Batch of Bells

They’re beautiful. Do you have any audio of how they sound when ringing?

-- Chris ~~Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

Yup, they sound like ding, dong, ding, ding, dong, ding! LOL :D Nice bells. Mike. Are you starting a bell collection?

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Looks like there’s a ding-a-ling on the loose here. :) Nice job, and yes, an audio would be nice.

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

My mother collected bells, she would have enjoyed having your set as well. Great job!!

Thanks for sharing

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,

Was you eating ding dong’s again, those look real nice Mike, I especiall like the 5th one from the left.

-- RStadler

I like second from the left. No wire marks in the handle but several in the bell. Plus I prefer the lighter colored bell. Thanks for posting….I do believe I have to try to make a few of these.

-- Directions are just the Manufacturer's opinion on how something should be assembled. ----Mike, Waukesha, WI

Those are really cool looking bells.
I agree with rstadler. I like the 5th from the left the best too. What did you use for a clapper and how is it fastened in?..............Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Jim,

I turn a small wooden clapper that is about 1/8” in dia and has a ball turned on the end of it. I use 26 gauge wire to make two small eyelet loops. I drill the clapper and insert the eyelet and then add the second eyelet to the clapper eyelet and drill a small hole in the bell and use CA glue to hold it. The challenge is to get to get my fingers in the bell and get the wire in the hole before the CA sets up. They may be a better way but I have not figured it out. This seems to work for me. Thanks.

-- Mike, Missouri --- “A positive life can not happen with a negative mind.” ---

Mike these are little Hum Dingers, great way to use up some scraps & get some skew practice, I’m with Jim & RS with that 5th from left,
well done :))

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

hi mike nice bit of turning great looking bells love all of them

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