The problem with stardard Christmas lights in your wine bottle lamp

The major issue with using the standard string of Christmas lights  in your wine bottle is the high heat that the lights generate. If you use a string of thirty five lights the bottle will be too hot to touch.  Maybe not so hot that it will burn your fingers, but quit warm. The longer you leave the lights on the warmer your wine bottle will be. It could be a safety issue if you sell your lighted wine bottles  and someone picked it up and was startled and dropped it. You may want to check to see just how hot a wine bottle can get depending on how many strings lights you inserted. It may surprise you. What about using LED string lights? LED string lights are brighter and burn much, much cooler. They will last longer and will not cause your lighted wine bottle to get too hot. I prefer using LED lights in my wine bottles that I sell or make as gifts. They have one major problem. A string of twenty LED colored or clear lights cost about three or four times as much as a string of standard Christmas Lights. The extra cost makes selling your lighted wine bottles a little more difficult due to the higher price you will need to charge. Have to tried teeny or rice lights?

Rice or teeny lights are very bright and also burn very cool. They are much smaller but give off plenty of bright light for your bottle. They often come in a count of 20 and can be found in most hobby or crafts stores. You can use Google search to find your local craft store as well as to check price. Your comments are always welcome.

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Jewelry designers

 

Attentions Jewelry Designers

These diamond coated drill bits are the most popular size used by Jewelry artist for drilling sea glass, beach stones, semi-precious stones, ceramics and stained glass.

              These are excellent quality diamond mini drill bits at a fair price.

These mini diamond bits can be uses in any Dremel-type rotary tool with a 3.32” collet

Included with purchase are a few tips and instructions that I wrote that you may find of help.

We recommend these excellent quality diamond mini drill bits to help get you started Designing your own jewelry

 

Jewelry designing is one of the most popular crafts as you will notice at any craft show. Jewelry booths out number all others. Both men and women are enjoying this craft. Designing jewelry from natural beach stones & sea glass is a growing trend. It seem that many like the looks of natural material. It's fun to walk the shore line to find sea glass and other unusual sea shells or beautiful stones that can with your imagination creative a profitable piece of unusual Jewelry.  

Why not give it a try.  

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Titanium Diamond drill bits

I have been selling 1mm titanium diamond drill bits with a 1/8 inch shanks for the last 4 or 5 months. During that short time it has become a very popular with jewelry designers. The feedback has been very positive. Many crafters like the 1mm (1/8” ) shank.

Titanium diamond bits are made with a premium grade of diamond sand which makes these

Diamond bits a much better quality and should cut a little faster than ordinary burrs.

 

The 3mm (1/8 inch) shank will fit any hand drill, drill press or your DremeR  or ForedomR  rotary tool

With a 3/8” collet.  Overall length is approx.. 1 5/8 inch. Diamond grit 100 (medium)

 

The only problem I have is that they are only manufactured in the 1mm size.  Perhaps at a later time

They will be available in a wider variety of sizes as I feel the titanium diamond bits are better quality.

 

I should mention that I have available a set of 30 titanium burrs all with a 1/8 inch shank. This set is also

very popular with jewelry designers.  This set has a nice selection of burrs/points. 

 

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Drill Master Rotary Tool set

I am often asked if my mini diamond drill bits specially selected for drilling sea glass or semi-precious stone will work with a standard electric drill motor, usually not. Most standard drill motors do not have enough RPM. The most popular and best known rotary drill motor is DREMEL. However, The Drill Master Rotary Tool Set is a great alternative at much lower price. You can buy a Drill Master 80 piece Rotary Tool Set for under $20.00 bucks.

The one concern you may have is that this rotary drill motor does not have a variable speed selections. It has one setting at 16,000 RPM. This setting is adequate for jewelry artist, hobbyists and  general handyman use. A big plus is that Drill Master Rotary Tools Set comes with 80 piece set of all the accessories that you would need. Following is a more complete descriptions

 

New Drill Master Rotary Tool Kit + 80 Piece Accessories Fits Dremel   My Drill Master 80 piece rotary tool kit includes accessories that are perfect for cutting, grinding, polishing, sharpening and drilling on all kinds of projects!    The rotary tool has a spindle lock to easily change the collet and a has 16,000 max RPM. This versatile kit is a perfect set for any hobbyist, woodworker or handyman to help finish the project! Uses: cutting, grinding, polishing, sharpening, and drilling and more! Has a spindle lock for easy collet changes!   Rocker style on/off switch 1mm, 3mm, 3/32", 1/8" collets 16,000 RPM   0.7 Amps/ 120 ACV  (for countries that do not use 120 AC Volts, you must use an adapter).   Cord length  3 ft. 2in.   ALL ACCESSORIES AND ROTARY TOOL IN THE PICTURE ARE INCLUDED!   This rotary tool kit is intended for light projects. Please see my other rotary tools for more of a heavy duty rotary tool. Thank you!   Accessories Included (1) Mandrel for cutoff wheels, (4) Polishing cloth wheels, (1) Mandrel for polishing cloths, (1) Carbide burr, (4) Drill bits, (4) Piece collet set, (2) Sanding drum wheels, (4) Sanding drum sleeves, (1) Mounted nylon brush, (2) Wire brush wheels (steel and brass), (1) Grinding stone, (10) Aluminum oxide mounted grinding stones, (25) Cutoff wheel discs with mandrel, (20) diamond burr bits.   Drill Master Rotary Tool Kit + 80 Piece Accessories

