Cracked Cymbals

[fromtheshadows]

after a gig the other day, i notice theres a crack in my lovely pro sonix crash.....i dont know what to do bout it. i dont have the money to replace it right now. andi fear if i carry on playing it how it is the crack might become bigger and thr cymbals become unusable.

is there anything i can do to stop it from crackingm ore and me still be able to use this cymbal. cos i lvoe thr osund of it, and still REALLY want to use it. liek could i put osme sort of tape overit or something?

any answers are good answers

cheers guys

-FTS

[We_Love_Lime]

If you drill it where the end of the crack is, I think it will stop forming.

Or you could cut it down and make it like.. 3 inchs.

[MatthewMeredith]

I vote you cut it down to just the bell....


Or you could drill out the crack, and drill a bunch more holes and make an O-Zone knock off.


Just be very careful when you drill not to make even more cracks... you have to drill at a very high rpm with a drill press and lower it ever so slowly.

[othankheavenfor311]

if you cut it, let me know how you do it because i have a cymbal i want to cut but idk how

[tayeman]

I think the best way is to get a grinder and SMOOTHLY grind the cracked part out; this method only works if the crack is fairly small, unless you want an extremly off balance cymbal. My drum teacher did this to a cracked A custom crash and it still sounded pretty good.

It would look like this:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9310/noremorecracker3.jpg

[Seafroggys]

:(

I am sad. I was looking at my 14" Istanbul Trad cymbal (which was my only crash for awhile, plus has been beat pretty hard by people wanting to play my set) and I noticed the tiniest crack. It was really weird. It was a small radial crack, that goes along with the groove that circles the cymbal. Its barely noticeable. I thought it was just a line, but I started pressing down on it and it bent down behind the crack.

Probably not a big deal, at my old HS the Vintage A Ride that we had had one of those radial cracks at all, it was there as long as I remembered, never got bigger, and it was a beautiful ride.

[Cocaberry]

If the cymbal is still under warranty just mail it to Sabian with a copy of your receipt. As long as the crack isn't ridiculous they'll replace it.

[bpd906]

As stated above, I have seen people grind or cut the cymbal slightly higher than the crack with some success. Hope this helps.

[pitchfork]

Relax, its only a pro sonix, replace it with a wuhan.

[Damo]

If its under warranty take it back
DO NOT PLAY IT ANY FURTHER

[Panopticon]

Relax, its only a pro sonix, replace it with a wuhan.

Why would he replace semi-good cymbals with crap? (imo)

[PMSKnives]

I have a 12" WUHAN china that I just cracked last week. I will take before and after pics of it...I am going to drill the ends of the crack to stop growth....Then I am going to hand hammer it for a diff sound...It is a thin china so any cutting could be done w/a pair of tin snips...

Mark

[Kainen]

I've done the drill hole method and cut off a peice of your cymbal method.. both resulted in slowing the crack, but eventually it continued to grow.

[Futuro]

I have a 12" WUHAN china that I just cracked last week. I will take before and after pics of it...I am going to drill the ends of the crack to stop growth....Then I am going to hand hammer it for a diff sound...It is a thin china so any cutting could be done w/a pair of tin snips...

MarkI crack Wuhan chinas like I eat white bread (And My fridge looks like a wonder bread factory). GC replaces most of those cymbals for free. Have you tried that yet Mark?

[pitchfork]

Why would he replace semi-good cymbals with crap? (imo)
Wuhans > Pro sonix
Thats why, smartarse.