Art Supply Diving
age...@california.com
I dive a lot for artist supplies and like to
make odd electric table lamps. I have done
the following lamps:
Several electric hedge clipper lamps
Mix master lamps with dimmers where you
change the beater speeds
Toilet flusher lamps - Sloan Valve/vacuum
breaker type usually found in restrooms
above urinals (nice chrome plating)/push
0n-push off switch in flush handle.
Computer keyboard/electric iron lamp
with compact fluorescent bulb and
styrofoam mannequin head (used for store
display of hats) shade.
Busted clarinet stem lamp with 8-track tape
player base.
Gumball machine spotlight lamp with
dimmer where you turn the coins.
One lamp with guns, shade made of glass,
red plastic tail light cover fragments and
broken sunglasses
I am always looking for new ideas/
combinations of junk
-X
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Ed
age...@california.com wrote:
> I dive a lot for artist supplies and like to
> make odd electric table lamps. I have done
> the following lamps:
> ...(Clipped)
I would love to see your creations.
You should take some picts and set up a web site.
Easier said then done I know.
Ed.
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Sadon...@aol.com
I would also love to see them. Have you taken any pictures?
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> I would love to see your creations.
> You should take some picts and set up a web site.
> Easier said then done I know.
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> Ed.
age...@california.com wrote:
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> > I dive a lot for artist supplies and like to
> > make odd electric table lamps. I have done
> > the following lamps:
> > ...(Clipped)
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> Somebody has to rescue this stuff...!
> http://www.visitweb.com/TRASHCASH
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Fleidermaus
WAY COOL!! These lamps would look good with my wild repainted old desk
fans!
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Herb Kingsland
I was finding a lot of useful waSte at Aaron Bros -- all over the Los
Angeles area. [.+ other towns ?.]
One day, a D was FULL of 30" x 40" matt boards. Many colors; metallics,
marble patterns, etc. I could only carry about fifty sheets, on my
small hand-truck.
Also a lot of picture frames, all sizes and types (.broken glass.) --
various conditions.
The rest was mostly useless trash -- except when they are re-stocking
new products, and dumping old use-ables.
They got nasty, and start'd LOCKing their Ds. Look for them's that are
too full to lock, or they forgot to !
I only do local DD, one or two mile round-trips = time and distance
since I travel by foot & bus.
Granada Hills = not much . . . occasionally good scrap materials, and
personal dumpings.
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bb...@my-dejanews.com
I love all that matt board! We have framing stores here that toss out large
amounts of that and float board. Makes really great material for kid school
projects too. Sometimes you can swap neat frames with unbroken glass.
Especially standard frames/glass. Dive Daily! BBB In article
<6jtdkt$ojp$1...@newsd-123.bryant.webtv.net>, hollywo...@webtv.net (Herb
Kingsland) wrote:
> One day, a D was FULL of 30" x 40" matt boards. Many colors; metallics,
> marble patterns, etc. I could only carry about fifty sheets, on my
> small hand-truck.
> Also a lot of picture frames, all sizes and types (.broken glass.) --
> various conditions.
> The rest was mostly useless trash -- except when they are re-stocking
> new products, and dumping old use-ables.
> ..oHo ...oKo
> GRIN . . . 8+) . . . and SHARE IT
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Herb Kingsland
B-3 eck . . . remind'd me of my best finds at A-Bros -- before the
lock-up.
Large sheets of clear plexiglas. Assorted sizes, some pre-cut to
standard small frame sizes.
Used many to replace the broken glass from recover'd frames. Safer to
USmail the frames with plastic instead of glass, and lighter / cheaper !
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If you find or buy ( huh ? ) plexiglas, or other sheet plastics -- the
best tool to cut sheets is a special knife from X-acto.
It has a hook-shaped blade, that scores the plastic (.use a
straight-edge / steel ruler.). Then "snap" to break the cut -- similar
to glass-cutter tool. Handle has finger grooves for good grip.
Sorry, you'll probably have to BUY (.the bad word.) the knife -- art
supply stores with a good selection of X-acto products.
Tom E Arnold
Herb Kingsland wrote:
>
> B-3 eck . . . remind'd me of my best finds at A-Bros -- before the
> lock-up.
>
> Large sheets of clear plexiglas. Assorted sizes, some pre-cut to
> standard small frame sizes.
>
> Used many to replace the broken glass from recover'd frames. Safer to
> USmail the frames with plastic instead of glass, and lighter / cheaper >
since I was 13 and he was 10, was a load of sheet Plexiglas. Size ranged
from window sized up to 3ft x 6ft, and some was up to 1/4" thick. We
had to cut that stuff on the bench saw. Reglazed a lot of windows with
it, and he also used some for framing art.
The one framing shop on my run throws out lots of matte board with oval
cutouts. Fun for making cheap pictures look fancy.
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