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Mason Jar lighted lamps

 

 

Mason Jars lamps

Mason canning Jars have become very popular, not for canning green beans or peaches, but, have caught the imagination of lighted bottle artist. You can now buy Mason canning jars in a wide array of colors, as well as a wide choose in size. For our discussion we went to focus on Mason jar lighted Lamps.

Mason jar lamps are a growing craft trend and seem to be growing. I expect the lighted mason Jars will be a very profitable item comes this fall craft shows. I would think that you could easily get between $20.00 and $30.00 dollars for a pint size Mason jar lamp with a shade.

The creative imaginations  with crafting a Mason Jar lamp is that you can fill the Mason jar with any quirky thing that you have around the house. How about colored buttons. marbles or beach stones, sea glass, wooden spools, maybe beans, just about anything that you would love to have displayed in your lamp. Here are a few important safety tips to keep in mind.

Do not over load you Mason jar. Do not place anything over 1 lb. inside the jar.

Use a low watt light bulb.

Be sure your lamp socket and card meet safety standards.

Hobby Lobby www.hobbylobby.com has great selections of Mason Jars and small shades. They also have a colorful pamphlet  “Mason Jar Light Kits”  that you may want to pick up the next time you visit there store.

 

 

        

 

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Drill holes in glass blocks or wine bottle with diamond drill bits with a hand held drill motor.

Before you start to drill the hole you should use some Silly Putty to form a donut. Place the donut over the spot where you want to drill the hole. On a glass block I find a place just off the center line where the two halves of the block are joined. Fill the donut hole with water... During the cutting process the bit will begin to heat up. Make sure the hole in the donut is full of water. Have a little cup of water nearby in case you need to add a little water. Place your wine bottle or glass block on old towel and position between your feet on a hard cement floor. See if you can start drilling by tipping the drill bit a little on its edge you will have to apply a little pressure to get your drill bit to starting cutting. Once it start to cut you can than bring it straight up Remember; Diamond coated drill bits can heat up very quickly. Pump your drill up and down every few seconds. Drilling the hole will take a few minutes because it is difficult to drill through thick glass. Glass blocks are manufactured with a slight vacuum inside. You will often hear a slight hiss when the drill bit breaks through. Wash the glass block inside and out to get the glass dust out of the block. Let it dry before you start to decorate. Remember you don’t need a lot of downward pressure. Set your drill motor at low speed. To learn more about drilling glass block or wine bottle go to google search.

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directions for making a bottle lamp

 

Directions for making your Bottle Lamp

 

 Drill hole in bottle using 3/8” Diamond drill bit. (for Deco Teeny,teeny bulbs)

 Rinse bottle and dry thoroughly

 Place plastic snap-in grommet on lamp cord.

 Feed lamp cord through drilled hole towards bottle neck. Push plastic grommet in drilled hole.

 Pull cord approx. 15” past top of bottle and tie a knot in cord. Pull cord back            through bottle until knot is about 1 inch from grommet inside bottle. You should have approx. 2” of wire at top of bottle.

Insert Deco Teeny,Teeny bulbs through top of bottle. Terminal end down. Cut end should extend about 2” from top of bottle.

Carefully feed lamp cord wires and Deco lights wires through threaded nipple/adapter.

Carefully insert nipple/rubber adapter into bottle .Bottle adapter should be flush with top of bottle. Check to see if rubber adapter fits firmly in neck of bottle.  If too lose you will have to compress the adaptor to enlarge it. Hold the bottom nut with a wrench and tighten down top nut. It should not fit supper tight as you may have to take it out if it is not a good fit.

Again, Feed lamp cord and light wires through nipple/adapter and now insert into bottle. If a little tight add a few drops of soap. If using a harp  place it  on top of brass check  ring, add hex nut and  Tighten.

Run lamp cord and light wires through socket base and screw on to nipple.

Wiring the 3 terminal socket.  The ribbed wire from the lamp cord is connected to the Brass screw, the other lamp cord wire and one Deco  light wire are connected to the silver  screw, and the other Deco  light wire is connected to the black screw. (Make   sure all wires are secured). Carefully slide socket shell over socket base and  click into place.

Use a 15 watt max. Bulb. (Insert socket reducer if using a candelabra type bulb).

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Note: we do not assume or imply any responsibility for the proper assembly or use of this product.

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