Just for kicks...
Scrounged an old out of date CO2 tank and a rural mailbox door at the scarp yard, added some old chain and a new eye bolt (Damn I hated to spend the money for a new eyebolt). too far to reach my arm in to thread a nut on the eye bolt so I welded some rod to the nut and put a hook on the bottom for the clapper chain. It is about 42" tall from eyebolt to wind catcher and has a beautiful deep gong sound like a temple bell. Has a wood clapper for now but I might swap it out to an old softball or something to soften the sound up some. No wimpy tinkling ding-dings here. If we had neighbors it might be a problem on a windy night but the closest one is directly behind the bell in the pic- not quite a 1/2 mile away.
The wife loves it as is, no paint. I hung it out at the edge of our back 40. My mother in law likes it too but didn't think her condo association would go along with it.
Scrounged an old out of date CO2 tank and a rural mailbox door at the scarp yard, added some old chain and a new eye bolt (Damn I hated to spend the money for a new eyebolt). too far to reach my arm in to thread a nut on the eye bolt so I welded some rod to the nut and put a hook on the bottom for the clapper chain. It is about 42" tall from eyebolt to wind catcher and has a beautiful deep gong sound like a temple bell. Has a wood clapper for now but I might swap it out to an old softball or something to soften the sound up some. No wimpy tinkling ding-dings here. If we had neighbors it might be a problem on a windy night but the closest one is directly behind the bell in the pic- not quite a 1/2 mile away.
The wife loves it as is, no paint. I hung it out at the edge of our back 40. My mother in law likes it too but didn't think her condo association would go along with it.
