Introduction: Recycled Bottle Lamps (Multiple)
I would like to share one of my favorite projects how to make a bottle lamp. You do have to invest about $15 for a diamond bit, but the bottle lamps can be made for less than $10 and they make amazing gifts or sold for a profit at craft shows and Etsy shops.
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Before we start i made this instructables to thank my first 100 subscribers i got featured twice and won a contest i couldn't have done it with out you guys thanks so much now enjoy your instructable
Step 1: Overview
Theres lots of ways to make that special lamp of yours. heres a few ideas of what can be accomplished with a little creativity and a well explained instructables like this one ;)
Step 2: Lamp Type #1
This will be the first way/style of lamp you can build easily
STYLE #1 Recycled Lamp
Tools And Supplies
1.) Find an old lamp you can use
2.) Find a bottle you want to use and clean it out good (I Used A Jack Daniels Bottle )
STYLE #1 Recycled Lamp
Tools And Supplies
- Old Lamp (Working)
- Empty Bottle
- Drill or drill press
- Diamond glass bits
- Heat shrink tubbing
- Needle nose pliers or tweezers
- Electrical tape
- Liquid nails
- Filler (what ever you want to put in your bottle)
- Hack saw or something to take apart lamp
- Lighter or heat gun to heat upbeat shrink tubbing
1.) Find an old lamp you can use
2.) Find a bottle you want to use and clean it out good (I Used A Jack Daniels Bottle )
Step 3: Lamp #1- Step 2
STYLE #1 Recycled Lamp
STEP 2
STEP 2
- remove lamp shade
- flip lamp over mine add a paper thing covering the cord so i took it out to revel the cord
- uses the hack saw if needed to cut an incision in lamp to remove cord
- use the hack saw again to open the remainder part of the lamp so you can pull the cord all the way out
- cut the wire so we will be able to thread it and rewire it into the lamp later
- after your done gutting it you should have the lamp guts
Step 4: Lamp #1- Step 3
STYLE #1 Recycled Lamp
STEP 3
STEP 3
- Drill hole with diamond bits in the back side of the bottle near the bar code start with the smallest diamond bit then go to the largest one or just the one that can fit the wire snuggly through
- then you want to thread the wire through the top of the drink into the hole that you drilled your going to need pliers or tweezers for this step
- TIPS- rotate the bottle as your threading the wire though the hole while pliers are in the bottle trying to fish it out
Step 5: Lamp #1- Step 4
STYLE #1 Recycled Lamp
STEP 4
STEP 4
- now your going to need to separate the wire you can do this by cutting down the center of the wire and pulling the wrest apart with your hands not to much though i do this so its easier to work with as were re wiring it your also going to need to strip the wires i used scissors but you should uses wire strippers
- next you want to twist the wires back together (you can use solder but you do not need to) if you lost track of which wire goes where DO NOT GUESS you can cause some serious damage if you do so sense its an old lamp it polarized unlike the kits you buy at home depot it matters which wire goes where so if you lost track there should be white writing on one of the wires connect this wire to the other wire with white writing then connect the two together without writing on it
- make sure you have the heat shrink tubbing on before you connect the widest together
- now heat up the heat shrink tubbing with your lighter, heat gun, or soldering iron
Step 6: Lamp #1- Step 5
STYLE #1 Recycled Lamp
STEP 5
STEP 5
- now put it back together by using the liquid nails and applying pressure then wrap it up with electrical tape to make it look better and hold the liquid nail glue in place while its hardening add a light bulb and your lamp shade and enjoy your new lamp
Step 7: Lamp #2
STYLE #2 No lampshade lamp
this lamp requires a little bit of soldering skills
Tools And Supplies
Step 1-
Get your bottle and clean it out really good
this lamp requires a little bit of soldering skills
Tools And Supplies
- Solder
- Soldering iron
- old lamp or lamp parts
- heat shrink tubbing
- 12 volt charger or cord of some sort i found one in my junk box
- LED'S (Light emitting diodes)
- And all the tools you needed in the first Lamp i should you how to make
Step 1-
Get your bottle and clean it out really good
Step 8: Lamp #2 Step- 2
STYLE #2 No lampshade lamp
Step 2-
Step 2-
- Solder LED'S TO The Diagram Below this is going to take awhile don't forget the resistors
- you can use this calculator here if your using different LEDS and power supply http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
Step 9: Lamp #2 Step- 3
STYLE #2 No lampshade lamp
Step 3-
Step 3-
- Drill hole in bottle just like the first lamp we made on the bottom near the barcode
- thread wire through bottle and attach the 12 volt charger to your LEDS you just made FOLLOW THE DIAGRAM
- re wire the cord together just like we did in the first lamp don't forget the heat shrink tubing
- now slowly and carefully compress your led circuit into the bottle towards the middle
- then add your filler make sure its glass of some sort so you can see the light i used clear glass beads from Michael's
- now enjoy!!!!!!
Step 10: Lamp Type #3
For this style of lamp all i did was get a small bottle of jack (1 pint)
Drilled a groove in the bottom of bottle so the led would fit but not be wet by the lubricant i used for the filler in the bottle
wired the Rainbow cycling led to a toggle switch and a 4 AA Battery holder mounted it through a base i got at Michael's for 2 bucks put the battery and wires in the base
drilled a hole through the base
glued led in place allied with bottle
glued bottle to base with epoxy
and your done a color changing night light lamp
i used garage door lube for the filler because it was thick and cool looking you can also used 2 part resin but obviously only put 1 part resin in not the second or it will harden
ENJOY THE LAMPS!
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AND VOTE FOR ME IN FUTURE CONTESTS IT MAKES ME MOTIVATED TO KEEP THE PROJECTS GOING THANKS TO EVERY ONE FOR HELPING ME OUT
SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FIRST 100 SUBSCRIBERS
you guys helped me get featured twice and win a contest thanks again it means a lot
Drilled a groove in the bottom of bottle so the led would fit but not be wet by the lubricant i used for the filler in the bottle
wired the Rainbow cycling led to a toggle switch and a 4 AA Battery holder mounted it through a base i got at Michael's for 2 bucks put the battery and wires in the base
drilled a hole through the base
glued led in place allied with bottle
glued bottle to base with epoxy
and your done a color changing night light lamp
i used garage door lube for the filler because it was thick and cool looking you can also used 2 part resin but obviously only put 1 part resin in not the second or it will harden
ENJOY THE LAMPS!
DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE
AND VOTE FOR ME IN FUTURE CONTESTS IT MAKES ME MOTIVATED TO KEEP THE PROJECTS GOING THANKS TO EVERY ONE FOR HELPING ME OUT
SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FIRST 100 SUBSCRIBERS
you guys helped me get featured twice and win a contest thanks again it means a lot
Step 11: Heres a Few of My Instagram Videos to Help You Guys Out
Heres a few of my instagram videos to help you guys out it was filmed and posted on my instagram so there not to detailed nut it should help