inverted wind chime

Notes and tips on how to print and assemble the wind chime.

Amount of each file to print:

• 1 of each chime.

• 1 outside ring

• 1 inside ring

• 1 outer disk bottom

• 1 outer disk top

• 1 turbine

• 2 convergence rings

• 8 support beams

Assembly:

• connect the top and bottom outer disks using the eight support beams into the outer shell.

  • make sure the raised edges point towards each other

  • I put all eight beams into the bottom disk and then put the top disk on top by going around and pushing each beam slightly more into place until they were all connected properly. This took some time though and you may have a better method.

  • This is the only part that requires physical connection. The rest is with string.

• Connect the six chimes to the base of the turbine.

  • Use the slots in the bottom of the turbine. The loops at the top are to suspend the turbine with the chimes hanging from it

  • Only hang the chimes about an inch below the turbine. If they hang down too low, they will not be able to hit the outer disk.

• Connect the turbine to the inside ring.

  • make sure that the ring is evenly above the turbine. Small tilts can be easy to allow and will compound quite quickly.

  • I made sure to give myself a lot of excess string on the side with the ring so I could use the same string to suspend the inside ring + turbine + chimes from one of the convergence rings.

• Connect the inside ring to one convergence ring.

  • try to have all six strings balanced if possible. 

  • This is where I tied off the six strings from the turbine that were tied to the inside ring.

• Connect the outer shell to the outside ring. 

• Connect the outside ring and the convergence ring to a second convergence ring.

  • so this in the same way you connected the first convergence ring.

  • try to level it so the turbine is level with the top of the outer shell.

• Hang it up and admire.

  • you have a wind chime turbine now.