Make Wind Chimes
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Build Wind Chimes ... It's Easy!
Build a Wind Chime, it's fast and easy! Wind chimes add a nice element to any home. I have mostly built my chimes from copper pipes or metal conduit and like the sound produced from these materials. I have listed many useful links below for building and understanding how wind chimes work. Wind chimes were used long ago to predict weather, and when mine get noisy, I know it is time to pick up a kite and go flying.
Use wind chimes to keep the chi moving throughout your house.
My first hard drive wind chime pictured here turned out well and is nice to listen too. Hard drive platters are very good mirrors as you can see. I was able to use the motor so the wind chimes can also rotate in the wind. Be warned, the materials used in some hard drives are not good for humans, I've been told to avoid touching the drive arms holding the read heads.
History of Wind Chimes
- History of Wind Chimes
- The History of Wind Chimes. Great applications like predicting the weather.
- A Brief History
- Trace lineage back 500 years!
Wind Chime Challenge
Make your own music. What song would you play?
Here is my challenge to you...pick your favorite song, ring tone, whatever, and build a wind chime which if the winds are right, will play your tune.
For Example, Build a "Close Encounters" Wind Chime.
Notes: G, A, F, Octave lower F, C
Good Luck!
For Example, Build a "Close Encounters" Wind Chime.
Notes: G, A, F, Octave lower F, C
Good Luck!
Handy Tools for your project.
Pipe Cutter or Hack SawTape Measure
Picture Hanging Kit. Includes eyelets and wire.
Scrap Lumber. Choose your wood carefully. Red wood is nice for outdoor projects.
Wood Saw.
Use a drill to make holes in the wind chime components.
Glue for adding decorative elements.
Web sites to get plans and information
- Chuck's Chimes
- This site has terrific plans that I have used to build some wind chimes. Take a look at the additional information he provides to learn more about how wind chimes work. Get a copy of his spreadsheet which documents the lengths for each note and an associated suspension point.
- The Wizard of VAZ
- An Engineering Guide to Wind Chimes. This site provides great information and other useful links for building wind chimes.
- How to Make Metal Wrench Chimes - eHow.com
- How to Make Metal Wrench ChimesThis project sounds weird, but the tone of these chimes is quite nice. Use box-end wrenches for a pleasant-sounding ring.
- Hard Drive Wind Chime
- Bring new life to the hard drive which just crashed! Take it apart and turn it into a wind chime. Hard drives are also a good place to find strong magnets.
Wind Chime Kits
Learn quickly
Sometimes it is easiest to buy a wind chime kit to build your first set of wind chimes. This process will allow you to see each of the components and get instructions on how to put the chimes together. Once you have your first one built, you can move onto your own designs.
- Windancerchimes
- Here is a great site that has wind chime kits as well as individual components.
- Wind Chimes By The Inch
- Another site to order components from.
Educational Wind Chime Projects
- Physics of Wind Chimes
- This is a nice lesson plan on introducing students to the physics of wind chimes. You might want to try the pdf version of the lesson which includes more graphics than the html version link above.
Wind Chime Construction Books
Wind Chime Design Software
- Wind Chime Designer
- There are some inexpensive products on the market to help you know how to cut your chimes to the right length based upon your materials at its dimensions.
Free to Demo!
Wind Chime Music on Amazon
If the winds are calm, pick up an MP3 wind chime track to listen too.
Feng Shui Guide to Wind Chimes
- Feng Shui Chime Placement
- What type of wind chime should you put in a location? Check out what Feng Shui recommendations.
Indoor Chime
for when the wind is not blowing
Indoor chimes use magnets to suspend metal balls for a short time before releasing them and letting them fall upon the chimes inside. Here is one I own.
curated content from YouTube
Amazon has a good selection of chimes
This is a Plexo module, so please add the wind chimes you like to the list, or rank the ones shown.
Woodstock Percussion GAS Gregorian Alto Chime, Silver
Create a cathedral of music under a haven of stars more...4 points
executive nature chimes - light cherry
Indoor chimes are very nice. I have a similar one which more...3 points
Lawn Ornaments Outdoor Wind Chimes Large Aluminum Wind Chime
Lawn Ornaments Outdoor Wind Chimes Large Aluminum more...1 point
Woodstock Percussion WWOS Windsinger Chimes of Orpheus
In Greek mythology, Orpheus was a gifted poet and more...0 points
Seasonal Wind Chimes on eBay
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tinaanne
Dec 5, 2011 @ 4:58 am | delete
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Rewards4life
Oct 23, 2011 @ 3:58 pm | delete
- What a great idea, I love the sound of wind chimes it's so relaxing and the close encounters tune would have to be the best. I think I need to find my drill I can feel a project coming on. Nice lens.
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JoshK47
Oct 23, 2011 @ 1:54 pm | delete
- What a wonderful project idea - thanks for sharign!
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NidhiRajat
Oct 22, 2011 @ 11:08 am | delete
- congrats for your efforts and I really enjoyed your lens...
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NidhiRajat
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Conclusions
I hope the content on this lens allowed you to see how easy it is to build your own wind chime. If your wind chimes get noisy, Go Fly a Kite.
Please let me know if you have any recommendations on improving this lens. If you have time, build your own lens to share your projects with others. It is easy!
Visit my Lensography for a look at other lenses I have contributed to the Squidoo community.
Thanks,
--Todd
Please let me know if you have any recommendations on improving this lens. If you have time, build your own lens to share your projects with others. It is easy!
Visit my Lensography for a look at other lenses I have contributed to the Squidoo community.
Thanks,
--Todd
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