Recycle Old Light Bulb

How to make ship in to old light bulb

Step 1 Bulb prepare

Cut bulb and remove wolfram with filament

Comments

[Amanditaleotta]

What material used to make the sail? sry for my bad english :)

[samando]

try doing this with an energy saving bulb... heh, heh, heh...

[hottamaleindustries]

Challenge Accepted.

[Mattrox]

Been wondering what to do with the cork I have lying around. Thanks!

[blog de residuos]

Thanks for the idea and the pictures:

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[yukthi]

COOOOOL project man !!!

[moosofa]

where did you find such thick toothpicks? bamboo skewers are too thick and solid for me to poke through it and the toothpicks i have seem too flimsy :(

[shattrd3]

Yup Moosofa i was having the same exact issue! maybe a smaller needle or something

[red-king]

 just make the bamboo skewers smaller. use a knife. i think that would work...

[argentin]

I love this idea
I made one of this as a christmas for my mom
The only problem was that I had to put glue on the outside and it was white, but I still think it looks good.
Thank you for this guide

[narckycypycu]

very interesting

[Nicola Tesla]

how do you cut the bulb

[PikminRed]

Hulk?

[Kornelie]

 how cool is this! most deserved 5stars ever

[artzjo]

How cool is that. I am going to display my jewellery in light bulbs. Thanks for the idea Jo

[gtxmag440]

I cant find any blue hot glue. Think candle wax dyed blue could be used for water?

[PatentPending]

I'm actually almost done with mine, I went ahead and made a cork pirate's ship and it came out great! And I guess I used a pretty cheap lightbulb because all did was heat up the metal bottom with a lighter for a few seconds and the metal slid right off! I'll post up pics once I get it in and get the blue glue for the water! 5 *'s

[artsgottagun]

 OMG THIS IS THE AWESOMEST THING EVER 

[Ma Barley]

BE CAREFUL with the "energy saving bulbs"! The gases in them are dangerous if broken!

[minipancho94]

with the dangerous gases in soe bulbs you should be safe in a well ventilated area as long as you dont huff the gasses there isnt enough to affect you but yea dont open them indoors just to be safe

[kcls]

Where did you get the blue hot glue from? was there other colors as well?

[mg0930mg]

He answered this a few comments down.

[CaseBoy]

 the video,t doesn't work

[marlon_f27]

your work is reeeeeally cooool :D

i would just like to see a more detailed perspectives of the ship from different views and angles. thanks.

[moosofa]

where do you get different colored glues? craft store?

[bassclarinet23]

Wow. That's amazing.

[keikothemeowmeow]

AWWWWWWWW! This is awesome...and cute.

[Ben Seran]

how do you get the metal part off?

[tooday11]

Very nice

[Shumaila]

its awesummm !!!!!

[skatelong]

Where do you get the blue stuff from that you use for the water and how do You put a hole in the toothpicks?

[FullyInvolvedScientist]

Great Instructable! There are a lot of different shape glass bulbs out there to build in. Really cool. This would make great quick Christmas presents too.!

[blazoner]

or ornaments....

[dj.kazb0t]

When I want to remove the glass part of a bulb from the metal, screw part, I hold the bulb in my hand with thick gloves (like and oven mitt) and use a blow torch or similar to heat up the metal part until it slides off easily. (Grab the metal part with a pair of channel-locks or similar.) This keeps the glass bulb intact! Be careful not to burn yourself!

[chile.limon]

ive always wanted a ship in a bottle, for whatever reason i still dont have one... i dig this!!

[sallmin]

perfect perfect perfect goes great with fishtank

[save-energy]

What a great way too use your old bulbs. Creative, innovative, & less for the landfill.

[Jupolo]

A very good instructable. Like others I went straight out and got a light bulb and went to town with a sharp knife. I couldn't get the jacket off though. I wonder if some bulbs are better for this than others. The glue seems to be a 5mm band of glue that is very hard to get to. Anyone who had luck doing it, can you say what type of bulb you used and how you went about removing it and how long it took. Thanks

[trishieC]

I tried making one last night but didnt realize that I had to cut through glass to get it apart. The utility knife I used doesnt cut glass (does it??) I ended up peeling away the metal with some pliers just to see how the bulb was made and realized the glass extends down to the base of the metal part. Unless I figure out how to cut glass my little ship doesnt have a home. :( Any suggestions about how to cut this glass?

[hg341]

use your knife(any sharp will do) and make a make where you want the cut to be then go over and over over and over over and over the mark with your knife sooner or later you will make it though the glass with a clean cut