WHAT GOES IN TO MAKING A LIGHT OUT OF A SKATEBOARD?
By stephen
November 6, 2015
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After playing around with making lights using a skateboard a few years ago, we finally made a skateboard light for our friend and Melbourne skate icon Anthony Mapstone.
Part belated celebration of his model on Blind Skateboards, part celebration of the new Fast Times store at Chadstone.
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So, how exactly do you make a pendant light from a skateboard? It’s easy! Just grab all of the ingredients listed below, watch the video, mix n’ serve, then… presto!
INGREDIENTS
- 1 x Blind Skateboards Anthony Mapstone desk
- 2 x modified Venture trucks
- 4 x 3W LED globes
- 2 x junction boxes
- 4 x lampholders
- 4 x silver covers
- 2 x 2-core black cloth flex
- 1 x wire
- 1 x ceiling canopy
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