/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I'm as poor as shit.

>>111310
>Didn't realize picture was sideways
>Thought door was the floor
>How is the top of the desk floating!?
Looks awesome though, once I saw what it actually was

Glowing shit!

Here's a few ideas.

If you have lamps in any room of your house, you've failed at life, wasted space and materials, and failed to live up to your potential.

You should kill yourself. Make glowing shit.

Jeez guise. At least have tasteful lamps.

>>112041
Sorry, not gay, so only care about practicality when it comes to light sources.

>>112044

>integrating light into furniture
>no lamps taking up space
>not practical

>>112051
I don't think furniture with light is a better source than a well placed lamp.

I'd love decorate with those thought.

Now this is a DIY challenge.

A fiber optic bed cover.

Wider shot.

This costs 300 euros.

If you swear too much, the words lose all meaning.

If you use too much light, light loses all meaning.

In the same way swearing works best when used sparingly, light works best when it's against the dark.

I'm so deep LOL!

>>112073
>Ductape

>>112032
I have similar project in my head planned. Something along floating bed design, tron accents, and glowing effect.

>>112071

Thank god, someone who understands interior design.

Light works best when contrasting.

When are you going to finish this desk. fuck.

>>112168
>Thank god, someone who understands interior design.

b-b-but that room is ugly as fuck.

>>112091
>Ductape
>Look for the ducktape in picture
>Find

Why the fuck did I care

>>112232

This weekend, hopefully. I still have to work out how to lay out the EL wire/tape.

I'm leaning towards using tape on the outside, but then I have to fuck around with wiring, which I can't do right now.

>>112233
this.

but at least he know the theory of using lights while decorating

Nobody out there wanna give these ideas a shot? Or do I have to do them?

>>113489
All you buddy.

>>113489
hey bro, you might be just the person to help me with this
>>112315
>>112410
>Where could I find an LED/light strip to fit inside the central 'spindle' hole? preferably something that can be mains powered; I looked into this a while ago but couldnt find anything suitable =/

>>113526

I'll totally sell this shit myself and jack up the price.

>>114004

You lost, bro?

>>112071
And swearing works best in the dark, when you can't see shit, because all your furniture is glowing.

>>114025
erm no, i sort of inferred that you might have might know about that sort of thing. let me re-iterate though.
I want to make a lamp by stacking a bunch of CDs ontop of each other and running a light source down the hole in the middle. I've been looking at EL wire just now, although I havent found any that isnt from some ghetto ass site, or thick enough. ideally it wants to fit snuggly inside the spinde hole, altho i suppose i could just use some sort of clear pipe to make up the difference. the other problem with EL wire is that it doesnt actually seem that bright. I might compliment it by drilling additional holes into the CDs and running extra cables through it, or lighting them from the bottom using high intensity LEDs I guess. any tips/advice?

>>114025
>You lost, bro?
also, no u
pic related.

>>114031

EL Wire might work fine. It's less bullshit with the wiring, and it won't be all "HOLY SHIT MY EYES" once the light it makes reflects off the surfaces of the disks. The trade off is that it can be more expensive than LEDS because online retailers tend to think "OH GLOWING SHIT IS LUXURY LOL" and jack up the price.

As I said before, don't go overboard with the light. If you want the lamp to look awesome, you have to make sure it offers the light you need and doesn't try to cover more of the room than it needs to. Lamps look shit if they lift the room up to the same level of light. Contrast, bro. Contrast.

You could try LED rope. They don't look as ass as LED strips, and they'll usually fit snugly into a hole similar to the ones on CDs.

>>114037
>it won't be all "HOLY SHIT MY EYES" once the light it makes reflects off the surfaces of the disks.
ok thanks, well its going to take a fair amount of experimentation to get the balance right with regard to the CDs anyway i think.
do you know any good online suppliers? [ideally UK based].

>>114041

ELwirecraft on eBay charge something like £2 per metre of wire. You get discounts if you buy more wire at once. They sell adapters and splitters, also.

>>114048
>>114048

this is real life thing ? do you have more pics ?

>>114142

No.

>>112168

Light works best when you can actually fucking see.

The lamps and glowing stuf--- really very cool. I love some of it. But 'no lamps'? No functional lighting at all? fAIL. It's just lighting thinspo.

>>114048
i have to say, that confused the fuck out of me at first, it has a certain M.C. Escher quality to it, with the triangle shape at the bottom left.

>2012
>wasting energy in useless, rapidly tiring looks

>2015
> hey guys, remember when we thought lighting up every random piece of shit was so cash?
> what the fuck were we thinking?!

>>114200

bump

>>114142
its probably alabaster, you could /diy/ it im sure

>>116724
woops pic related

>>114048

wow that looks cold and depressing

Has anyone tried engraving a knife blade and then filling the cavities with some kind of phosphor paint?

A glowing rune blade would be as cool as all fuck.

>>116932

You could do this, but you'd need to run an electrical charge or a florescent light upon it, and even then, it will only glow green in most cases without a filter.

>>111308
I made a DIY glow in the dark sights. They last for hours after being taken out of direct light. I have to use an indoor range since there are no outdoor ranges in my local area. The indoor range is very gloomy. Having sights that glow brightly makes a real difference. It only cost a few bucks to make on my own.
It was surprisingly poorly received on /diy/. Posters mentioned something about how I am a faggot who loves to suck cocks.

>>117661
>300 Dollars
>Thinks he's the shit.

>>117661
as a fellow /k/omando I must say I am impressed. But doesnt it glow too much?

>>118050
As I explained earlier, I sold a motorcycle recently and get paid in $100 bills. I still have a few bills left. I don't normally keep any money in my gun safe.

>>118095
Its luminosity depends on how much it is charged. How much it is charged depends on what wavelengths of light it is exposed to. Expose it to UV, it is really bright for a few hours and then fades. Expose it to white light, it is moderately dim for a few hours and then fades. I'm going to buy some different LEDs, connect them to a battery and resistor in series, keep a few running in my gun safe, and see what kind of charge level I am most comfortable with.