Materials:
5 feet of l/2" copper tubing,2 pieces of wood: 9-1/2" x 2" x 1/2",Piece of wood: 12" x 6" x 1/2",Ruler,Hot glue,Hacksaw,Wooden dowel: 6" x 3/8",Hammer,Craft foam,20 thumbtacks,File,Scissors,Craft lace,Wood glue,6 finishing nails.
1.Cut two wood slats for pipe supports, 1/2" by 2" by 9-1/2", and one piece of wood base, 1/2" by 6" by 12".
2.Apply the wood glue to 1/2" edge of slats. Glue onto base, lining up end of the slats with one end of the base. Slats should be parallel to each other and about 3" apart. 3.Hammer three finishing nails through the back of the base and into the slats to secure.
4.Glue a strip of 1/2"-wide craft foam to the edge of the 9" slat.
5.Use a pipe cutter or a hacksaw and vice to cut the copper pipe in eight lengths: 8", 7-1/2", 7-1/8", 6-7/8", 6-1/2", 6-1/8", 5-3/4" and 5-1/2". Use a metal file to sand off the burrs, which can be sharp.
6.Push nine thumbtacks in the outside of both slats every 1/2". Thumbtacks should be pushed in not quite all the way. Place one on the inside edge to use as a tie-off.
7.Going from longest to shortest pipe, lace the cording around a tack, over a pipe, around a tack, over a pipe, etc., until all are laced down . Tie off on inside tack. Pipes should be snug but not tight. They need a little wiggle room to ring properly. The craft lace may stretch with time, so don't cut it too short if you need to untie and replace pipes.
8.Use dowel as a mallet to strike the pipes.
5 feet of l/2" copper tubing,2 pieces of wood: 9-1/2" x 2" x 1/2",Piece of wood: 12" x 6" x 1/2",Ruler,Hot glue,Hacksaw,Wooden dowel: 6" x 3/8",Hammer,Craft foam,20 thumbtacks,File,Scissors,Craft lace,Wood glue,6 finishing nails.
1.Cut two wood slats for pipe supports, 1/2" by 2" by 9-1/2", and one piece of wood base, 1/2" by 6" by 12".
2.Apply the wood glue to 1/2" edge of slats. Glue onto base, lining up end of the slats with one end of the base. Slats should be parallel to each other and about 3" apart. 3.Hammer three finishing nails through the back of the base and into the slats to secure.
4.Glue a strip of 1/2"-wide craft foam to the edge of the 9" slat.
5.Use a pipe cutter or a hacksaw and vice to cut the copper pipe in eight lengths: 8", 7-1/2", 7-1/8", 6-7/8", 6-1/2", 6-1/8", 5-3/4" and 5-1/2". Use a metal file to sand off the burrs, which can be sharp.
6.Push nine thumbtacks in the outside of both slats every 1/2". Thumbtacks should be pushed in not quite all the way. Place one on the inside edge to use as a tie-off.
7.Going from longest to shortest pipe, lace the cording around a tack, over a pipe, around a tack, over a pipe, etc., until all are laced down . Tie off on inside tack. Pipes should be snug but not tight. They need a little wiggle room to ring properly. The craft lace may stretch with time, so don't cut it too short if you need to untie and replace pipes.
8.Use dowel as a mallet to strike the pipes.
2 comments:
your blog is so good......
its about time. haha
and who the heck is that VV ?? ha
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