Lathing The World's Heaviest Cymbal (or at the heaviest I've seen)

[thecrippledrummer]

Incredible. Hard to believe one of those nasty Z Anvils could become a nice, usable cymbal!

[SlyHikari]

I wish they still made these,

Absolutely killer.

[lukeschneiders]

I love the mod - amazing work! I personally like it without rivets - would be a super cool left side ride with that quick trashy crash and great stick definition.

[DanielMcBrain]

Great video but hate the result given the initial cymbal. Thanks for sharing!

[mentalitydesignvideo]

The result is a pretty exceptional jazz cymbal. I kinda liked the stage just before the final one, more stick, clearer.😊

[enginkaplan]

Great process!. At the end it was too much off so ends up being a too low pitched large sized crash with extra short decay. Thanks for sharing!! 🙏

[madmaxx]

I would have liked to have seen the cut down process.

[igortomaz]

Hi, I really like your videos, especially ones like this. I have a question for you if you don't mind: what exactly changes the sound of a cymbal from a washier/high sustain profile to a drier, more stick, less sustain sound? Is it possible to change for example a K Dark Custom Ride, by reducing its wash just by hammering?

[djyeah-nah]

I have a 24 A Medium with a lathe line crack about 15mm in, i drilled 8 years ago (then mothballed in the rack). Makes me tempted to send off to resurrection.

[nope]

I used to have a 22 earth ride that got me kicked out of a recording studio

[zeke]

Big job, nice work! That's an original Zildjian Z Series made from '86-'93. Replaced by Z Custom in '94 & so on...

[mikeevangelista]

Cool video I owned a 20 inch version of this cymbal as a kid. I think it came out great always wondered how one modified would turn out

[Formula-]

I sold a Turkish K 22” once that weighed close to 9 Lbs!..It would break sticks left and right!

[johnsands]

Curious as to what cost was for this project?

[isihernandez]

I'm curious: could the shape/profile/taper have been changed without cutting, by hammering, heating and pressing or any other way, so it remained a 24" but with the desired profile...?

[kurtloderlovespie]

Hello! I have a 24" Dream Dark Matter ride cymbal that is a little heavy for my liking. One of the banes of ordering cymbals online is not knowing what you are going to get. How much do you charge for lathing services?

[kt-nfjx]

Aside from the honeycomp style hammering, the original cymbal has a really smooth surface, almost like a mirror finish, I cannot see any lathing "lines". How can this be?

[NigelMarston]

I have Mega Bell Ride which worked for me when I bought it in around 1989 but I really don't like it anymore. It's pretty much like a church bell. I'd love to see what you could make of it. Theres plenty of material to work with. It's not as heavy as that Power Ride (just over 4Kg I think) and it's not as wide (21").

Actually, my 13" KZ hihats could use a treatment too. I really used to love clangy cymbals. I think my band was too loud and I chose Zs to get my point across. Thrse days I much prefer a much lighter sound with a higher pitch

[mattbridges]

Too bad there isn't a way to slice the 6400 gram cymbal into three separate gram cymbals

[tommclelland]

Some of my most favorite cymbals were born as something else. 18" pang became a 10 soft splash with oriental