Diy Pendant Lampshade. - SCOPES Digital Fabrication
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Subjects
Engineering, Science
Age Ranges
All ages
Fab Tools
electronics, Soldering Iron, Recycled Material, Soldering, Heat Shrink, Solder wire, Electronic Tester Pen
Standards
Fab-Safety.3, Fab-Fabrication.3
Author
OCHOLA GWADA

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OCHOLA GWADA
OCHOLA GWADA
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Summary

Amara Kitchen:“An established Restaurant & Outside Catering Firm that tailor makes tantalizing menus for Corporates, Home Cooking, Private Parties, Weddings and Hospitality Events of all sizes.”

Called upon me to help them install Pendant Lampshades for their Karen,Nairobi,Kenya based restaurant.

This was after they saw a product development exercise I carried out with my friend and apprentice Teddy Lewin;a Grade 9 student by then whose passion for physics spearheaded value addition to the glass bottle crafting project i was doing. This lesson covers the experiment we carried out as well as scaling up production for the installation at there premises.

What You'll Need

Part(s) list:

  • 10 Pieces of Viceroy Brandy 750ml;Pendant lampshade (Recycled Glass Bottle).
  • 10 Pieces of Tronic LED 5W.
  • 10 Pieces of LED Adapters.
  • 10 Pieces of Ceiling Mount.
  • Strip of soldering wire.
  • Heat Shrinks.
  • 5m of wire.
  • Candle.
  • Matchbox

Tools:

  • Soldering gun.
  • Wire stripper.
  • Multimeter.
  • Electronic Tester Pen.
  • Flathead Screwdriver.
  • Glass Cutting Machine.

 

The Instructions

Thought process.

Given the main objective of making a lampshade pendant. This section requires learners to tap into there creative ability and sketch diagrams as well as give description of how they intend to carryout the project before diving into the the hands-on project.