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Silverware windchimes
Posted by Reenie on May 28,
Silverware windchimes
1 fork
1 butter knife
4 spoons
one metal ring
clear nylon thread or fishing line
needle nose pliers
drill with bit for stainless steel (if that's what you're using)
First, drill a small hole in the handles of the fork and spoons and in
the end of the SPREADING part of the butter knife..not the handle. Take
the fork and bend the two inner tines outward (with the needle nose
pliers)...one facing the front and one facing the back.
Bend and turn
the two outter tines sideways, so all four tines point out in each of
the four directions.
Next, with the pliers again, bend just the tips of
the tines up and over to form a little circle on the top of each tine.
Take a piece of nylon thread (any length you want your windchime to be)
and tie it through the hole in the knife.
Tie the other end of the
thread to the base of the two middle tines of the fork, so that the
knife hangs directly under the fork.
Next, tie matching lengths of
thread through the holes in the spoons and tie each of the ends through
the little circles you formed on each of the tines of the fork.
So, now
you should have the knife hanging in the center of the fork and one
spoon off of each of the tines.
Tie a piece of thread to the hole in the
handle of the fork, and attach a metal ring to the other end to hang it.
There you go...it is really so simple...drilling is easy, and so is
putting it together...you should be able to make up a bunch of them in
no time flat.
lynda from b.c. posted Message 4369 in the CraftPals All Crafts BB
Dated September 04, 1999 at 222158
Subject Re windchimes
get a metal strainer and some cutlery with plastic handles[the more color the better]drill hole in the handles and attach to strainer with fishing line,add more fishing line for a hanger.that is a different wind chime.good luck,lynda from b.c.