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Cranberry lamp
Indeed, it looks like cranberries in a bottle, it’s even a cranberry liqueur bottle. Coincidence? – I don’t think so. The contents determined the LED string colour, it could be anything, but for this project, I used red lights. I simply drilled a hole for the LED string, installed a grommet and plugged the lamp in. Power consumption is very low, as this is a USB string, it also doesn’t generate heat. It’s a great present idea or a beautiful decoration for any table/shelf. Here’s the How-It’s-Made part:
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Drilling the hole was easy and done with the bottle completely submerged. Painter’s tape held the drilling fixture in place throughout the process and a sharp bit drilled a perfect hole in less than 20 seconds. I installed a grommet to protect the wire from wearing. It actually doesn’t matter if the bottle has any blow-out from the inside, as all of the sharp edges are covered with the rubber grommet. This is completely safe to use and doesn’t really look that bad at all.
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Once the hole was prepared, I had to insert the string through it, all way up. The hole was big enough for the string with its lights, that’s why I didn’t have to cut the cable in half like I usually do. This time I just slipped it into the bottle, pulled it out, installed a cable tie, pulled it back out and installed another cable tie, on the other side. Simple as that. The cable got a permanent fixing and won’t move anywhere. I cut the recess of the cable ties with flush cut snips, and I mean a true 100% flush cut. These are very special snips, I only use them for cable ties, for any other task I would use regular ones.
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To pack the cable inside the bottle, I used a carpenter pencil, there was even a thought to leave it inside, as it was never used and beautifully matched the colour with the string. Eventually, I left the lamp on its own, just the glass and lights. Simple and glamorous. 2 things make this project one of my favourites – beautiful, vivid colours and the simplicity of making it. It’s a nice feeling that it’s kept simple, still works great and catches eyes.
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