutting + freight) - Lead time - Any minimum-order surcharges - Whether DXF files included with this RFQ are usable as-is or need format conversion Thanks, [name] --- ## RFQ — Natural hide head Hi [hide supplier], We are prototyping a bass frame drum and need a **thick raw steerhide** for the head. Please quote: ### Item — Raw steerhide blank, 1 piece - Material: raw (untanned) steerhide, hair-off and lime-bated, OR rawhide with hair attached (both options acceptable — please quote both) - Thickness: **1.5–2.0 mm** (uniform across the blank if possible) - Shape: round, **1000 mm diameter** (or square 1000 × 1000 from which I will cut my own round) - Quantity: **1** - Condition: shipped flat or rolled, not folded; lightly damp or dry Please confirm: - Origin/sourcing notes if available (preference for North American hides) - Lead time - Quote for both hair-on and hair-off variants if both are available - Shipping method (rolled tube preferred over folded) Thanks, [name]