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