How to Make Metal Wrench Chimes

This project sounds weird, but the tone of these chimes is quite nice. Use box-end wrenches for a pleasant-sounding ring.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Dental Floss
• Scissors
• Wooden Hangers
• Assorted Wrenches
• Common Nails
• Electric Drill/assorted Bits

1. Scrounge up 10 old wrenches. Check flea markets, secondhand stores and pawnshops.
2. Collect a wooden hanger, some dental tape, scissors and an electric drill.
3. Drill ten 1/8-inch holes through a wooden coat hanger 1 1/2 inches apart.
4. Cut ten 15-inch pieces of dental tape. (Dental tape tends to be less tangly than regular string and is waterproof).
5. Tie each wrench securely with a piece of dental tape.
6. Run the other end of the tape through a hole in the hanger. Work from the largest wrenches at the ends to the smallest in the center.
7. Make sure the bottoms of all the wrenches are at the same level and then knot the tape at the holes.

Tips & Warnings

• Try a series of nails instead of wrenches.
• If the wood splits while drilling, simply tie the strings around the hanger instead.