X-ray Lamp

What to do with an old lamp and those left over x-rays from when you broke your 4th and 5th metacarpals.

Step 1 Dissemble old lamp

First I separated the lampshade along the seam.
Second I removed the top and bottom metal rings.
It all came apart fairly simple just be careful not to rip a big tare in the shade (which i did). When your done you'll have a large C shaped piece of paper and two metal rings (see pic).

Comments

[dr_lee_xray]

As a radiologist, I must advise you that your old x-rays should not be discarded. Should you ever need to have the body part x-rayed in the future it can be very helpful to have the old films for comparison. You can, of course, have the films copied ....

[canida]

This is a great idea! Most lamp shades are horribly boring. Right now we've got X-Rays stuck on the window at work, but I may have to take them down and add them to a lamp. Might I suggest a dangling fringe of matching body parts around the edge of the lampshade?

[ewilhelm]

Here's the picture. It's from a recent bicycle trip. I think I'm up to 15 broken bones!

[Lithium Rain]

What's the count up to now, more than three years later? :D

[postapoc]

Cool idea. post a picture if you end up making one.

[jmando]

WOW! Thats a great idea!

[origamiguy]

Now that's really creative! I love it for a conversation piece and will dig out some old films and try making one; thanx for sharing; I never would have thunk it :<)

[koshka]

cool idea! I made something along these lines using hubby's skull x-rays. I got 4 cheap photo frames (wooden squared edges) and glued them together to form a square, glued the glass in place and added 4 cotton reels as legs. Painted the whole thing black and varnished. cut x-rays to size and held in place with the clips that used to hold the back of the frame. Looks cool, have done many variations since including postcards of constellations with the stars pierced out and photographs of our wedding.

[tonyperry]

Very neat idea. I'm curious how the x-ray film might hold up to all the heat. I suppose with a low wattage bulb and this not being the primary source of light in the room it could last quite a while. Now that you've had it up a while have you noticed anything like this?

[postapoc]

It's not a lamp that I leave on all the time, only 30 min to an hour a day. I haven’t noticed a difference.

[infiniteregress]

Cool! I like it. Very creative... I almost want to make one, except I can't help but think... Doesn't this sort of negate the point of having a lamp, ie, to provide light? You're cutting out about half of the light coming through... Apart from that. its real pretty.

[postapoc]

Actually it still lights up the room quite nice. Because the x-rays are semi-translucent there is not much change.

[infiniteregress]

Coolcool! I guess with the lampshade and all, you're blocking out a ton of light anyway, so makes sense... I should try... Hmmm. I have x-rays, just need a nice lamp... I'll make one!