How to hollow out a lightbulb

I know this had been done before, but the one before had bad images. They were all blurry.

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Step 1: Supplies

Basicly all you need is a screw driver and a 1 - 2 inch long nail and pliers.

msmall2 says: Nov 17, 2011. 7:55 PM

This was good, thanks for the help!

honigkuchen says: Jan 4, 2011. 7:18 AM

"Take off" doesn't exactly describe what I had to do here: I had to hammer really hard.

honigkuchen says: Jan 4, 2011. 7:16 AM

I don't know if it was for the german lightbulb I used or for whatever but tapping lightly with a screwdriver didn't do anything I had to use a hammer instead.

stripedstarfish says: Nov 24, 2009. 9:11 PM

Thank you. very good and helpful.

chriskarr says: Dec 30, 2008. 5:56 PM

And you said your pictures weren't as blurry as his! Liar! (Step 5 picture 2)

H3xx in reply to chriskarrAug 5, 2009. 5:06 PM

its a picture in motion dude, its gonna be blurry.

Nameless37 says: Nov 5, 2008. 12:54 PM

I got most of the white stuff out with water but i used salt afterwords to ensure there wasn't any left.

Father Christmas says: Aug 30, 2008. 7:53 PM

why do the sprinkles/sand/ salt? i just ran it under the sink. worked fine.

Scott_Tx says: May 13, 2008. 12:48 PM

I just hollowed out my first light bulb. I had trouble with the brass end/black glass stuff cause I couldn't get a good grip on it with pliers so I used a bench vice and kept pinching the end and rotating it till it finally got under the brass and I could pull it off with pliers. Then I used a drill and followed down the one wire on the side till the hole was big enough to get needle nosed pliers in and snapped it all out. I used a burn out larger 3 way bulb, it looks neat. Now what do I want to do with it?

nm918273 (author) in reply to Scott_TxMay 13, 2008. 1:16 PM

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Scott_Tx in reply to nm918273May 13, 2008. 3:39 PM

No danger of that here

Browncoat says: May 12, 2008. 7:22 PM

If the bulb's already clear, do you need to do the sand/sprinkles/etc step?

nm918273 (author) in reply to BrowncoatMay 13, 2008. 4:46 AM

nope

Sgt.Waffles says: May 4, 2008. 2:39 PM

Yeah, my pictures were REEEALLY blurry. /sarcasm

jehan60188 in reply to Sgt.WafflesMay 4, 2008. 4:32 PM

relax. Your picture at http://www.instructables.com/id/Light-Bulb-Shrimp-Aquarium/?ALLSTEPS were by no means blurry, but these are sharper.
Anyways, your project is about shrimp, hollowing a lightbulb is just a side-show!

anyways, both projects are neat

nm918273 (author) in reply to Sgt.WafflesMay 4, 2008. 3:10 PM

o yah sorry, i meant this guys http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-hollow-out-a-lightbulb-and-make-a-stand-for/