I decided to put the lightbulb where the lense would have been. I thought this would be a quick and easy project but is it ever with upcycling?! As with all thing up cycled, the artist has to keep as much as the original piece as possible to appear authentic.
The whole camera had to be taken apart as the lens aperture is never big enough for a light fitting. There were lots of problems that had to be overcome as the camera was never meant to be used as a light fitting!
I had to drill the back of the camera to enable the cable to come through. It was a very tedious job and took nearly all day to get every single little tiny screw out of the camera and then put it all back together. Once I had done that, some things still didn't fit so then I sawed through another part of the camera which allowed me to fit the light bulb holder and bulb in, all the while trying keep as much as the origin astetics for it to remain recognisable.
There was also trouble .with the actual electrics, I love being the jack of all trades and last year I went over to the electrics building and learnt a little about electrics and how to wiring works in a lamp so I could write up my own so I've done a few in that time since then but this once lamp had blown ip and the buter was planning to sue me for my ten pound payslip! I now get all of my electrics PAT tested before selling but still Eire them up myself before going to be tested.
I used To buy all of gage electrics one by one so bulb holder, wiring plug and switch but then I saw that in IKEA (try not to be a fan) do a lamp that has all the wiring in, switch, plug and plastic lamp attached (which can easily snap off) for just £3.00! WOWZA, you can get that anywhere else, the bulb holder alone is £3.00 at B&Q. Do some of the lamps now have the IKEA wiring in the, to cut costs.
I love fat I haven't had to changed the original astetics and compromise on too much of the design.
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