http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 18:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1431383 Birdseed Wed, 23 May 2012 12:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1431383 No locksmith in the original, there's a link to the furniture maker (Alkemista) who helped her. As to whether locksmiths have the expertise to precision-drill and enamel, hell yeah. My friend had a locksmiths' apprenticeship and they made all sorts of crazy miniature stuff. No locksmith in the original, there’s a link to the furniture maker (Alkemista) who helped her. As to whether locksmiths have the expertise to precision-drill and enamel, hell yeah. My friend had a locksmiths’ apprenticeship and they made all sorts of crazy miniature stuff.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1430668 voiceinthedistance Tue, 22 May 2012 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1430668 Hmm.  Bing translates it as a proctologist that did the adaptation. Hmm.  Bing translates it as a proctologist that did the adaptation.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1430526 Buddy Bradley Tue, 22 May 2012 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1430526 hmm the original Hungarian doesn't seem to say anything about a locksmith ("lakatos") so I assume there must be some sort of error in your translated version! hmm the original Hungarian doesn’t seem to say anything about a locksmith (“lakatos”) so I assume there must be some sort of error in your translated version!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1430184 Marco Antonio Morales Tue, 22 May 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1430184 Comes from a long line of clever ikea hackers :)  http://www.ikeahackers.net/ Comes from a long line of clever ikea hackers :)  http://www.ikeahackers.net/

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1430122 timquinn Tue, 22 May 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1430122 In six months they will all be hanging straight down. More is not always merrier. In six months they will all be hanging straight down. More is not always merrier.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1430017 J. Matthew Jacob Tue, 22 May 2012 16:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1430017 It's actually a knockoff of a more expensive piece http://www.moooi.com/producten/103-dear-ingo.html .  I've thought about doing the same thing, but it really needs high ceilings and a large room (imho). It’s actually a knockoff of a more expensive piece http://www.moooi.com/producten/103-dear-ingo.html .  I’ve thought about doing the same thing, but it really needs high ceilings and a large room (imho).

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1429965 ROSSINDETROIT Tue, 22 May 2012 15:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1429965 I like this idea.  Familiar devices in a different context.  And it has functional flexibility.  The actual fabrication, or a similar arrangement, should be within the capabilities of anyone who can drill a hole without a trip to the emergency room.  Nothing high precision here. I like this idea.  Familiar devices in a different context.  And it has functional flexibility.  The actual fabrication, or a similar arrangement, should be within the capabilities of anyone who can drill a hole without a trip to the emergency room.  Nothing high precision here.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1429933 lorq Tue, 22 May 2012 15:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1429933 "So, Sandman, you say you'd like to change your appearance...?" “So, Sandman, you say you’d like to change your appearance…?”

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1429928 pkpk Tue, 22 May 2012 15:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1429928 That looks like... 8 cheap ikea lamps stuck together.   That looks like… 8 cheap ikea lamps stuck together.  

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1429919 papajude Tue, 22 May 2012 15:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1429919 Is this art or recycling gone mad? Is this art or recycling gone mad?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/making-a-spider-lamp-out-of-8.html#comment-1429913 Dirac Tue, 22 May 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162238#comment-1429913 "I'm a bit confused about the locksmith part"  Don't know hungarian but at least in German:- "Schlosser"=lit. "locksmith" actually means "metalworker" “I’m a bit confused about the locksmith part” 
Don’t know hungarian but at least in German:- “Schlosser”=lit. “locksmith” actually means “metalworker”

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