Making small glass float lamps from repro floats - Other Crafts

G Greg_D_R Member Joined: Apr 22, 2011 Posts: 143	G Greg_D_R Posted posted on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 5:07 PM On 2012-06-18 16:09, Polynesiac wrote: Very well done!!! that 3 strand is outstanding! thanks for the electrical links too - you certainly did your homework and your lamps turned out beautiful! Now to try the bigger ones!!!! Quick question about the 1" hole saw, I've always used smaller diameter diamond tips because I found if you cut around the "nipple" of the globe (which is the most concentrated and heaviest part of the globe), that when it drops, it shatters the glass below. Did you have any difficulty with that? Nice job! You can kind of see that I always tried to place my holes about 30 degrees off-axis of the knot (nipple). So if the knot is top or bottom, my light socket is coming in at an angle. These globes are little, and the glass is pretty thin compared to the the big ones. The only way you will break one of these, IMO, is either to drill too fast and hot (mine never got above lukewarm when drilling), or put too much pressure downward with the drill. The little plug dropping in never did a thing. I don't want to give the impression that I was drilling these in slow motion either. Even going cautiously, you can get a hole cut in 5 to 7 minutes, once you get the feel of it.

On 2012-06-18 16:09, Polynesiac wrote:
Very well done!!! that 3 strand is outstanding! thanks for the electrical links too - you certainly did your homework and your lamps turned out beautiful! Now to try the bigger ones!!!!

Quick question about the 1" hole saw, I've always used smaller diameter diamond tips because I found if you cut around the "nipple" of the globe (which is the most concentrated and heaviest part of the globe), that when it drops, it shatters the glass below. Did you have any difficulty with that?

Nice job!

You can kind of see that I always tried to place my holes about 30 degrees off-axis of the knot (nipple). So if the knot is top or bottom, my light socket is coming in at an angle. These globes are little, and the glass is pretty thin compared to the the big ones. The only way you will break one of these, IMO, is either to drill too fast and hot (mine never got above lukewarm when drilling), or put too much pressure downward with the drill. The little plug dropping in never did a thing. I don't want to give the impression that I was drilling these in slow motion either. Even going cautiously, you can get a hole cut in 5 to 7 minutes, once you get the feel of it.

Post #640931 by Greg_D_R on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 5:07 PM