dinner triangle

[mike-hr]

I'm in the camp that thinks H-carbon steel rings nicer than mild. There's an abundance of potato digger conveyor chain in these parts, most likely 1070-1095. They make real nice dinner dingers. Take a nice 3/4 inch Snap-On endwrench, made of the best steel they can come up with, suspend with a leather thong, and ding it. Next take a 3/4 inch chinese end wrench purchased from the traveling tool gypsy folks, and ding it...lotsa difference.

[saintjohnbarleycorn]

Yes i scrounged a couple of metal rings from I don't know what and they ring like sweet bells.
that article on length and vibrations would be a good one, I will try to do some searching on that criteria, and check some other forums. thanks.

[Dave Hammer]

Bill Clemens, a blacksmith up Pennsylvania way, gave me the following information. I can attest that his dinner bells are outstanding.

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The exact length for the first bend( the bend the dinner bell should be hung
from) is .224 of the overall length being used to make the bell.

The distance came from info on making wind chimes. If you ever see wind
chimes, the best ones have each length of pipe hung from a different point
(.224 of its length)

The ones I made I used 30" of 1/2" round so .224 x 30 = 6.72 (I use 6 3/4")

Then make next bend a 16 3/4" and last at 26 3/4"

Finally I make sure to "harden" the mild steel as a last step when I'm done
forging.

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Hope that works for you....

[saintjohnbarleycorn]

thanks dj, I will try that ratio out.

[stretch]

Here is a Dinner Triangle I made a few years back. The triangle is round stock hammered octogon for effect. The fish is a piece if 1X2" hammered out. The piece hammered out on top with hole punched to hang it is how I do all the triangles I do. They ring beautifully.

[Ten Hammers]

Stretch, that is incredibly nice work.

[stretch]

Thanks, I enjoy doing stuff like this

[saintjohnbarleycorn]

very nice, I think the hammering helps with the sound too.