Whistle
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Time: Less than 10 minutes
From scrap: ██████████ 100%
PreambleI want to introduce you the easiest diy idea - whistle. To make this whistle as hard as blow in it, I promise =)
Materials- Tin can or plate metal
- Sheet of paper
Tools- Scissors
- Pencil or marker
- Step 1. Drawing
Whistle like that can be made with two confugurations. There is not a lot of differences between them, they almost are almost equivalent. So you can choose any of them.
Below is two drawings with both types of whistle.
Also there is a picture that you can just print and cut (scale is 1:1), then redraw it on the metal plate
- Step 2. Material
Best material is a thin tin-plate, you can use a metal from tincan. Metal from beercan is too thin for whistle, but it works. That DIY whistle will not be durable, and can work unstable.
- Step 3. Redraw
Draw chosen scheme on metal and cut it with scissorsIf you've printed image, cut it, redraw on metal plate, than cut a metal
- Step 4. Bending
Below you can see differences between both types of whistle.First
Second
So difference is how to bend a petels. To form a gap, place a piece of metal between petels and bend them around it.
Edges must be pressed with pliers to form a perfect rectangle gap.
Then pull it off
If your metal is too thin, fold it twice and return step 4
And now it's perfect gap
- Step 5. Cylindric part
How to make whistle's cylindric part. Use any cylindric thing to bend metal around it (pen, marker)
If your metal is thick enough, grid its edge into sharp edge, like knife.
To whistle, you need to grip tight your whistle with thumb and index finger, and blow.
- Step 6. Tuning
However, whistle is need to be tuned by bending cylindric part up and down and by changing "b" distance (on the picture below)
If there is still no sound, maybe it is ultrasonic...
How to make a whistle
VideoHandmade whistle is not the easier way to whistle loud, you can also use your fingers!
Results and tips- It is really easy to make a whistle like that, all materials is totally available
- You can make whistle with any tone of sound, also ultrasonic
- Whistle whistles very very loud lol
- If you put couple of balls inside, you will achieve turbo diy whistle!
