Lesgrandepotato Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I have a plan! We will have a rill in front of the house with a drawbridge into the house. The rill will be about 5m * 2m or so. It needs a bit of vertical interest. I want to make reeds from rebar with the top of the Reed glowing as a very gentle outside light. I think I could bind rope to make the reed head. But how to introduce light? I need a glowing hollow sausage. All ideas of how to find such items would be very welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieL Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Here you go: https://science.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-permanent-reusable-glow-stick-286139/ Recharges with sunlight. No idea if it actually works, but fun to try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 With my elf and safety head on they might not be very nice if you trip and fall on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, JamieL said: Here you go: https://science.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-permanent-reusable-glow-stick-286139/ Recharges with sunlight. No idea if it actually works, but fun to try. I think this could be the winner. We can dip the rebar like candles ? Some of the locals don’t know we are bonkers yet. Making metal candles should sort that out ! Edited September 20, 2018 by Lesgrandepotato Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Lesgrandepotato said: [...] I need a glowing hollow sausage. [...] Only on Build Hub, folks, only Build Hub..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triassic Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 All I can contribute is some rebar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 13 minutes ago, Triassic said: All I can contribute is some rebar! If you got some spare that would be really handy. Gives us something to mock up with ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) For those who are interested this is the plan. We’ll use rebar for the reed body. We’ll use hammered flat and split copper pipe to make the leaves. The heads will be dipped like candles into the glowing resin as posted above. Edited September 21, 2018 by Lesgrandepotato Linkie no workie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 15 hours ago, Russell griffiths said: With my elf and safety head on they might not be very nice if you trip and fall on them. Kept me awake at night did that thought, when our retaining wall was being built. Had an elderly (and, I found out later) slightly senile neighbour above (to the right in the photo) of this lot, it was like a bloody punji trap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Just head on down to Argos with a fiver: http://www.argos.co.uk/product/7459788? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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