I make a lot of lamps, but I always have a hard time picking out the right shade. Usually, the only shades you buy are crap. So I decided to learn how to make my own. I got my hands on some how to DVD’s on stained glass making. Glass cutting aint easy folks, so I decided to go simple: clear glass rectangles in a cylinder shape.

The glass cutting went ok, but the soldering was a mess. I used plumber’s flux, which is some messy stuff. It also left a lot of gunk on the glass. Not the look I was going for, for my first lamp shade. Back to the drawing board.

I also probably shouldn’t solder next to my pots and pans.

Tags: failures, lamp, lamp shades

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