Lamps from recycled parts, ideal example of a green theme.
Personally, i think this lamps look very cool, both items are made from various pieces of old electrical hardware.
I love how the design is rather simple, but complicated by the parts used.
Made by the Flickr user Qvidja50.
He says
The lamp on the left is fabricated from a railroad signal switching relay manufactured by the General Railway Signal Company in 1924. The perforated cylinders were originally ink canisters designed for high-speed fabric printing.
The light on the right is made from a water-cooled dual processor from an Apple G5 desktop computer. Other elements include an hour meter, aircraft compass and 40W LED bulbs.
Check out the full Flickr set.
Personally, i like the 'hanging bulb' one. Firstly as i love the way the bulbs hang down, that and the use of a Powermac G5 heatsink is a win for an appleuser fanboy like myself.
For anyone looking to enter the Epilog laser cutter contest. Whom may have some parts laying around, this is a good place to start your research.
I have an old iMac stand that caitlinsdad said would make a good lamp.
- gmjhowe
I love how the design is rather simple, but complicated by the parts used.
Made by the Flickr user Qvidja50.
He says
The lamp on the left is fabricated from a railroad signal switching relay manufactured by the General Railway Signal Company in 1924. The perforated cylinders were originally ink canisters designed for high-speed fabric printing.
The light on the right is made from a water-cooled dual processor from an Apple G5 desktop computer. Other elements include an hour meter, aircraft compass and 40W LED bulbs.
Check out the full Flickr set.
Personally, i like the 'hanging bulb' one. Firstly as i love the way the bulbs hang down, that and the use of a Powermac G5 heatsink is a win for an apple
For anyone looking to enter the Epilog laser cutter contest. Whom may have some parts laying around, this is a good place to start your research.
I have an old iMac stand that caitlinsdad said would make a good lamp.
- gmjhowe
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Feb 21, 2009. 9:17 PMalex-sharetskiy
says:
if only they were florescent, then it would be truly green
Feb 21, 2009. 3:13 PMchinnerz
says:
yeah, they look really nice, i wana get one of those for my room...
That's awesome! Now to replicate with something totally original...
Hmmm, that gives me a slightly related, but not completely so, idea....
Oh, I have a bunch of plastic rails that once held coffee/tea machine packets and are not really recyclable, as far as the plastic is concerned, but they may be good for railing up LED lights, or such things.
That is intense. That definitely gets a merit badge for making something way more complicated than necessary. Hmm.. maybe I'll suggest that one to the OOTSSOERAAAP.
I love it.
I love it.
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