Giant Gong


  Ka-whoosh! Sonic shimmer that leads you to a transcendental state. Technically not a gong but a giant cymbal holder that you can use like a dinner bell.

What you need:

  • Krylon metallic gold paint
  • Cardboard
  • A cymbal, as big as you have
  • A piece of wood 1x3 stock, couple of inches longer than the diameter of your cymbal
  • 5/16" inch x 4" inch carriage bolt with washers and nuts for mounting
  • Cymbal primer paint
  • Carpenters glue
  • Big bottle of regular glue for papier mache (you can use regular white glue for everything but I found carpenter's glue to have a better tack and quicker set up when doing papercrafts)
  • Hot glue from a hot glue gun (also has its utility in tacking parts together that you cannot really clamp together until the glue sets up)
  • Scissors
  • Utility knife
  • Ruler
  • Straightedge
  • Compass
  • Pencil
NOTE: This project was orignally posted by: caitlinsdad. This project won a prize in the Krylon Summer Projects Contest on Instructables.com (http://www.instructables.com/id/Stargate-Gong/).

How and How Long:

  1. Measure out using the cymbal the cardboard.
  2. Cut the cardboard and shape the main gate structure.
  3. Spray down the frame with Krylon Paint.
  4. Attach the cymbal using a mounting bolt.
  5. Ring the gong to determine proper posistioning.
Approximate project time: 1 hour.

What it Costs:

Cost is about $50.