Custom Cymbal Project - Reset With Blow Torch

How to Reset a Completed Cymbal with blow torch and hand hammering.
This is a 16" Saluda Prototype, Medium-Heavy Reverse china. It was returned by a customer who wanted a brighter sound. We hand hammered it again and again and we basically lost control of the structure. We made the customer a new china and we were left with this bent up china.
Instead of continuing the hand hammering process and risking a crack, we will reset the cymbal with some high temps and quenching, which reanneals the alloy so we can rehammer it.
The logos burn from a black to a grayish white. After the logos cool, they get chalky and fall off. After a few more rounds of hand hammering, the china got fresh logos and it was given to an endorser, needing a high volume, cutting china!
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[@LanceCampeau]

Using bricks on the floor to protect the concrete.... now why didn't I think if that?!

[@Randy_Servello]

It's great to see how this works. That was probably my phone call that didn't get answered. Just kidding! Lol. Thanks for sharing this, Jamie!

[@kevinsiegel]

Proud to be a decade-long endorser of Saluda, and awesome to see these videos! Keep up the great work!

[@daveattheholdens]

Very cool video. It provides some great insights for us end users on the fabrication process. Hate to "that guy" but the dude hammering away on the anvil at the end was not wearing any hearing protection. I really want him to make me a bunch more fantastic cymbals in the future and he cannot do that if his hearing is screwed.

[@thunderfan77]

now I can finally put a face with the name! Thanks Jamie for all you do! I'm still rocking my Saluda Earthworks, Voodoo and V-Bell cymbals from three years ago. You're beyond awesome!

[@samcook1545]

Impressive! So could assemble like that be lathed?

[@zhongxina8426]

i think your shirt is👌👌👌

[@pocketpittpittman4203]

love it never waste a cymbal!!! #saludaislife

[@KenFrownfelter]

If you put a big bell on that you could label it as the cowboy hat cymbal.

[@raymondchambers9184]

Love you guys! Ready to order some more jewels!

[@CesarVillarroel]

amazing Jamie...

[@U2BER2012]

Starting around 2:10, I thought my phone was ringing.

[@stevewyatt513]

Will do this with my blow tourch

[@codeykosark2532]

thays really cool

[@neilxpeart]

How does the reheat process affect the crystalline structure of the cymbal since it was already heated/flash cooled?

[@qqkk5581]

Zildjian quenched their cymbals in seawater (one of their supposed secrets from Constantinople).

[@SaludaCymbals]

The hand hammering and machine hammering processes are not loud at all. The hammers, anvils and base plates are all very muffled. There are no sharp, piercing sounds from any of our hammering equipment.

[@RobSwindol]

How long will the cymbal remain in a malleable state after the quench. I'm assuming that like other metals it will begin age hardening once it is drawn from the quench tank.

[@jonathanbormann5077]

Hm...so I sand blasted (or glass beaded rather) my hi hat top and it warped it a little in a similiar fashion. It's still flexible however but no matter how much I try and bend it back it stays amd I'm afraid of breaking it if I pit anymore force on it. Similiar situation maybe? Too much tension in some areas?

[@fcukingalien]

I have a cheap 21 ride, and I want to rid off a 120hz subharmonic, do you have any advice how to do that?