Adventure Geek Wind Chime

The Adventure Geek DIY wind chime has been on our side project list for a while now and it seemed fitting to crank it out on fathers day. 

The first step in this project was finding a suitable top or base or whatever it's called where all the other danglies hang from. We have a lot of bamboo lying around the garage that would have been perfect to create a base out of, but then I remembered the busted Epic kayak paddle I picked up off the road after leaving the last Santee Adventure Tri. I've been saving little piece of hardware for a project just as this.  

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After we sawed up the kayak paddle, we eyeballed were we wanted to hang the medals then got to drillen. 

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When I finished drilling the holes, Kristen jumped in to measure out ribbon lengths and then tied them through the paddle. 

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It took the two of us to figure out how to affix the middle clangy cog piece, and then we drilled a few more holes for the hanging wire.  

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Six races to earn six medals = $330.00
One Epic Kayaks Hybrid Touring Paddle = $279.00
Basic set of Ryobi power tools = $150 

Making an Awesome Adventure Geek Wind Chime = Priceless!