Kraken Rum Beachcomber Lamp

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M Murph Member SoCal Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 843	M Murph Posted posted on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 1:49 PM Kraken Rum is excellent but I really love the bottles. So yesterday at the Tiki Chop I made this "old school" style beachcomber lamp out of the Kraken Rum bottle we all finished off.
A amybean Member Alameda, CA Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 434	A amybean Posted posted on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 2:23 PM I LOVE IT!! Have a bottle as well, was wondering how to celebrate its majesty!
T teaKEY Tiki Socialite The thumb ! Joined: Nov 09, 2004 Posts: 3687	T teaKEY Posted posted on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 5:47 PM How bout a in the dark shot of that. I'm making one too. I already got the bottle.
P Polynesiac Tiki Socialite San Pedro, CA Joined: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 2099	P Polynesiac Posted posted on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 6:55 PM Great job murph! Nice job on the aging it looks like it could be vintage
M Murph Member SoCal Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 843	M Murph Posted posted on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 9:37 PM On 2010-03-21 17:47, teaKEY wrote: How bout a in the dark shot of that. I'm making one too. I already got the bottle. Had to wait for the sun to go down. Here you go. Good luck with your lamp.
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 1:27 AM Now, how about a shot of it hanging in GROG' tiki room?
V virani Tiki Socialite Volcanic area of France Joined: Sep 17, 2003 Posts: 1439	V virani Posted posted on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 2:03 AM wow, that's beautiful !
T tikiskip Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Nov 26, 2005 Posts: 5994	T tikiskip Posted posted on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 6:11 AM Great job! How's the rum?
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 6:29 AM Very nice Murph! Where do those giant piece of cork come from?
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Sat, Mar 27, 2010 10:03 AM very cool murph!
TT Tacky Tiki Member Tackyville, N. CA Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 259	TT Tacky Tiki Posted posted on Sun, Apr 4, 2010 5:34 PM How did you get the shells in? Cut the bottom off? If so, how did you seal up the bottom? The lamp is really awesome.....I've got a couple of cork floats and some driftwood. Shells and Sand. Light fixture. Rope. Bottle cutter from 70's. Just need a bottle! And answers to the above questions!! :drink: Tacky
M Murph Member SoCal Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 843	M Murph Posted posted on Mon, Apr 5, 2010 3:07 PM On 2010-04-04 17:34, Tacky Tiki wrote: How did you get the shells in? Cut the bottom off? If so, how did you seal up the bottom? The lamp is really awesome.....I've got a couple of cork floats and some driftwood. Shells and Sand. Light fixture. Rope. Bottle cutter from 70's. Just need a bottle! And answers to the above questions!! :drink: Tacky You put them in when they're little babies.... I cut the bottom of the bottle off Carved out the bottom float to fit the base of the bottle tightly. Working upside down I filled the bottle with the sand and shells. With my glue gun I sealed the bottom of the bottle with a round piece of cardstock cut to the diameter of the bottom of the bottle. Used the glue gun again to seal the float to the bottom of the bottle.
M Monkeyman Tiki Socialite Vista, CA Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 2386	M Monkeyman Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 1:25 PM Ingenious !!!
TJ tyger jymmy Member califorina Joined: Apr 14, 2003 Posts: 554	TJ tyger jymmy Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 1:39 PM Flippin TASTY !
M Murph Member SoCal Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 843	M Murph Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 1:55 PM On 2010-03-22 06:29, MadDogMike wrote: Very nice Murph! Where do those giant piece of cork come from? I used one of the thick net floats from Oceanic Arts and cut it in half. [ Edited by: Murph 2010-04-08 14:11 ]
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 2:12 PM This would look great in GROG' Tiki room.
P pdrake Tiki Socialite las vegas Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 1771	P pdrake Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 2:56 PM brilliant! did you use eli hedley's bottle cutting technique?
M Murph Member SoCal Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 843	M Murph Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 11:34 PM On 2010-04-08 14:12, GROG wrote: This would look great in GROG' Tiki room. Bring over a bottle of Kraken and we'll finish it off and make you a lamp.
M Murph Member SoCal Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 843	M Murph Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 11:39 PM On 2010-04-08 14:56, pdrake wrote: brilliant! did you use eli hedley's bottle cutting technique? We had a lot of fun practicing on beer bottles. What was Eli's technique?
N nuKKe Member Tel Aviv, Israel Joined: Feb 13, 2005 Posts: 176	N nuKKe Posted posted on Sat, Apr 10, 2010 12:33 PM Lookin' good!
Z ZeroTiki Tiki Socialite Rohnert Park, California Joined: Feb 02, 2009 Posts: 895	Z ZeroTiki Posted posted on Thu, Apr 29, 2010 12:13 PM Murph, you forgot step zero. Release the Kraken......Into MAH BELLY!
TB Trad'r Bill Tiki Socialite Hercules, CA Joined: Oct 14, 2008 Posts: 498	TB Trad'r Bill Posted posted on Thu, Apr 29, 2010 9:02 PM Looks great! I've wanted to make one of these too - do you have any recommendations re: glass cutters? I gotta get one! Trad'r Bill
P pdrake Tiki Socialite las vegas Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 1771	P pdrake Posted posted on Sun, May 16, 2010 8:01 PM he used the hot wire cutting technique.
M Mashuka Tiki Socialite Joined: Oct 21, 2005 Posts: 134	M Mashuka Posted posted on Sat, Jun 10, 2017 3:21 PM I got the bug a few months back and felt compelled to make one. I used the glass cutter hot & cold water method.
T tikiskip Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Nov 26, 2005 Posts: 5994	T tikiskip Posted posted on Sat, Jun 10, 2017 3:41 PM Looks good! Remember these from the 70s? Big craze was to make glasses from 7-up bottles ect.
M Mashuka Tiki Socialite Joined: Oct 21, 2005 Posts: 134	M Mashuka Posted posted on Sat, Jun 10, 2017 4:18 PM K-Tel!!! Makes a great gift for the whole family!
T tikiskip Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Nov 26, 2005 Posts: 5994	T tikiskip Posted posted on Sun, Jun 11, 2017 3:50 AM

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