Cymbal Cutting/Modification

In this video, I took a crash that I had cracked and cut it down one inch to see the difference and taking out the crack.

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[snareplayr23]

What are you using to cut? Are those just plain steel snips?

[Sc0ttPrian]

@snareplayr23 yes.

[roatking]

i've tried to repair old cymbals.. welding doesnt work... kills tone. drilling the end of a crack lasts a while. draw a good line, tin snips, a file, good heavy wet/dry sandpaper helps a lot. i've only taken wide lip chinas and big crashes down, so i dont know much about sound. i broke an 18 A zildjian rock crash to 16.5 to 12" rock crash, and now it's very bell like, or heavy crashy spash sounding. works good between chinas in slow metal shit. hope that helped.

[Sc0ttPrian]

@roatking its good to hear from others using the same techniques :)

[jayisamazazing]

did useing those metal cutter sissors cut it good or did it crack or fracture the cymbal any more?

[Sc0ttPrian]

@jayisamazazing they worked perfectly. years later, the cymbal is fine.

[roatking]

@jayisamazazing if you're just shaving the radius all around, 1/2" or so, it's fine. but if you wanna take a chunk out of a b20 cymbal, take your time, and snip off as much as you cut into it... if you take 1" from the radius, cut 1" into the circumfrence of it, then cut it, and repeat. takes time, but it beats shelling out 200 bucks for a new cymbal. don't rush it, i have, and it can make new cracks. and smooth it out, don't wanna do a catch and slice yourself. :)

[roatking]

@Sc0ttPrian gotta learn to do, with the budget we're (at least i'm) on!

[Sc0ttPrian]

@a1gold174 still interested in buying? haha

[Huargos1]

@Sc0ttPrian hmmm made me wonder i think ur righti have a cracked cymbal just now i guess try ur technique for the sake of it lol thx 4 replying XD