My First Worm Light

Ok, this is my first project, the ever popular worm light.  I know almost every Cybiko site has one these days, but that's ok!  Now we have one too.  It isn't really anything special, just a little different than most of the lights.  The difference is that I used a much better bulb than most (the Christmas bulb).  So, what did I use?  I was looking through some of my old stuff, and I found a small flash light (not like a mini mag) that had a bulb the size of a Christmas light.  It was MUCH stronger though.  It also had a plastic thing around it and a clear plastic cover over it.  This protects everything from the heat of the powerful bulb.  Ok, now that you know about it, here are the specs for the worm light.  I had a coat hanger ready to bend into whatever shape I needed as well as plyers to do it with.  Also, I had a sawdering iron.

Materials I Used- I used the bulb I talked about above, as well as the plastic covers, a battery pack I made by taping 2 AA batteries together and putting a piece of tin foil on one end of the battery pack to make it a complete circuit, I got wires to connect everything, and a toggle switch to turn it on/off.  

Procedure- The procedure was pretty simple, I just had to make a complete circuit with everything I had.  First  I sawdered the one of the wires end onto one battery contact.  Then I ran the wire to one of the bulbs wires, and sawdered it there.  Next, I took the other wire and sawdered it to the other contact and brought the wire up to the toggle switch.  I connected it to one of the contacts on the switch and got another wire ready.  I ran the next wire from the other contact on the switch to the bulb, making a complete circuit.  Now that I had that, I just had to make my mount for it.  I used the coat hanger to make a cool little mount around the Cybiko and above it, where I taped on the bulb in the cover, which concentrates it to make it like a lamp.  This was the finished product of the light.

Problems- I only had a few problems with this project, and the main one was my Cybiko Carrying Case.  No matter how I mounted the light, it wasn't going to fit into my case.  This was a real bummer, but it gave me inspiration for my next project, that I will be working on soon.  The only other problem I had was that I couldn't really find a great way of mounting the light.  The way I have now is good, but it consists of alot of electric tape to hold it on.  2 and 1/2 strips to be exact.

Conclusion- I succeeded in achieving my goal, and this is a quality light!  It really does serve it's purpose and anyone can make one of these babies.  

Sorry, but I don't have a digital camera or scanner to put a real pic up yet, but I should have one up soon because I am gonna borrow my friends.





                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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