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 blog.

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 wind chimes

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