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zondag 10 februari 2019

HANGING GLOBE LAMP


MATERIAL


 Dismantled globes, preferably the ones with a plastic sphere.
Use as many or as few as you like.


As many lamp sockets as you have globes and twice as many strain reliefs. 


A most important part is the ceiling cup, you can buy these ready made with one or more holes, or you can make it yourself. I used an old aluminium lid and a recycled bit of a discarted pendant light. 

DIY

 Step 1

Cut away Antarctica at about 60° South.

 
 Drill one or two holes some milimeters away from the edge and cut away the bottom with a small metal saw blade. Stay clear of the printed globe foil.


Trim the rough edges with a box cutter. Do this nice and slowly.
!BOX CUTTERS ARE VERY SHARP SO IT'S BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY!

Step 2




Place the lamp fittings. Depending on the size of the hole in the globe you'll use a strain relief or collar ring to fix the fitting to the sphere. Use 2 core cable 1,5 mm2.



If the strain relief doesn't fit you can simply drill out the hole with a 10mm metal drill.


 Use the strain relief to fix the lenght of the cable.
You can hang them in a bunch at the same height or as I did, in different levels where they don't touch each other.