Now the Swing nut can mount flush to the top of the SC-RBA on top of my vertical pipes...
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I have been using an Aquarian Cymbal Spring on my china for a couple years now and I recently got Gibraltar Swing Nuts for my ride and crash cymbals. I love the cymbal spring for the added movement and the reduction of stress on the china , and I love the Swing Nuts for their speed/ease of setup and breakdown. What I don't like about either of them is the fact that they look UGLY (in my opinion) on cymbal stands coming out of my vertical rack pipes.
If a straight stand coming directly out of a vertical rack pipe is sitting all the way down inside the pipe, then you have like 3 to 5 inches between the top of the rack pipe clamp (Gibraltar # SC-RBA) and the cymbal. With an add-on like a Cymbal Spring or a Swing Nut (which are designed to mount on TOP of a cymbal stand) you end up with like 6 to 10 inches between there, which to me looks REALLY stupid.
I figured out that I could mount the base of the Cymbal Spring directly inside the SC-RBA, eliminating the cymbal boom altogether (which works great), but the Swing Nuts were a different story.
I ended up taking rack clamp wing nuts...
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cutting off the wings...
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grinding them smooth...
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screwing in a bolt of the correct thread (as it is the same thread as a cymbal stand and therefor the Swing Nut), all the way and then cutting off the bolt head...
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and then screwing on the Swing Nut...
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Last edited by PerryGoRound; 02-07-2017 at 12:29 PM. Reason: spelling
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Now the Swing nut can mount flush to the top of the SC-RBA on top of my vertical pipes...
16508733_10202935222657911_2394476952360115654_n.jpg
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Very creative!
I appreciate clean looks for sure, as most of us know.
When a stand or tube is to long I won't hesitate to cut it down to a nice clean length.
Nice work
Great job! Drummers are a creative lot!
-Brian
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nice work, i never cared for the look of cymbal springs too much. I like the swing nuts but haven't used any yet
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Nice work.
Here is a pic of the Cymbal Spring...
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