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.
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

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

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

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

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

and now that the wires are through and put together put whatever filler in your bottle you can use glass beads, christmas decorations, sand, ect

Step 6: Lamp #1- Step 5

STYLE #1 Recycled Lamp

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

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

Total (10) LEDS BLUE------- (3) 120 OHM RESISTORS------- (1) 470 OHM RESISTOR

Step 1-

Get your bottle and clean it out really good

Step 8: Lamp #2 Step- 2

STYLE #2 No lampshade lamp

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-

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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