[TheForge] Triangle dinner bell

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I did a Summer Kids Program at Pyramid Hill Sculpture park with little bitty triangular dinner bells. 

I forged about 50 triangles out of 1/2" about 5" on a side, then used leather lacing for hanging, along with a dangling washer as the clanger.

Once I started passing them out they made quite the racket.....

Ray
Cincinnati

> 
> From: Don Snitgen <dsnitgen at tds.net>
> Date: 2004/09/10 Fri AM 10:24:40 EDT
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] Triangle dinner bell
> 
> Howdy,
> I haven't been on theForge for a spell, but thought I would come back with a
> question.
> I made a triangle dinner "bell" that's about a foot on each side of 5/8"
> stock with a bracket to hang it up.  I made a nice S hook to hang the
> triangle on and hit it with the steel clanger.  The only sound it made was a
> dull thud.  Same thing with chain.  I hung it up with an old boot lace
> (braided nylon made to look like leather) and you could hear it ring all
> over the neighborhood.  The lace has warn out and the triangle is heavy
> enough to do serious damage to the grandchildren's toes and mine.
> Any suggestions on how I could use metal to hang it up so it's stronger and
> permanent?
> I've tried using chain and S hooks, but they all seem to cancel out the
> vibrations that make the triangle ring.
> I use some ideas.
> Don Snitgen
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