I was walking down the isles of Home Depot and saw this light (Pic1). Then with some left over half inch square steel and some 1" flat bar I went out to the shop and made a bird bath. That's what I'm calling it.
The Light cost $30, the steel (if I bought it) cost $4. Made it in 2 hours.
This is the first project that I drew up in TurboCad and rendered an image of it (Pic 2) to see how it would look.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Any comments or comparables post.
Thank you.
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12-24-2009, 10:56 PM #1
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Homemade Christmas Present
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12-25-2009, 05:43 AM #2
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Very nice, professional looking.
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12-25-2009, 06:06 AM #3
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I like it. Shows good imagination and design work too.
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12-25-2009, 08:44 AM #4
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It looks nice but I don't get it. You paid $30 for the light only to use part of it.
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That's going to make a great Gift!
That is very nice work looks very professionally done!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
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12-25-2009, 10:18 PM #6
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I get it. I do that all the time. That's probably the cheapest way to get a glass bowl like that. Another good source for project bits are cooking utensils. You can find nice formed SS and aluminum pieces that would be tough to get any other way. Every month or so, I cruise Goodwill.
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12-26-2009, 05:24 PM #7
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Great Idea !
Cool Project, Very nice !!
Just Don't Bump into it !
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He paid $30 for a bowl for a project Originally Posted by monte55
and got a mess of spare/repair parts for lights in his house for free
Frank
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12-27-2009, 08:44 AM #9
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looks good i like it.
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I don't think Tweety would like it too much if he used the other parts inna his bird bath Originally Posted by monte55
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