Full Version: Pics of some lamps I made with the laser
From: Ken D. (KDEVORY) [#15]
23 Aug 2005
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#14] 24 Aug 2005
If acrylic glue is needed you would probably need to supply it; its not something available at the local store.
Maybe there is an off the shelf glue that would work. If the base is not see-through it can be applied on the inside out of sight. I've seen lots of other glues in little tubes. Some plastics will adhere to many glues, others won't; I don't know about acrylic.
I'm no legal expert either so I can't say what to do. I suspect you can include an off the shelf glue, with complete packaging, and a disclaimer that it's to be applied according to the manufacturer's directions by an adult. - Or you just glue the (5?) pieces yourself.
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#16]
23 Aug 2005
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#14] 24 Aug 2005
If still available Duco plastic cement will work wonderfully on opaque plastic. It came in different size tubes and was quite thick to prevent mess.
A guess is that it was dissolved plastic.
From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#17]
24 Aug 2005
To: ALL
I've looked all over our little town for light bulbs like Rodney has in his pics. All I've been able to find so far are similarly-SHAPED bulbs, but none in colors other than white.
Has anyone else seen them around? I'd like to use the same (or similar) color for the bulb as I do for the acrylic diffusers. For now, we'll be doing red, blue, and green.
I have tried 7W and 13W bulbs so far, and I think the lower wattage bulbs look best. We're even considering using 4W night-light bulbs in another set. When we get our "druthers" settled, I'll post a pic.
From: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#18]
24 Aug 2005
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#17] 25 Aug 2005
You can actually spray paint the bulbs to get a colour - we did it for this illuminated sign , we needed to use a circular flourescent and getting one in blue is impossible , so we spray painted it. Worked wonderfully (in this case we used an opal front panel to act as a diffusor as we did not take a lot of care spraying the bulb and it was rather mottled , but if you use a few light coats yu do get an even paint coverage )
We made this thing on our lasers too , even the back casing etc , I will post the way we did this (you need a wire bender).
Was a very lucrative job as the run was for 500 and we did a far better job on it than most of the "pro" lighting guys did at a cheaper price.
From: UncleSteve [#19]
25 Aug 2005
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#17] 25 Aug 2005