Smashed Bulb Lamp MkII

Whilst building my LED version of this lamp i wanted to make the light from the bulb more natural and for the bulb to look more as if it was still working. This is the result.

Step 1 What you'll need

Rotery tool e.g. Dremel
Soldering iron & solder
Jet flame lighter
Hot glue gun
Standard frosted bulb, bayonet cap BC(frosted glass as opposed to powderd)
Low voltage halogen reflector bulb (the smaller the better)
AC/DC mains adapter of about same voltage as halogen buld with wattage a bit below that of the bulb
Corrosponding connector
Desk lamp
Epoxy Resin

Comments

[ajohnj]

If you want to break the lens the easy way, I found my using a propane touch and heat
the lens . The inside pressure builds up and will crack the lens.

thanks
bmi00

[twocvbloke]

You know, you can buy halogen capsule bulbs without the reflectors, right? Saves the step of smashing the reflector for extracting the little bulb... :) Actually, it reminds me of some bulbs you can buy now, they look like regular bulbs (like the one in this ible) but inside it's a mains powered halogen bulb about 10w less than an equivalent regular incandescent, though sold as "energy saving", they're not saving by much... :S