- 1). Cut metal tubing, such as narrow copper tubing, into several lengths. You can hang as many lengths of tube as you wish. Likewise, the lengths can all be the same or they can vary. Decide based on your preference. Now drill a pair of holes through the top of each tube for hanging.
- 2). Drill holes around the large, flat metal ring. You can use a large washer or any ring-shape as the base for hanging your chimes. Drill the holes in pairs, one pair for each chime you plan to hang. Space the paired holes evenly around the ring.
- 3). Thread fishing line through the holes in the top of each chime (metal tube). Thread the line ends up through a pair of holes in the ring and tie them off. This hangs one chime. Hang all the chimes. Either hang them all the same distance or hang them in varying distances from the other tubes. This, too, is a personal preference. You can have the chimes hang evenly, or zigzag up and down as they go around the ring, or they can hang in a spiral.
- 4). Take a length of chain to make the hanger. Open the links at both ends and re-close the links around opposite sides of the ring to attach the chain to the ring.
- 5). Not all wind chimes have strikers. If you want a striker, hang the fishing weight from more fishing line to dangle in the middle of the chimes. You can dangle the line from the top of the chain to fall directly into the center. If your ring has a crossbar, you can tie the line to that. Otherwise, consider chimes without a striker, letting the chimes tinkle against each other.
- 1). Cut a circle out of a sheet of bronze.
- 2). Lay the circle over a firm, sand pillow. Beat the circle with a hammer to shape it into a rounder, three-dimensional shape, more like a gong.
- 3). Drill two holes along the rim at roughly the 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock positions. Take a length of chain for hanging the gong. Open the end links and close them through the holes drilled into the gong. Now you can hang your gong. All you need is to add a mallet.
Making Wind Chimes
Making a Gong
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