Lamp made from translucent 45 records

Step 3 Clamp and drill

I stacked up the records in a somewhat random color pattern. I looked at it a few times and moved a few around if there were too many of one color together.

I just eyeballed the location for the three holes on one of the non-translucent 45s. It would be better to do this with an equilateral triangle and a drill press with a jig of some sort to ensure every hole is in the proper spot. I'm not that together, don't have a drill press, and figured out that might have been way better after some frustration.

Put your template on one end and a few other non-translucent 45s on the other end of the stack. When you're pushing the drill bit through it is possible the last few might crack.

By pushing the stack on its side against the fridge i was able to clamp them together.

I then drilled through the stack with an extra long drill bit that was just a bit larger than the threaded rod. The reason this is the first step is because it will take a long time. The drill bit gets hot and starts to melt the vinyl. I think i averaged about a quarter inch each time. Then i would let the bit cool while working on the base or the light.

So drill a little, work on part of the next step, drill a little, go back to what you were doing... repeat.

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AHHHHHH! I feel deplore a vinyl record........