Terrarium In A Lightbulb

I have seen a few small Terrarium in jars and lightbulbs before and decided to have a go at making on one myself.

I couldn't find any clear bulbs but I had seen online how you can remove the opacity layer inside the bulbs with sald.

I also created a small tool to aid getting the plants into the bulb.

Materials

• Lightbulb (clear or pearl)
• Salt
• Potting compost
• Gravel
• Moss
• Skewer or craft paintbrush
• Plastic drinks bottle cap

Tools

• Dremel or Hacksaw
• Glue (2 part quick set epoxy)
• Drill
• Pliers
• Scissors

The full tutorial is in the attached video

Maker Faire 2016

Here is my walkthrough video of the Maker Faire that was held in Newcastle England.

It was a brilliant day. Found the Life Centre really easy and the parking was directly across the road from the event.

I met a Borg and my wife had a conversation with  a Dalek. As is always with these events I came away with lots of ideas for projects and it was a good idea that I didn't go with a ton of money or it would have been spent on the myriad of products that where on sale.

The video doesn't show everything that was there on the day but it will give you a pretty good idea as to what was on offer on the day, including a brilliant act called  'Lords of Lightning' which literally electrified Time square

Cant wait till the next one.

Marble Lifter using an Archimedes' screw

A prototype of a marble lifter I have built using the principles of the Archimedes' screw to move the marbles up to the upper level.
Its a bit rough and ready but a good morning experimenting.