I saw this idea on Pinterest, of course. I had been scavenging the bins at the local thrift stores for spoons, forks, and knives. As it turns out, forks were the hardest to find, and butter knives are available in great abundance. The ecologist in me is always looking into these patterns of abundance and distribution. So I had a bear of a time getting the right tool to drill through stainless steel. None of the Dremel bits I could find were doing it. I tried a titanium bit and a cordless drill, and finally came upo. A cobalt bit that managed, though it got worn down quickly. Mi do not have a drill press in my life, obviously. So these wind chimes are what I came up with, using bailing wire to hold them together. I will probably come up with a better, more aesthetic design, but for now they function, even if they don't peal like the bells of St John's.
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