I built a wind chime that doesn't work!

[KMinAF]

As crazy as it sounds the wind chime that I built doesn't work. I took my time, and cut the tubes to the correct lengths and they sound great when hit, wherein lies the problem. When the breeze blows the whole assembly sways and the "hammer" never touches the tubes. I have tried different positions of both the hammer and the wind catcher at the bottom to no avail.
Has anyone successfully made a wind chime that could explain to me where I went wrong?

 

[Ipassgas]

Have you tried shortening up the distance between the disc and the branch?

 

[bczygan]

You need a bigger hammer!

I've always wanted to say that!

Bill

 

[kerrynzl]

You need a bigger hammer!

I've always wanted to say that!

Bill

I'll Chime in here

"I've always wanted to say that too"

The tubes need to be heavier, and the hammer lighter weight.

 

[tarmy]

You are now a millionaire...

The perfect wind chime...it doesn't make a damn sound..that is perfect!

We have some friends that have a neighbor with about 10 chimes...can't even have a conversation in their back yard they are so loud...

I will get him to buy a bunch of yours...give them to his neighbor...problem solved...silence...

 

[slip knot]

The perfect wind chime. has the look without the noise.

 

[Evilunclegrimace]

Shorten the top lines, make the hammer larger in diameter and make the wind sail lighter.

 

[2oolhound]

Just hang it over a door so the door hits the wind catcher when someone comes in or out.

I'd say a bigger wind catcher should do it and hang the catcher from 2 lines so it doesn't just spin in the wind.

 

[Koken]

He provides a link to a website with info;

 

[Stuart in MN]

The perfect wind chime...it doesn't make a damn sound..that is perfect!

Ha! I'm of the same opinion. They seem to get twice as loud at night time as well, when you're trying to sleep.

 

[NORTON'S SHOP]

I'll Chime in here


The tubes need to be heavier, and the hammer lighter weight.

I thought it would be the other way.

 

[senlow]

It seems to me that you have perfected the wind chime. Silence is golden.

 

[KMinAF]

With all the input on having developed the "perfect" wind chime I think I may have to try selling them!
Here is the noisy version:

 

[southalabama]

My mother in law is blind. The front of her house has a porch running the entire length.

Every couple feet is a wind chime.

It's annoying as heck.

 

[The Tool Tyrant]

You need more wind...just tell folks it's a tornado warning device and have a beer.

 

[brownbagg]

a wind chime that doesnt work, that the type i like, nothing more annoying than your neighbors wind chimes, they need to be illegal

 

[6PTsocket]

As crazy as it sounds the wind chime that I built doesn't work. I took my time, and cut the tubes to the correct lengths and they sound great when hit, wherein lies the problem. When the breeze blows the whole assembly sways and the "hammer" never touches the tubes. I have tried different positions of both the hammer and the wind catcher at the bottom to no avail.
Has anyone successfully made a wind chime that could explain to me where I went wrong?

Too high tech. We bought one a long time ago and it is just bamboo tubes. No hammer; the tubes just bang into each other when the wind blows. Works fine. It makes a pretty, mellow sound.

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[aar_man]

x2 on the Lee Hite website.

 

[James-W]

We have a wind chime on our front porch. It only works when the wind is blowing pretty hard. Whenever I hear it at night, it usually means there is a storm coming and the wind has picked up quite a bit. Or, it could mean the damn squirrels are trying to hide nuts on top of it again.

 

[pepi]

The wind catcher that pulls the hammer as you call it is to heavy.

Cell phones annoy me 20 fold over some wind chimes ....

Greg

 

[6PTsocket]

Too high tech. We bought one a long time ago and it is just bamboo tubes. No hammer; the tubes just bang into each other when the wind blows. Works fine. It makes a pretty, mellow sound.

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Oops! There was a "hammer" on my bamboo wind chime.

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[lakeroadster]

I'm thinking the wind catcher needs to be larger in sq inches... to catch more wind.

 

[lamywaby]

He provides a link to a website with info;

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Hello. What are some tips and techniques for making copper wind chimes at home? I'm interested in creating my own wind chimes using copper pipes, but I'm not sure where to start. What types of tools and materials do I need, and how do I go about designing and assembling the chimes to create the desired sound and aesthetic?

 

[bugnut]

I found http://www.leehite.org/Chimes.htm to have most everything I needed. A pipe/tubing cutter, drill and file will get you started.

 

[Lassen Forge]

Your "clapper" (the disc that hits the chimes) has to be heavy enough to pop the chimes and close enough so where they don't have to travel more than, say, a quarter inch to the gongs... with a paddle (the thing that pushes the clapper into the gongs) big and wind catchy enough to push it into the gongs.

 

[humpty]

I had to move my wind chimes so they'd be quieter, now if they make noise I grab my phone to see if a storm is rolling in.

 

[bwringer]

I'm glad you mentioned tuning the chimes.

I don't mind wind chimes in moderation, but not one in a hundred is tuned. As a former pro musician, un-tuned wind chimes drive me absolutely bonkers. It's physically painful, like a constant nails on a chalk board, and I absolutely have to get away from them fast.

 

[Jeff Ivers]

I am totally surprised no one else has pointed out that you obviously need a bigger heart!

 

[ludakris04]

I am totally surprised no one else has pointed out that the OP was from 2017...