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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Street Lamp Post Made Using Battery Operated Floral LED Lights



 
I was walking through the floral section and saw these lights and thought how cool it would be to use these as exterior lights. These lights are very bright and have a slight blue hue to them. The picture above shows them in a dark room. You twist the top to turn them on and off they are $6.99 for a pack of four.
I started with "Woodsies" dowels, acorn dowel cap, doll pin stand, tire and submersible battery LED lights by Ashland from Michaels craft store.

 I glued all of the pieces together and made a tall (19.5 inches) and a medium (13 inches) size lamp, I was not sure about the size I wanted. I used two different designs on the lamp base, the medium post didn't seem like it needed the extra bulk at the bottom. I added a wooden square to the bottom of the base for stability. The first post is before the second dowel was added and I finished it off with a furniture button another "Woodsies" .


I added a furniture button to finish the open end of the dowel. 
I cut off the clip
I unscrewed the bottom half of the light, which holds the battery from the top. I glued the top (grey/silver plastic) to the post and masked off the thread part so paint would not get on it and not allow it to screw back together. I used hammered metal black spray paint, because thats what I had on hand.

If you want a free standing lamp post, on the taller lamp I would use metal washers at the bottom to give it more weight, otherwise it would be too top heavy. I plan to glue mine to the sidewalk outside my bakery, hopefully it will be enough to hold it up without the weighted bottom. If not I will add the washers.







15 comments:

  1. Hi!

    I loved your dollhouse. it looks lovely! What's the scale of it?
    I'm shooting an animation, and I couldn't find any street lamps that could fit my scale. Would you be interested in selling me these beautiful ones you made?

    :)

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  2. Thank you. My dollhouse is 1:12 meaning 12in. is equal to 1ft. I would; is this stop motion?

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  3. Yes. I'm actually working in 1:6 scale, but maybe the tallest one could work. How tall is each one of the street lamps you have? If you prefer, I can send you my e-mail address, so we can talk.

    Thanks!

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  4. Ops, sorry. I just saw their sizes. :)

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  5. this is a great idea thanks for sharing it :)

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  6. This is fantastic! I so want to try making one. How do you get the light to work?

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  7. The light turns on and off by twisting the bottom (the glass of the light) a half turn.

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  8. Thank you for replying. I am unable to find these types of lights in Australia....with the turn at the light part. Would you be willing to post a pack to Australia? I can pay via paypal for your security.

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  9. Wow! I love those lights. Now you have me rethinking the ones I have (they dont light up). LOL

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  10. I've been looking for temp lighting for my slot car track. This seems perfect. I need something stable without glueing to surface. Any advice on building the poles and base?

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    1. I would weight the base with washers from hardware store to make them more stable.

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  11. Hi Jocelyn, I'm really interested in commissioning one of these lamps for a 1/6 scale figure street diorama. Would you be interested in making and selling me one? I'm based in New Zealandm but would pay for shipping etc. Would need to know the cost though. Cheers!
    -Sash

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