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Floor mount light

Step 4Making the 'light' housing

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***What you'll need for this step***

>cardboard
>stapler
>piece that you cut from your floor
>rule
>pen/pencil

---First make a rough sketch of your setup, so you know what
you'll be making.Look at the example i made.

---Then using the ruler, measure the thickness of the piece you
cut from the floor,mark this on the cardboard and draw a line
like in the picture.

---Placing the lightbulb against this line, like in the picture,
maek the height of the bulb and draw a line. Then to make sure
you have enough space, mark draw a last line 1cm above the
previous.

---Now cut out three identical such strips of cardboard like in
the picture.

---Use the stapler to staple these strips around the edge of the
wooden piece,so that the edges meet.

---The housing is now ready, just staple it to the hole in the
floor like indicated in the pictures.
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