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    plywood flashlights

    The group-photo is really cute! Very well made. john
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    Midnight Light: Inspired by Project Lamplighter

    The old PC's used to have a little 3.6 volt NiCd battery for the BIOS RAM. Used to be made up of three button cells bonded in series, in a heat-shrunk sleeve. Very small, and should last quite a while for a single LED. I don't know if they are still available, since the new PC motherboards take...
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    50 inch Reflector "Monster Light"

    Here in India I have seen roadside casters melting aluminium in a steel wok on a lignite (charcoal) fire, with a hand-operated bellows blower to help the coals. So it should be possible to do at home or backyard. You'll find a number of vids for sand casting on youtube. Wow, 600watts! You have...
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    50 inch Reflector "Monster Light"

    Hi, I just joined this forum and was attracted to your 'monster light' idea, and read through the whole thread - beginning to end - in one sitting! Man, what a project! Very nice ideas, well worked out. Even philosophically, it is a very inspiring thread, I should say. Some one earlier on did...
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