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Thread: Making a steel gong louder?

  1. 03-09-2019, 01:09 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by rockshooter View Post
    I refer the gongs without ears. I do range maintenance at a private range and some turkeys aim at the ears and they break off.
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  2. 03-09-2019, 01:52 PM #22
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    Roll a rim out of 1/4" x 2" flat bar and weld it on the back, to make it shaped like a real "gong".
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    Build a cowbell or school bell out of ar500.

    Guess you have to build first then temper though.

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    How about mounting another plate touching behind it.
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  5. 03-11-2019, 08:00 AM #25
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    that's what I did with one of mine. drilled a 5/8s hole through it and a piece of mild steel about have as thick and put a 5/8s bolt through them both with a few washers to separate them and double nutted the bolt leaving it fairly loose. You could probably do the same by just hanging a chain behind it with a 1/2 of space between them.
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    you could take any kind of thin metal sheet and hang them both together with the ar500 one in front and the other sheet behind it and they will slap together when hit, should make a loud sound. or it might not work at all I just made that up in my head lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd Smale View Post
    that's what I did with one of mine. drilled a 5/8s hole through it and a piece of mild steel about have as thick and put a 5/8s bolt through them both with a few washers to separate them and double nutted the bolt leaving it fairly loose. You could probably do the same by just hanging a chain behind it with a 1/2 of space between them.
    What if you got a drummer symbal from a pawn shop and mounted similar???
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  7. 03-12-2019, 02:52 AM #27
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    Good drummers' cymbals are made of fairly exotic alloys including copper and silver and are basically phosphor bronze. They are also very thin. Most any centerfire would leave holes.
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    put on the back side they should work fine. IF you steel is tough enough that your not putting holes through it.
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    What if you got a drummer symbal from a pawn shop and mounted similar???
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    Quote Originally Posted by kens View Post
    What if you got a drummer symbal from a pawn shop and mounted similar???
    Bullets will break the cymbal. Why not get a drummer to hit the cymbal?
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