Work in progress


This will be inlaid into a table with an opening in its top, and lights will be put under it. A sheet of tempered glass will go over the top of it to protect it.

Details of it can be seen here and here.

I'll upload the final result in a week or so, I would guess.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 6 Jun 2009, 19:35, 9 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I'm far too drunk to know what this is all about

(PsychoChomp, Sat 6 Jun 2009, 19:46, Reply)

That would look really amazing with the lights under it.
I think if you can get some sort of glass for the fish, that would help, but I imagine it would be quite hard to cut into shape.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 6 Jun 2009, 19:51, Reply)

That is glass.
Those are all pieces of glass and agate. The fish is cut from orange glass that I bought for this piece, and the blue is from an old church window I bought. The lily pads are some textured green glass I had.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 6 Jun 2009, 20:01, Reply)

Wow, that's so cool, what do you use to cut the glass?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 6 Jun 2009, 21:28, Reply)

A bandsaw.
Specifically, this one:



It's fantastic, but it does go through blades pretty damned fast...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 16:24, Reply)

Looks great!
What sort of lights are you planning to put under it? I'm just thinking of a table I saw a while back with lights that rippled to movement across them, a bit like water. Will try and find a link to it...
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Sat 6 Jun 2009, 21:12, Reply)

If you can find those I will be forever indebted.
That would be PERFECT.

As it is I am not sure of what to use- I was thinking of winding a string of white Christmas lights around the inside of the table and putting a bottom on it spray-painted silver on the inside for best reflection.

But rippling lights would ROCK.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 6 Jun 2009, 21:15, Reply)

They're not cheap
But - evilmadscience.com/majors/46-tables

I've had a look at their design... if you're patient with a soldering iron and making circuit boards, it's pretty easy to duplicate if you wanted to do it a bit cheaper.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Sat 6 Jun 2009, 21:22, Reply)

That's rather nice

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 1:03, Reply)