Posted by chriscase on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 2:10PM :
In Reply to: Re: Castings better ring too! posted by OTM Mike Stone (Idaho, USA) on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 12:09PM :
Cast iron rings too. But a crack in a casting causes deadening of the harmonics, so hitting one with a hammer won't tell cast from forged, only cracked from whole. I usually just bounce a crank vertically on the concrete, without fully letting it go.