This is a great video!!!! Thank you for your service, sir. I just bought a full-length cylinder from a scrap yard, and I can't wait to get started. I've wanted my own bell like this for years.
EVERYTHING makes a difference on the eventual sound the bell will make. If you could hang the bell from a good piece of BONE or ANTLER instead of the metal ring, you'd have a different sound. If you trimmed just a 1/4 inch off the bottom, you'd have a different sound - it's called "Tuning the Bell". If you could put the bell on a metal lathe and "TRUE UP" the cylinder, you'd have a more "TRUE" sound instead of the Ghastly "Plinking" effect and then the rich overtones following that. Cutting designs into the side walls will change the tone as well. If you can put that bell into a forge and heat up the open end then flare out the open end to give it a more "Bell" like appearance instead of a cylinder you'd get a better sustain on your ring.
I’ve made these types of Bells for years and always enjoy building and learning about them but my favorite parts is after they are finished and whoever gets the bell rings it and the look on their face.
A TOTALLY different sound will be made by using a different clapper....try the handle and not the sharp knock of the ballpeen hammer. and strike from onside! I found this out from using old dive tanks!........All different and more pleasant sounds!
Great video, I'm an aspiring blacksmith and have enjoyed this demo. I think you should use a app for say guitar tuning often they will give you an audible reading on the frequency. This would give you a fair estimate of the frequency your bells are outputting. This seems to be of great importance to many potential clients and enthusiast alike.
When striking the bell, the striker should be wrapped in thick leather, or wrapped in cotton twine. That will keep that annoying, high-pitched "CLANGGGG" noises to a minimum.
check around tour local fire departments, post a wanted post in a local bulletin board/fb page. people dump them off to me now just to get rid of them. local scrap yards here won't take them. Good Luck!
Old video, but first time to see it. Good info, but it's nearly impossible to hear your commentary over the noise from the gas forge...very distracting and takes away from the value of your video.
This is a great video!!!! Thank you for your service, sir. I just bought a full-length cylinder from a scrap yard, and I can't wait to get started. I've wanted my own bell like this for years.
EVERYTHING makes a difference on the eventual sound the bell will make. If you could hang the bell from a good piece of BONE or ANTLER instead of the metal ring, you'd have a different sound. If you trimmed just a 1/4 inch off the bottom, you'd have a different sound - it's called "Tuning the Bell". If you could put the bell on a metal lathe and "TRUE UP" the cylinder, you'd have a more "TRUE" sound instead of the Ghastly "Plinking" effect and then the rich overtones following that. Cutting designs into the side walls will change the tone as well. If you can put that bell into a forge and heat up the open end then flare out the open end to give it a more "Bell" like appearance instead of a cylinder you'd get a better sustain on your ring.
I am going to try cutting "Tounges" in a bell and get different notes from each one
I’ve made these types of Bells for years and always enjoy building and learning about them but my favorite parts is after they are finished and whoever gets the bell rings it and the look on their face.
Thank you JB. Love the initials.
A TOTALLY different sound will be made by using a different clapper....try the handle and not the sharp knock of the ballpeen hammer. and strike from onside! I found this out from using old dive tanks!........All different and more pleasant sounds!
Great video, I'm an aspiring blacksmith and have enjoyed this demo. I think you should use a app for say guitar tuning often they will give you an audible reading on the frequency. This would give you a fair estimate of the frequency your bells are outputting. This seems to be of great importance to many potential clients and enthusiast alike.
My nieces boyfriend had an app like that, The next run of bells I do I will give it a go. Thanks!
Striking it in the middle seems to be a balance between the tone from the upper and lower
Did you make a video to show them all hung up and ringing?
Lovely bells ! Where in USA (Chicago) can I buy a cylinder bell ?
I will not have any available until after the first of the year.
When striking the bell, the striker should be wrapped in thick leather, or wrapped in cotton twine. That will keep that annoying, high-pitched "CLANGGGG" noises to a minimum.
Any tips on where to get gas cylinders cheap?
check around tour local fire departments, post a wanted post in a local bulletin board/fb page. people dump them off to me now just to get rid of them. local scrap yards here won't take them. Good Luck!
Old video, but first time to see it. Good info, but it's nearly impossible to hear your commentary over the noise from the gas forge...very distracting and takes away from the value of your video.
Turn that F'n forge off
Hard to hear over the sound of forge.