saxplayer
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Post by saxplayer on Feb 24, 2021 19:55:14 GMT -5
Here’s a new use for my tumbles, but I had to convince my wife first that it would look good! Hopefully she likes it! I filled the center with flower foam core from Hobby Lobby to lessen the amount of rock needed but it still took a lot! edit - it’s a lamp! I’ll get a full pic soon.   |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 24, 2021 20:49:28 GMT -5
Grant! I love it. Been looking for another place to stash away more tumbles. This is a great idea!
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 24, 2021 20:51:34 GMT -5
That is absolutely genius! I love it. Good idea on the foam core on it! *I showed this to my wife. She said it was stunning!  *Trying to lay the groundwork for copying emulating your project!  |
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Feb 24, 2021 20:57:23 GMT -5
That is a fantastic idea! It really turned out great.
(My kids have one of those stringed instruments, too. It's a bugger to keep in tune, but they don't seem to mind one way or the other!)
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Post by Jugglerguy on Feb 24, 2021 21:14:19 GMT -5
That looks really good! Great idea.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Feb 24, 2021 23:09:25 GMT -5
That lamp base is a great way to display a nice little collection, lots of colors, lots to look at, good idea.
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Post by miket on Feb 25, 2021 10:42:03 GMT -5
Very cool! Way better than having a bag full of pretty stones...not that I know what that's like! |
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Post by greig on Feb 25, 2021 10:56:47 GMT -5
Excellent idea and beautiful job. I polished some rocks that glow under UV-A (black light). Now, you have me thinking.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Feb 25, 2021 11:21:27 GMT -5
Did you buy that as a lamp, or did you build a lamp out of a jar? I haven't shown my wife yet, but I kind of want to make one too. Ok, I just showed her. She informed me that we don't have a place for another lamp. Sigh. greig, are you going to make a video? I think that would be a good one, especially with a black light. Would a regular black light make your rocks fluoresce? |
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Post by Tommy on Feb 25, 2021 11:33:26 GMT -5
That's really cool Grant - I love it and the family scene is awesome. Hope they are enjoying using it as much as you did making it.
Not as fancy as your lamp but it was a similar thing that got me obsessed on the hobby years ago - I had just remodeled a bathroom in green tones and I convinced my GF at the time that a tall cylindrical glass vase filled with green tumbled rocks would look great as a decoration, but we would need to collect them, and I'd need to buy a tumbler and she would need to marry me ... it did, we did, I did, and she did hahaha.
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Post by Tommy on Feb 25, 2021 11:35:32 GMT -5
Ok, I just showed her. She informed me that we don't have a place for another lamp. Sigh. You're not going to let that stop you are you? Tell her your current lamps don't have enough ballast and you are worried about them as a tipping hazard...  |
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Post by miket on Feb 25, 2021 11:45:19 GMT -5
Ok, I just showed her. She informed me that we don't have a place for another lamp. Sigh. You're not going to let that stop you are you? Tell her your current lamps don't have enough ballast and you are worried about them as a tipping hazard...  OR, you could just break a current lamp. Accidentally, of course...
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Post by Jugglerguy on Feb 25, 2021 11:55:18 GMT -5
You're not going to let that stop you are you? Tell her your current lamps don't have enough ballast and you are worried about them as a tipping hazard... OR, you could just break a current lamp. Accidentally, of course...
You guys are going to get me in trouble. How long do you suggest I wait between asking about the lamp and this "accident" taking place? I have a feeling she might catch on. Besides that, I made one of the lamps that might "fall off" the table. It's well built of course, so only the shade and the bulb would probably be damaged. |
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saxplayer
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Post by saxplayer on Feb 25, 2021 12:18:02 GMT -5
Did you buy that as a lamp, or did you build a lamp out of a jar? I haven't shown my wife yet, but I kind of want to make one too. Ok, I just showed her. She informed me that we don't have a place for another lamp. Sigh. greig , are you going to make a video? I think that would be a good one, especially with a black light. Would a regular black light make your rocks fluoresce? My wife bought a set of 2 lamps for the living room from maybe Marshalls? They were empty and I decided to fill them. |
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Post by saxplayer on Feb 25, 2021 12:19:53 GMT -5
OR, you could just break a current lamp. Accidentally, of course...
You guys are going to get me in trouble. How long do you suggest I wait between asking about the lamp and this "accident" taking place? I have a feeling she might catch on. Besides that, I made one of the lamps that might "fall off" the table. It's well built of course, so only the shade and the bulb would probably be damaged. They make lamp shades to buy a-la-carte! I believe you can also buy these light bulbs |
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saxplayer
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Post by saxplayer on Feb 25, 2021 13:00:58 GMT -5
That's really cool Grant - I love it and the family scene is awesome. Hope they are enjoying using it as much as you did making it. Not as fancy as your lamp but it was a similar thing that got me obsessed on the hobby years ago - I had just remodeled a bathroom in green tones and I convinced my GF at the time that a tall cylindrical glass vase filled with green tumbled rocks would look great as a decoration, but we would need to collect them, and I'd need to buy a tumbler and she would need to marry me ... it did, we did, I did, and she did hahaha. Nice story! My family likes the lamp, esp my daughters. They help me tumble and pre-shape / cut rocks etc so they have quite a collection themselves already. |
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 25, 2021 13:02:59 GMT -5
Great idea...
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saxplayer
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Post by saxplayer on Feb 25, 2021 13:14:01 GMT -5
That lamp base is a great way to display a nice little collection, lots of colors, lots to look at, good idea. Gracias |
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chandler
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Post by chandler on Feb 25, 2021 16:53:38 GMT -5
I have the lamp and waiting until I have enough rocks to fill it. I love the idea of the flower foam in the middle! Thanks for posting!
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