August Home-WorkBench

Hints, Tips, and Everyday Wisdom

Experience is the best teacher. Learn ways to complete projects faster with these hints and tips.

Recycle old copper pipes

Removing old copper pipes? Make an inexpensive wind chime. Use a tubing cutter to cut lenghts of pipe about a foot or so long, varying lengths to achieve different pitch. Cut a circle about 10 inches in diameter out of weatherproof plywood. Drill an 1/8-in.-dia. hole through one end of each tube about 1/2 inch from the top. Then drill equidistant pairs around the circle. Use monofilament fishing line to attach the tubes to the circle of wood. Hang it in a breezy location. Our kids love it. Paul York



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