Windchimes

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Does anybody have pictures or plans for some windchimes?  Thought I might try to make some for Christmas presents.
Reply:There is a project on this website of a windchime.  No pictures but it is a streaming video.   http://www.savvyhomeadvice.com/WW/projects.htm
Reply:I don't know if this helps, but the wife and I made an 8 bell wind chime using 3/4" copper tube (plumbing stuff).She found out that lengths under 18" long just gave a "clangy" sound.   We used 42", 38", 34", 30", 27", 24", 21" & 19".   If I ventured to make another, I'd probably make all the tubes 10 to 20% longer for lower octave notes.Basically, I suspended the tubes with cut sections of bicycle cable, from a 8" diameter hard wood disk.   For the doo-hickey that knocks into the tubes, we originally used a 4" diameter steel disk, but the sound was too harsh.   Instead, a 3" disk made from hardwood, (wild cherry) worked well.   For the thing that catches the wind, I cut the bottom off an old blue glass jar and hung it off the doo-hickey with more bicycle cable.I wasted time polishing the tubes only to have them tarnish over in a few weeks.  We like the patina'd look better.There are no small projects
Reply:Here are some sites I had bookmarked.http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/windchime.htmlhttp://www.jacobschimes.comhttp://www.geocities.com/teeley2/chimeart.htmlhttp://home.fuse.net/engineering/Chimes.htmhttp://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/wchime/wchime.htmlHere is one I made from some 2" stainles steel tubing I had.  I have a tin ear so tuning them means nothing to me. I did follow the recommended 22% down hanging point for each one though. Each tube should be hung so its hit in the center of its length,If you do a google search you will find tons of info. Anything from small ones to ones made from 4" diameter tubing. Attached ImagesLast edited by DaveD; 12-01-2005 at 12:46 PM.Hobbiest hack