Repurposed Screwdriver Wind Chime

Like these vintage wooden screwdrivers with lovely aged and colorful wooden handles, a vintage wooden level, and a dark brassy chain necklace.

I love repurposing vintage tools, especially screwdrivers for some reason. It's probably the colorful aged handles that strike my fancy.

To put my screwdriver wind chime together I used cup hooks and eye hooks, and my drill with a bit that fits the size of the hooks.

I also needed a large key ring, a couple of split rings, and (not in the picture) a black marker and needle nose pliers

I marked, with a black marker, where I wanted my holes to go on the ends of the wooden screwdrivers.

I drilled the holes and screwed in the cup hooks.

You could use eye hooks here instead, but I have a reason for using cup hooks.

I lined up my screwdrivers so I could mark where I wanted my holes to go in the vintage wooden level.

I drilled in the holes.

Because the level and screwdrivers are wooden you could use a hammer and a nail to make the holes for this project, but a drill is a lot faster.

Then I screwed eye hooks into the level.

Next, I took the necklace apart using needle nose pliers.

Then I attached links to the eye hooks by opening each link with the pliers, inserting it into the eye hook, and then closing the link... again with the pliers.

I removed all the beads from the necklace, totally a personal choice, because for me the screwdrivers and the level are the stars of this diy wind chime.

As you can see I didn't clean up the screwdrivers at all.

These repurposed screwdrivers have earned their aged patina, kinda like me. lol.

And I wouldn't dream of taking that history away.

If these vintage tools could talk, I'm sure they'd have a lot of fabulous project stories to tell.

Maybe they're having a conversation right now, about their cool new life as a repurposed wind chime... another story added to their history.

I replaced the sweet little red-handled screwdriver with a longer red one on the right side because I decided I needed something at the top, and it fit perfectly.

This repurposed screwdriver wind chime was a lot of fun to create.

The sound is more on the light clanky side rather than the usual tinkling sounds that my other wind chimes tend to make.

But it's a cool conversation piece, and would look awesome inside or outside a workshop.

Oh yes, I almost forgot... the reason I used cup hooks for the screwdrivers rather than eye hooks is because they can be easily removed.

I thought it would be fun to repurpose them in a way that allows them to still be used for their original intended purpose.

If you enjoyed this project you can find more DIY Repurposed Wind Chime Projects here.