Things we make.

[ValeTudoGuy]

I built this lamp last week as I knew what I wanted but could not buy it.

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Very nice! Is that acrylic? If so was it hard to work with? I have been playing with the idea of making an acrylic platter for a DIY Turntable, but I haven't worked much with acrylic before.

[Puff Scotty]

I built this lamp last week as I knew what I wanted but could not buy it.

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Absolutely love it...saw a range of these (the bulbs) in a shop in Shanghai & thought I'll 'av a few of them next trip. Not found the bloody shop again...

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[Simon Bolivar]

Excellent job Monkey!

[monkey66]

Yup Acrylic. Never really worked with it before so went carefully, read up on how to work the material and came out spot on. The dimensions are 100*100*50mm as purchased. It comes saw cut on the sides so needs some finishing. Drilling 50mm of plastic needs a bit of care and a big pillar drill to get the job done. HSS bits are fine, don't drill too quick and use water for cooling.

I masked it off all over and went for it. The bulb holder has a 15.6mm thread so I drilled 15mm and hand turned it in (no tapping). Rock solid and perfect (I was afraid of both stripping it out but also cracking/crazing around the thread).

Drilled the 4 holes for the feet screws at m4.5, used M4*60mm CSK Stainless screws and countersinking was straight forward.

The design was really all about the bulb, you don't need to go to China:

http://www.dowsingandreynolds.com/product-category/vintage-light-bulbs/

http://www.industville.co.uk/collections/vintage-edison-bulbs

Finishing the perspex was interesting. The top and bottom came with a glass finish and I managed not to scratch them. The sides were saw cut so needed a bit more work. I understand you can flame polish perspex but this is normally only for smaller pieces. I didn't fancy the risk when any distortion or refraction was going to be very visible.

I used my small orbital sander with some fine paper for the first pass to get them down to a smooth but cloudy finish. I then used some plastic polishing compound to get the clear finish. I didnt have a buffer wheel so put some microfiber cloth on the sander which is a great second-choice alternative to an orbital buffer. I sussed this out of necessicity after polishing the first side by hand for about 3 hours before it started to go clear. Using the sander/microfiber/cutting polish method took about 30mins per side.

[Sean]

Does look spot on mate you gonna do any bigger sizes to it

[SmokeyDave]

That looks amazing

[ValeTudoGuy]

Chilli Sausages.
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[PeeJay]

Chilli Sausages.
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Impressed, they look edible too.

[ValeTudoGuy]

They are lovely!

[Peter Willison]

Love making sausages
But for the life of me I can't tie them
Did you buy a mix ?
Or use your own

Look like pig skins too nice

[Sean]

Good them marc you really do dabble into anything dont you


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[ValeTudoGuy]

I did everything myself, I went to a local sausage factory and bought a few meters of skin for about a quid.

[Sean]

Did u get good practise whilst younger mate [emoji28]


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[Peter Willison]

I did everything myself, I went to a local sausage factory and bought a few meters of skin for about a quid.

Good man
Next time try a real skin
It really does it taste in it
Got loads of recipes if you ever need any mate

[ValeTudoGuy]

Good man
Next time try a real skin
It really does it taste in it
Got loads of recipes if you ever need any mate

Im fairly sure it's Sheep Casing, it's a decent small scale sausage factory that do boutique sausages.