Make: Online : Shadow oil lamp... To MAKE LED shadow lamp...

Shadow oil lamp... To MAKE LED shadow lamp...

These acid-etched, stainless steel, oil lamp shadow projectors look pretty neat, you light them and they cast a shadow from a cut shape - I'm thinking of remaking these using the 9V LED battery project and cutting some metal, not sure what the shape(s) will be and what will be the best/cheaperst way to do it yet, but we'll see what happens! - [via] - Link.

Resources:

Make 3D parts...Big Blue Saw - Link.
Make a PAC LITE only smaller - Link.
HOW TO - Make a TicTac flashlight - Link.
DIY LED Flashlight - Link.
HOW TO - Make a windup flashlight - Link.

Comments

Oldest comments listed first.

Posted by: lovecrafty on May 6, 2006 at 10:41 PM

One of the things I like the most about shadow lamps is the pretty/creepy flickering effect the flame gives the shadow, which would be hard to duplicate with an LED, I think...

Crafty Chica has a tutorial on making super cheap mason jar luminarias--they could be adapted to shadow lamps fairly easily, I think.

Reply to this comment

Posted by: sjstuder on May 6, 2006 at 11:50 PM

the most recent readymade has a how to out of beer cans.

Reply to this comment

Subscribe to MAKE Magazine!

Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers.

$34.95 / 1 year
(4 Quarterly Issues)

Subscribe now

Void your warranty, violate a user agreement, fry a circuit, blow a fuse, poke an eye out. Make: The risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things... Welcome to Make: Online!

More guides: Santa Claus Machines, Geek Toys for Grown Up Girls & Boys

Check out all of the episodes of Make: television

Connect with MAKE

	MAKE on Facebook Visit our Facebook page and become a fan of MAKE!
	MAKE on Twitter Follow our MAKE tweets!
	MAKE on Flickr Join our MAKE Flickr Pool!

make_tips on Twitter

Why advertise on MAKE?
Read what folks are saying about us!

Click here to advertise on MAKE!

Make: Online authors!

Gareth Branwyn
Senior Editor

Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor
| AIM | Twitter

Becky Stern
Associate Editor
| AIM | Twitter

Marc de Vinck
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter

John Park
Contributing Writer
| Twitter

Sean Ragan
Contributing Writer
| Twitter

Matt Mets
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter

Dale Dougherty
Editor & Publisher
| Twitter

Shawn Connally
Managing Editor
| Twitter

Goli Mohammadi
Associate Managing Editor

Kip Kay Kip Kay
Weekend Projects
| AIM | Twitter

Collin Cunningham
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter

Adam Flaherty
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter

More contributors: Mark Frauenfelder (Editor-in-Chief, MAKE magazine), Kipp Bradford (Technical Consultant/Writer), Chris Connors (Education), Diana Eng (Guest Author), Peter Horvath (Intern), Brian Jepson (O'Reilly Media), Robert Bruce Thompson (Science Room)

Suggest a Site!

Current Podcast

Weekend Project: Beetlebot Simple robot from your parts bin that avoids obstacles. Thanks go to Jerome Demers for the original article in MAKE, Volume 12. To download the Beetlebot video, click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Beetlebot article... More...