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10 minutes Table Lamp - easy and cheap

10 minutes Table Lamp - easy and cheap

10 minutes..
it is all the time you need to make this Lampe.

:)

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Step 1What you need:

What you need:

a 40 w bulb
cable
lamp socket
a can

Tools:
- drill
- screwdriver

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13 comments

Aug 6, 2011. 5:39 AMGildaT says:

It is really great! Thanks!

Mar 16, 2011. 7:16 PMPlan B says:

Do not need a ground !
Great Job.

Jan 17, 2011. 11:09 PMleendertbob says:

The lamp looks nice and inventive.
Please (extra) insulate the wire where it passes into the can.
Electricity and safety go hand in hand.

Jan 18, 2011. 1:33 AM

mary candy (author) says:

take a look on 3, pic of 2. step.
You can see , the wire has no contact to the can.
The lamp is pretty safe.
;)

Jan 17, 2011. 1:53 PMleendertbob says:

Ground it! You have made holes enough.
Don't get yourself eletrified.

Jan 17, 2011. 4:41 PM

mary candy (author) says:

I'm girl but I understand what I'm making :D

Jan 17, 2011. 4:40 PM

mary candy (author) says:

:D

Jan 13, 2011. 4:06 PM

hasha2000 says:

I like it, I even made one years ago before I even knew about instructables.com, but I used different colored lighting gels to cover the holes from the inside.

Oct 11, 2010. 3:09 PM

chapa-de-frente says:

Nice!

Oct 11, 2010. 9:05 AMpee_pills says:

Nescau!
Lol

Oct 11, 2010. 10:34 AMsuperviky says:

yeahhh

Oct 11, 2010. 10:38 AM

mary candy (author) says:

yeahhh (2)

Oct 10, 2010. 4:49 PM

M.C. Langer says:

I love it!!!!

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