How to make wine bottle wind chime

Who doesn't Love the sound of a Wind Chimes

Wine Bottle Wine Chimes are easy to make and  make Great Gifts 

Lets get started so you can make a beautiful piece of Art you can enjoy for years to come

oh and a Tip from Daw you know those blue recycle bins on trash day Raid them get free empty wine bottles from your neighbors
or contact local restaurants and ask them if they have any Wine bottles they are getting rid of most of them will be happy to give them to you,

You Need  Glass Wine bottles   any Color

The Reason I love Wine bottles is the Glass is Thick and Less likely to Break 

but you can use any Thick Glass Bottle  

Safety Glasses  and Gloves

a  Bottle Cutter

you can Get these at Craft stores and at Home Depot and Lowes

Cost maybe Ten Dollars

Sand Paper

Candle

Paper Towels

Okay Lets get started on how to make  a Wine bottle Wind Chime

1. First thing you want to do is  make sure the bottle is Clean and Remove the Labels

2.Scoring The Bottle  use the bottle Cutter 

This is exactly the same as making a score line when glass cutting. It's best to dab some oil on to the wheel each time before you start - any oil and a paper towel will do. The scoreline is the most important part, so take it slowly, using constant pressure, but not too hard. The glass separates better with a light, even scoreline.

- Rotate the bottle towards you with two hands 

- Keep it firmly against the backstop and keep it moving while you’re making the scoreline.

- This will take practice if you've never used a cutter to cut glass before. Only go round once, it's not good for the wheel to go over a cut.

- You’ll hear a little crunching noise when you reach the beginning of your scoreline.

- Check that you haven't missed any bits, and that you have an unbroken scoreline

3.Heating The Scoreline

Light your Candle 

If you think about the scoreline being a scratch on one side of the glass, rather than a 'cut', it makes it easier to see why you have to heat the glass now. The scratch needs to be cracked through to the other side before the bottle will separate.

- To do this, light the candle provided in the cutter kit, and slowly turn the bottle about an eighth of an inch from the flame. If you go closer, the bottle will heat too quickly. Try to do it evenly. This part takes a while, and it will take practice to know when the glass is hot enough.

- Be prepared to spend about 2-3 minutes heating the glass. The bottle should feel hot to the touch – but not enough to burn you!

Step Four: Separating The Bottle

you can put the bottle in ice water or run cold water over it and it should Crack and pop off Easily

Use a paper towel or cloth to dry the two sides of the bottle, carefully cleaning the black marks off of each side. The cut glass edges will be very sharp, so make sure you’re wearing gloves and paying attention.

Using fine-grit sand paper will give your bottles a smooth edge. This produces a lot of dust so I recommend doing this step outside.

make sure no Rough or Sharp Edges  

Okay now that you have a  nice clean   Bottle     you want the  bottle neck part

you need about 2 -3 of them depending on how big you want the wind chime to be 

The bottom part you can  use as a floral vase  or Recycle 

Now you need  4 wine Corks

you need at least  8  Metal Screw Eye Hooks

This is the Style you need the Closed Eye hook 

 Simple to make Screw the  Eye hook into the Cork

you can also use them as key chains too if you want

Now put a metal key chain and hook 

Optional ideas

Keys

Steampunk Cogs and Wheels 

you want them short  snug but allow the bottles to clank a little bit

Now Assemble  

Note you can use Chain and Rope if you want  also  there are other variations how to assemble it

here are some examples  

Attach each Chain with the eye hook to the next Cork and connect together

you can attach  pendants and anything you want to the  eye hook chain

why not go for a halloween theme and decorate your Wine bottles