Making a puffer fish lamp - Other Crafts

F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Tue, Feb 14, 2006 8:27 PM On 2006-02-14 11:59, WillTiki wrote: I bought a premade pufferfish light on ebay a while back and it had an interesting design. The hole in the top of the fish has a short tube of bamboo epoxied into it. The bamboo tube gives you something other than the cut fish skin to attach the socket clips to plus it has 3 short chains connecting to a ring to hang it from. This is a lot safer (and according to code for many places)than hanging the lamp directly from the power cord. A big plus though is the fact that the oversized hole in the bamboo leaves room for the heat from the bulb to escape since it does not need to be a tight fit to support hanging the lamp from the socket. WillTiki, would you be a doll and post some close-up shots of that structure? I've got a big puffer, already nice and hollow, plus a bulb/chord I bought at OA years ago (which unfortunately has the clicker on/off switch too close, so that it will be at the ceiling!). All I have to do is poke it through the readymade, perfect sized hole. But I like the safer aspect of the method you described...not that I'm ever going to leave a lit puffer unattended. :wink:

On 2006-02-14 11:59, WillTiki wrote:
I bought a premade pufferfish light on ebay a while back and it had an interesting design. The hole in the top of the fish has a short tube of bamboo epoxied into it. The bamboo tube gives you something other than the cut fish skin to attach the socket clips to plus it has 3 short chains connecting to a ring to hang it from. This is a lot safer (and according to code for many places)than hanging the lamp directly from the power cord. A big plus though is the fact that the oversized hole in the bamboo leaves room for the heat from the bulb to escape since it does not need to be a tight fit to support hanging the lamp from the socket.
WillTiki, would you be a doll and post some close-up shots of that structure? I've got a big puffer, already nice and hollow, plus a bulb/chord I bought at OA years ago (which unfortunately has the clicker on/off switch too close, so that it will be at the ceiling!). All I have to do is poke it through the readymade, perfect sized hole. But I like the safer aspect of the method you described...not that I'm ever going to leave a lit puffer unattended. :wink:

Post #214689 by Formikahini on Tue, Feb 14, 2006 8:27 PM