heavy duty windchimes

[PineRidge]

Nice idea Mark. Although I have never seen any made from old fire extinguishers a year ago I attended a gun show where a vendor had some neat ones made from discarded oxygen and other gas cylinders. He said he was able to pick up old cylinders for next to nothing. The sound of the chimes was deep and pleasant sounding.

 

[bobodu]

I have cut off the top of welding tanks to make bells.I don't have any pictures of that job,but they ring beautifly out in the field when hit with a .22 ( don't try this at home...) I used the bottom portion to make this mail box after the neighborhood twerps busted up everyone on the road. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[RonR]

Cutting oxy or act cylinders--better be really careful--you could end up on the Darwin website if there's any material left in the cylinder.

Ron

 

[Junkman]

I believe that the trick to cutting them is to remove the valve and fill with water. That should neutralize any gas that is left in them. I had a friend that cut up an old 550 gallon oil tank by running his car exhaust into it and then torching off the end plates. Then cut the round part into 4' squares and disposed of them at the local scrap yard. Seems that oil tanks are considered hazardous waste until you cut them up. After that, they are just steel.....

 

[markct]

yea they do have a pleaseant low tone to them, of course last night i got home from the bar at about 2 am and was layin in bed for a bit when i heard a low gong sound a couple times and my first thought was someone was trying to steal out torches!! but then i realized that it was just my new windchimes /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Yankee]

"i gota imagine he doesnt sell too many, most are close to a thousand bucks on his website"

He sells zillions of them. They're carried in galleries and stores all over the country. I agree - they are pricey, though.

 

[markct]

hmm, i guess im in the wrong bussiness then

 

[Mark4510]

I wonder what sort of tone a bunch of 250 gallon propane tanks would make if one end was cut off.......... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Junkman]

I have a 1000 gallon propane tank that you can have for free if you are up to experimenting. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[BLUEBONNET2]

good evening,
saw one today made out of old welding (gas) tanks /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif the guy must have had a crane to get up in the tree /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

bluebonnet2