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 Another cheap and easy lamp to make, ambient lighting will make you home look so much more appealing (and the lamp will make it look pretty cool too). This will take a little time but the results are worth it |
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tape, lamp fitting, expoy glue, sandpaper, legs for lamp (I used mingle coctail sticks from ikea, but removed the ‘handle’), grater (I used one from ikea), CD cover |
Craft Knife, Pliers, Blue Tak |
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Beginning: Make sure the grater you buy will allow you to change the bulb from the top (ie can you fit a light bulb through the handle?) |
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1: Mark off about 20mm at the top of whatever you are going to use for your legs so that when you glue them they will be even. |
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2: Roughen up all surfaces to be glued. (Inside corners of the grater and above the markers on your legs. |
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3: Place the grater on the top cd cover and cut grooves into the cover around the grater. Now extend the ‘box’ of grooves to the edge of the cd cover. You should be able to snap off the outer pieces now to leave you with a base. |
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4: Now cut the corners off of the base so that there will be space for the legs, cut one corner larger than the rest so that the cable for the light will fit through the opening of the base. |
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5: Glue the lamp fitting onto the base |
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6: Mix up a small amount of epoxy and glue the first leg onto the grater, you can use some blu tak to keep it in place. Repeat for the other legs, but wait for each leg to dry before proceeding. |
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7: glue the base onto the bottom of the grater |