Introduction: 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.
Step 1: 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
Step 2: 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
Step 3: 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
Step 4: 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
Step 5: 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