Ikea Light

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Last week Karrie and i went to IKEA to look around.

My favorite area is the Lights. I really like the hanging lights made of plastic. They are just like the IQ Light i made a year ago. The funny thing is that all they are is just plastic, a cord and a light bulb. Total cost to make is about 80cents but they are charging $20. If i had big plastic sheets and some sort of stamping press i could sell them online and make a ton.

Here are the big floor lights. They are pretty much made out of paper.

I ended up buying 2 of the DUDERO lights. I think they were $20 each, and the tiny light bulbs were another $7.

Here it is set up in my living room. It does a great job and i really like the floor switch that you can turn on with your foot.

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DIY - How to Make 360° Time Lapse Photography

Friday, 6 April 2012

A cool technique i saw to make time lapse photos more interesting is actually really easy. While taking the photos, the camera is mounted on a kitchen timer; the timer rotates as the pictures are being taken.

I was going to originally use an old kitchen timer i had.



But it didn't seem like it would be very solid to attach a camera to and the spring didn't have a lot of torque.
So here's the timer i used. I got it from Ikea, it's called the Ordning. It's great for this because it is heavy and flat.
To attach a camera to the timer i used JB Weld and attached a 1/4-20 bolt to the top.

Then i also attached two nuts to the side. That way i can either take pictures on by setting the timer on a flat surface or attach to a tripod.
Here's what a time lapse video looks like using the timer. I actually posted earlier while making the Pine Beds.

http://youtu.be/l1BHDsWKuSI

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