RICKAMAVEN
Saturday, April 8, 2006 6:40:00 PM
these chimes will have the same resonant tone of church bells.

3 each 8 foot conduits, 1/2, 3/4, 1 inch gave me the best tone. i cut them into a 6 foot and a 4 foot

piece and drilled a hole at one end to suspend the chimes.

the top round is 12 1/2 diameter inches and the bottom one 9". gives the clapper, (the bottom round,) enough space to move and hit the chimes in a moderate wind.

eye hooks on top to suspend the top round. three eye hooks will do it as well as the six i have.

eye hooks on the bottom to hang the chimes. in any order hang a 6 foot with the same conduit 4 feet opposite it. i used waxed string to hang the chimes. whatever you use, 50# test line, should allow the chimes to swing freely.

the wind catcher is light aluminum big enough to catch the wind.

this cost less than most little fancy wind chimes that you can only hear if you are right next to them.706734.jpg

RICKAMAVEN
Monday, April 10, 2006 11:40:00 AM
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snowwolf777
Monday, April 10, 2006 3:02:00 PM
I'm going to try this. We live right next to Lake Erie and we love wind chimes. They're active most of the time, but those big church bell jobbies require a second mortgage.

Did you try different types of pipe? I.E., Copper, Aluminum, etc?

MACS
Monday, April 10, 2006 3:05:00 PM
Speaking of church bells... one of my wife's best friends from back in the Philippines is getting married on our anniversary. June 16th. I just got my wife a round trip ticket so she could go to it while I am gone.

Their local airport is Allentown/Bethlehem/Eaton.

Ain't that a bitch? I'll be in the sandbox and the wife will be a stones throw from cigarfest...

CWFoster
Monday, April 10, 2006 3:35:00 PM
*********Threadjack on***********

WOW! MACS, your anniversary is the same as my birthday!

*********Threadjack off**********

RICKAMAVEN
Monday, April 10, 2006 5:34:00 PM
snowwolf777

the original information given to me about these charms came from someone that had checked other metals.

the 4' opposite the same diameter 6' seems to be the trick that gives the chimes the tone.

Club3006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:49:00 AM
With all that liberal hot-air your blowin' those things must be ringing non-stop!
RICKAMAVEN
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:51:00 AM
Club3006

the bells are ringing

for me and my gal