> >shockwaves going up the lead

A snip that makes a cut-off fly across the room will cause
the equivalent force to go into the part that didn't. Maybe
you weakened the crystal and made it susceptible to
over-driving failure. As noted in threads about using crystals
in rocketry and projectile applications, crystals will tolerate
mechanical stresses in some directions but not others

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