The Tapa Outrigger Lamp is hung and back in action!!!! - General Tiki

AJ Aloha John Member San Bernardino, CA Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 143	AJ Aloha John Posted posted on Mon, Dec 31, 2007 10:07 AM Thanks for all the advice fellas. For now I am just going to dust off the outside, replace the fixtures, and hang it in the tiki lounge and admire it! I'll get to the repair later in Jan. I'll try to take it to OA next Saturday. If they did make I bet they'll get a kick out of seeing it has survived! Whoever did make it cared about the aesthetics for sure. I notice all the bamboo trim is drilled and tied on with what looks like fishing line. And the pieces were cut so that the node spacing is consistent too. Also notice all the relief cuts in the curved bamboo piece on the keel(?). Mai Tai- the framework itself looks pretty simply to make. If you need any other reference pics when you make one let me know. I may even make one too, now that I see how simple it is. The tapa would be the biggest expense, and I would think the most challenging part of the build. Sven - the building has been that color for quite a while so I don't know that it was a Mexican that painted it that way. I do know the guy that owns the building is Asian, and he owned it during the Mandarin Garden days too. I think I was told he'd sell if for 2 million. That tiki pole is pretty funky, do you know anything about it? The Leilani Rum Vacuform Tiki you mentioned seeing there...is it what you are describing here: "This is exactly the bottle I have been looking for for my Leilani Rum Vacuform display Tiki. This Tiki was an age old obsession of mine until I found one in Waikiki in '99. For those of you who know the Vacuform wall-Tikis at the Tiki Ti that have the drink menu scratched into them, THEY are those. They used to have big feet that the Leilani Rum bottle stood on, backlit by a bulb behind the bottle, and by bulbs in the Tiki. A nice item." I'll keep my eyes peeled over there...how tall are they, I don't recall seeing it at the Tiki Ti. I'll get some shots of the building later today, it's only 2 miles from my house. Swanky- taking an iron to it sounds kinda scary, and I don't think I could get the iron in all the spots I'd need to. Does that stuff only need a little heat to set? I'd need to hold the torn flaps against the bonding web from the outside too.

Thanks for all the advice fellas. For now I am just going to dust off the outside, replace the fixtures, and hang it in the tiki lounge and admire it! I'll get to the repair later in Jan.

I'll try to take it to OA next Saturday. If they did make I bet they'll get a kick out of seeing it has survived!

Whoever did make it cared about the aesthetics for sure. I notice all the bamboo trim is drilled and tied on with what looks like fishing line. And the pieces were cut so that the node spacing is consistent too. Also notice all the relief cuts in the curved bamboo piece on the keel(?).

Mai Tai- the framework itself looks pretty simply to make. If you need any other reference pics when you make one let me know. I may even make one too, now that I see how simple it is. The tapa would be the biggest expense, and I would think the most challenging part of the build.

Sven - the building has been that color for quite a while so I don't know that it was a Mexican that painted it that way. I do know the guy that owns the building is Asian, and he owned it during the Mandarin Garden days too. I think I was told he'd sell if for 2 million. That tiki pole is pretty funky, do you know anything about it? The Leilani Rum Vacuform Tiki you mentioned seeing there...is it what you are describing here:

"This is exactly the bottle I have been looking for for my Leilani Rum Vacuform display Tiki. This Tiki was an age old obsession of mine until I found one in Waikiki in '99. For those of you who know the Vacuform wall-Tikis at the Tiki Ti that have the drink menu scratched into them, THEY are those. They used to have big feet that the Leilani Rum bottle stood on, backlit by a bulb behind the bottle, and by bulbs in the Tiki. A nice item."

I'll keep my eyes peeled over there...how tall are they, I don't recall seeing it at the Tiki Ti. I'll get some shots of the building later today, it's only 2 miles from my house.

Swanky- taking an iron to it sounds kinda scary, and I don't think I could get the iron in all the spots I'd need to. Does that stuff only need a little heat to set? I'd need to hold the torn flaps against the bonding web from the outside too.

Post #352132 by Aloha John on Mon, Dec 31, 2007 10:07 AM