However hard you may try to protect your cymbals, there is always a probability of flawing. Unfortunately, it is not possible to stop cracking of metal completely, but there are some ways thanks to which you can essentially slow down the process of destruction.
You can stop crack, which passes along turned grooves of a cymbal, by drilling of two small apertures on each end of a crack. It is necessary to drill cautiously with your hand brace or a drill on low revolutions. Do not punch drilling places: this can lead to increasing of a crack. Also do not be mistaken in search of crack ands: take a drill of not too small diameter and drill not in that place where the crack comes to an end as you see, but a little bit more to both ways, because usually a crack has continuation, which is invisible to an eye.
You can repair a crack, which passes from an edge of a cymbal, differently depending on its weight: in heavy cymbal it is possible to drill an aperture in the end of a crack, if you have such a crack on a thin cymbal, you can get rid of it using special scissors, doing a V-shaped cut. In the corner of the cut there should not remain an end of a crack. You should sandpaper the edges manually.
Small cracks on the edge can be removed by making a scallop. It can be made by special scissors which allow to cut out internal radius, if you have heavy cymbals with such a problem, do the same but by usual fretsaw, this is long and exhausting work, but cymbal will be safer: excessive vibration can lead to the growth of a crack.
Crack of any form, which is located at an edge of a cymbal, is possible to remove considerably: in a good fitter’s shop workers will cut off an edge on circle (without using high-speed electric drill). Of course, cymbals will become smaller in diameter and will change their sound, but the crack will disappear once and for good.
In any case sharp edges should be smoothed by emery paper or needle files only manually: vibration of buffing machine can lead to destruction of a cymbal. That’s why you should not also use electric scroll saw for sawing.
Remember that you must do something immediately, as soon as you noticed a crack. After repairing do not forget to inspect regularly the damaged place for preventing growth of a crack.
However, presence of a crack means that you do something wrong, so you should find the damage reason, check up a condition of stand’s fasteners, felt washers and nylon tube, make sure that you do not tighten a cymbal too much, etc.
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