Introduction: Medieval Torch Lights
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About: I have more ideas than time to make them happen! I'm a "dreamer", but I'm working now on making my ideas happen! It's harder than I had thought, but I'm steadily making progress on many fronts!
This project came to be after I found these great medieval-looking sconces at a warehouse sale. At that time I had already purchased the cracked-glass globes at an estate sale; the sconces and the globes seemed to naturally go together.
I used LEDs (10 mm. diffused blue) attached to a rig that I built out of popsicle sticks inside the globes themselves. I added a toggle on/off switch and connected everything to a 9V battery. Did you know that a C-battery case holds a 9V battery really well? You can see this in my pictures.
I am very happy with how these lights turned out.
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4 Comments
12 years ago on Introduction
Where can we find glass globes like that?
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
Well, I find these sorts of glass globes a lot at garage or estate sales. Barring that, I found lots of globes for sale when I did a web search on Google (finding a cheap one is up to you). Use keywords: "cracked glass" AND "globe". You will then notice that these globes are most frequently found as part of 'garden globes' that you can ornament your yards with; I recommend the "cracked glass" ones to buy--they diffuse the light better than the clear or all-white globes do. Hope this helps, and good luck!
12 years ago on Introduction
I could see this being used with one of the jack-o-lantern flickering LED candles. It would be pretty cool to put it on the end of a staff and carry it around. Nice.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
Oooh, I like your idea!