How to Make a Buoy Bell Wind Chime

[DanSinks]

I have a couple old AL80 6351 Alloy tanks that are good for nothing, people have suggested making a bell or other projects. But the tonal qualities of the AL make for a poor bell, it works but if looking for a nice bell sound it doesn't do it.

But I've always wanted to have a big wind chime that sounds like a buoy bell. That beautiful pure bell sound a buoy makes is very alluring to me, it calls me to the sea, I could listen to it all day! I've seen a couple times where people of taken an old piece of scrap metal and made a great buoy bell! I would love to make one, but I don't have a lot of metal lying around to do trial and error, if someone could post a simple plan along the lines of "get an old 68 Chevy Impala bumper cut it in half, it sounds like a buoy" or maybe post photos of buoy bells you have made it would be great!

 

[Sam Miller III]

Aluminum tank - cylinders -have very little value in the repurposing world as bells

I made a umbrella stand with the bottom and the top I mounted a gold plated US Diver regulator,

I made a dog bowl but my finicky dog Lucky rejected it.

I suggested to my wife that we make some sort of serving bowls which was strongly rejected - yet since our children were tots we have been using selected Lions Paw Scallops as sald dishes--????

You might examine a NEW Never Filled 5 gallon propane tank as a possible starting point. Make sure it is NEW Never Filled before begin cutting -- propane is highly flammable

SDM

 

[Bob DBF]

Make sure it is NEW Never Filled before begin cutting -- propane is highly flammable

Could fill it with water before cutting, the trick is insuring there are no gas/air pockets for the torch to light off. Check with a local junkyard proprietor for details, this technique is used on or around auto gas tanks.



Bob

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

I made a dog bowl but my finicky dog Lucky rejected it.

That's hilarious. I can imagine my dogs looking at me with "what is this?!?!?"

 

[-JD-]

Could fill it with water before cutting, the trick is insuring there are no gas/air pockets for the torch to light off. Check with a local junkyard proprietor for details, this technique is used on or around auto gas tanks.

Bob

Yes, be sure that it is fully filled! (No, zero, nada gas [as in state of matter] in it). When I was a kid, I was watching my neighbor weld an old Chevy in-cab pickup tank. He found out there was a very little bit that wasn't filled with water when the stick holed the tank ...

Fortunately the only casualties were reputation and underware.

 

[Sam Miller III]

Possibly one of the most explosive items in the American home (patio) is a 5 gallon propane tank.

It is a modern day Russian roulette to weld it filled with water