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About Jake
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Wife wanted a golf cart so I made her a Mickey Lamp Post.
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Male
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Very close to the house of Mouse.
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The Ultimate Minnie Lamp. AKA "The Beauty and the Beast Lamp"
Jake replied to Jake's topic in Pictures from the Fort
June 9th-11th and July 30th-Aug 5th. Can't wait! -
The Ultimate Mickey Lamp Post. AKA "the glow fiber silhouette lamp"
Jake replied to Jake's topic in Pictures from the Fort
We have a trip planned for late July running into the first week of August. Almost a full week booked. The wife cant wait. She keeps trying to find a weekend open, just don't feel like paying $140 a night for a site. -
The Ultimate Mickey Lamp Post. AKA "the glow fiber silhouette lamp"
Jake replied to Jake's topic in Pictures from the Fort
Thank you everyone! AuburnJen, no mickey lamp is inadequate especially if you built it yourself. Just like how I feel about this lamp, It is a sight to see and I love watching it, the twinkling figures and changing colors are mesmerizing to say the least. Here are some details of the lamp. Over a Mile of .75mm glow fiber make up the post figures and bow tie. Estimated 1,500 holes drilled into the post for the glow fibers. I lost count after 800. The holes in Tinks wings are so close together you cant keep track of which holes you counted. The bow tie is made of clear lexan, -
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So last year while camping at the Fort, I was sitting at the site looking out at our Mickey Lamp that I had made back in 2013. It has a umbrella stand it sits on and LED lights that wrap around it. The LED's do not last very long due to the rain so we have to change them out about once a year. So as I am sitting there I had an idea, "put the lights in the post" so they never get wet and you don't have that loose wire wrapped around the post getting broken during transport. After brain storming and searching the internet I came to the conclusion that LED's in the post would not work and would b