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    found an old fleetwood mac vid with a repaired ride cymbal which I took a still from...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Olimpass View Post
    found an old fleetwood mac vid with a repaired ride cymbal which I took a still from...

    fleetwood mac cymbal repair.jpg
    That's very cool! Thanks for posting the screenshot! I'd figure it would of ended up in a pile of other cracked cymbals he had laying around.

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    I paid to have a cymbal plasma cut with the edges smoothed. Worked wonders unit it cracked again on the curve. Hurts thinking about it. It was a nice cymbal.

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    Dang it, Just noticed my 17" K Hybrid has a similar crack in it, actually a tad bigger...aaaarrrrgggghhhhh. I think I know when I cracked it and it is my own fault. damn in 8 years of drumming I have never cracked a cymbal, I buy my expensive dream cymbals and within 3 years 2 of them cracked?
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    One time I tried welding a crack lol Definitely did not work.

    I have several cymbals I want to experiment with. I keep telling myself I'll get to them but never do.
    I'll have to get some out and give it a try.

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    I read this and other threads on broken cymbals and wonder how the hell did I go from my 1st set of Zildjian cymbals in 1961 up to now and never break a cymbal, and all my crashes are medium to thin.

    Exactly how hard do people hit them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickthedrummer View Post
    I read this and other threads on broken cymbals and wonder how the hell did I go from my 1st set of Zildjian cymbals in 1961 up to now and never break a cymbal, and all my crashes are medium to thin.

    Exactly how hard do people hit them?
    I hit like a Gorilla beating his banana

    But it depends what I'm playing. But Rick... I doubt in 1961 thru now you've been in any metal bands lol \m/

    In Jazz and light and Rock I don't swing or play with the aggression I do in my metal music.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SpazApproved View Post
    I hit like a Gorilla beating his banana

    But it depends what I'm playing. But Rick... I doubt in 1961 thru now you've been in any metal bands lol \m/

    In Jazz and light and Rock I don't swing or play with the aggression I do in my metal music.
    While it's true that I haven't played in any "metal" bands, there have been numerous times over the years where I've taken solo's and hit my cymbals pretty hard with the butt end of the stick.

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    Well I was thinking about how I ruined my first cymbal.. a 20" Zildjian..back in my beginning daze as a drumer I could only afford 1 cymbal..so I got this one..and used it as a ride and crash..so I was hitting it hard at times..it all starts with a small crack..then as somone told me..I drilled a hole at the top of the crack to hopefully stop the cracks continued rise up.did not work. Another mistake made by me then was to chuck it out...did not know that it could of been cut down to use as a splash...but of course back in the late sixites..I never heard of a splash.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MDK View Post
    Dang it, Just noticed my 17" K Hybrid has a similar crack in it, actually a tad bigger...aaaarrrrgggghhhhh. I think I know when I cracked it and it is my own fault. damn in 8 years of drumming I have never cracked a cymbal, I buy my expensive dream cymbals and within 3 years 2 of them cracked?
    It looks like the one you ground away came out nice. Just do it again on the other cymbal.
    I have a lot of experience doing that. Not cracking my own cymbals but fixing cracked ones.
    I like using the cutoff wheel on the die grinder like you had pictured. I wouldn't bother with a carbide burr.
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    Well that only last a little over a year..ughhh noticed during last gig both my K hybrids are cracked again and right at the repair point so I guess I will try to sell em. Like to get $100 for both of them, and if not I may try the Dream $1 per inch program. Guess I need to keep my cymbal hitting in check a little more. On the positive side I get to try out my Stagg DH's tomorrow night and if they sound as good at a gig as they do on my practice kit then I may just buy more of those which are much much cheaper.
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    I’m surprised they cracked again. They looked like good repair jobs. Hope you can get decent money for them.
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    Beautiful cymbals. Have you looked into having them professionally cut down?
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