Glass Bottle Wind Chime
Hi All,
I am going to share how to recycle wine bottle into a wind chime. This is an easy project to build if you have the glass bottle already cut. If not then please check out my glass bottle cutter instructable.
What Do We Need ?
Material
- A Glass bottle, This was a gift from a friend and was ling around my house for a year
- Glass beads
- Nylon thread
- Metal Key ring with chain (400mm long)
- Wooden Ball ( 60 MM diameter)
- 15 MM plywood piece ( Thinner will do to )
- Acrylic brown paint
- Varnish
Prepare
Wind Catcher
- I have cut a star from a 15mm plywood piece
- Drilled a 1 MM hole to fix a metal hook
Striker
- For striker, I am using a 60mm wooden ball
- I had to drill 2 holes for the hooks
- Paint it brown and varnish it
Determine the Suspension Length
- We need to determine the suspension length for the striker
- Tie a small string on the striker and suspend it inside the bottle
- Adjust the length till we get a to a point where we hear loud and humming sounds
- This will be a range, so we can adjust the length with the beads later
- The sound should be as pleasant as possible.
- Since we are using just one bottle, it will play just one node, donot expect same sound as multi tube metal windchimes
Beads
- We need two set for beads thread
- One between Key ring till the striker
- Second between striker and wind catcher
- I have used a nylon thread with glass beads
- Remember the striker must come in the range to make best / pleasant sound
Tips
- The wind catcher is is kept heavy to strike nodes only with stronger wind
- Glass bottle should be thick if you have a lighter wind catcher
- Hang the wind chime with moderate to low wind, this is more of a decoration
Please share suggestions and tips