Homemade Hand Hammered 14" Multi-Use Cymbal
This is my homemade hammered multi-use cymbal. It took about 30 minutes of hammering using two different sized hammers with 1" and 1.5" head things, 30 minutes of putting weigh to help flatten and hammering bottom of the cymbal, and 10 minutes of using tape formation and using a lighter to melt the bell a little. I'm using this for a science fair project where we have to experiment and see the conclusion. The tape formation in the first pictures is what I call the X and the one in the last one with my homemade wood brushes is the Square Eye. It's great for an accent in blast beats and its dark with short decay and goes great when hit together or right before or after a crash or it can be used as a crash when the tape is off. When used a a hi-hat top it's really trashy and good for blasting but not so good for opening closing in grooves. hammering makes a great difference and a lot more trashy and cooler looking. The bell has no overtones when it's hammered either. I hope this gets an A+ at the fair.
"Before - Top"
"Before - Bottom"
"Final - Top"
"After - Bottom
"Tools"
"Top - Comparison"
"Things I Wrote On It"
"Before - Bell"
"After - Bell"
"Weight Flattening"
"As A Crash"
"As A China"
"As Hi-Hat Top"
"Square Eye Tape Formation"
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