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Step 3The light bulb sockets
The first picture shows how the assembly hooks on to the support pole.
Let's make some!
Picture2 - Make a hook on the end of a 1.5-2 foot wire.
Picture3 - Start at the glass end of the threads and wrap the wire around and to the end of the bulb. You want to stop on the opposite side of the hook to prepare for the next step.
Picture4 - Bend the wire out from the bulb, and lay the hook down agains tthe bulb on the other side.
Picture5 - Now bend the excess wire over the bulb to create a handle.
Picture6 - Make a hook with the excess to cinch the two together. You'll need 4-5 of these assembled for the next steps.
Picture7 - Coil some wire around your future support pole. It is important to use the same pole you will use so that the size is not too big or small. We want the sockets to be a snug fit. Make as many loops around the pole as you have sockets.
Picture8 - Cut the loops and form them into circles.
Picture9 - Now we take the loops and solder them on to the handles of the sockets. We want them in the center point. So I set the handle on my finger, marked the point where the bulb was hanging center, and soldered there.
Picture10 - Once done with those, you can get fancy. I made the Vday socket for my girlfriend. It's the "primary".
Let's make some!
Picture2 - Make a hook on the end of a 1.5-2 foot wire.
Picture3 - Start at the glass end of the threads and wrap the wire around and to the end of the bulb. You want to stop on the opposite side of the hook to prepare for the next step.
Picture4 - Bend the wire out from the bulb, and lay the hook down agains tthe bulb on the other side.
Picture5 - Now bend the excess wire over the bulb to create a handle.
Picture6 - Make a hook with the excess to cinch the two together. You'll need 4-5 of these assembled for the next steps.
Picture7 - Coil some wire around your future support pole. It is important to use the same pole you will use so that the size is not too big or small. We want the sockets to be a snug fit. Make as many loops around the pole as you have sockets.
Picture8 - Cut the loops and form them into circles.
Picture9 - Now we take the loops and solder them on to the handles of the sockets. We want them in the center point. So I set the handle on my finger, marked the point where the bulb was hanging center, and soldered there.
Picture10 - Once done with those, you can get fancy. I made the Vday socket for my girlfriend. It's the "primary".
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