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Build Your Own Lava Lamp

Posted by michael on from the better-living-through-chemistry dept.

Manip writes "My new project: 'The difficult part about making your own liquid motion lamp is, of course, the motion. We won't go into the lamp base too much. The store-bought ones use a 40w appliance bulb in a metal housing which directs the heat to the underside of the glass container. If you're making your own base, we recommend installing a dimmer switch so that you can control your heat output.'"

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  1. Fun projects by Pacer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, not only can you grow your own drugs, now you can make your own lava lamp.

    All the fun of enduring pop-subculture at a fraction of the price. How inspiring ... how lovely ... how un-American!

    1. Re:Fun projects by Kirin3 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Geeks on homegrown drugs making homegrown lava lamps...

      Hmm... and only a couple of week on the tail of this article... ;)

  2. Screw Lava by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want a full on Volcano Lamp

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  3. Off Topic, But.... by Tsali · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many /.'ers actually own a lava lamp?

    Good.

    Now, how many of those who raised their hand are involved in a relationship with someone.

    Ahhh. You in the back. Anyone else? Good.

    Thanks.

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    1. Re:Off Topic, But.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was involved with this one girl, but it got to be too expensive, so I outsourced to India and now save 80% on the cost of maintaining the relationship! .....sigh

  4. Next Week On Slashdot: by niko9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Make your own Tie Dye T-shirts!

    Also, the top 10 best ways of looking like RMS!

  5. My Project. by magores · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been working on a perpetual motion machine. But it seems like its taking forever and a day.

  6. Lava Lamps? by Jonas+the+Bold · · Score: 5, Funny

    News for Hippies, stuff that matters

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