Post #22589 by Doctor Z on Mon, Feb 10, 2003 7:59 PM

I, too, have made these torches, and yes, they are as easy to make as it sounds! I was able to pick up everything at Home Depot and they literally took me about 10 minutes to make. I made some to give out as Christmas presents, but ended up keeping them... However, I was unable to 'drill through the bamboo' - how does one do that? - so just used brown cable-ties to strap the cord to the bamboo and it blends in perfectly. I put switches on mine, but found I prefer to just leave them on all night - gives the lounge a cool look as I stumble through it at 3AM...
Helpful hint: if you can get the torches that have removable plastic canisters with metal screw-top lids, just discard the canisters and use just the lids - it saves having to cut through metal cans!