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I've got a pole with three light fixtures attached to it. Each fixture is a standard bell-shaped shroud with a bulb inside. The opening of the shroud is 4.5" in diameter.
I want to do colored spots with the lights and since I can't find bright colored bulbs I bought a sheet of colored gel today at a lighting store so I'm going to use that with some 100W white bulbs.
My question is how to make custom fittings for my lamp so I can swap out different colored inserts quickly. My current plan is to soak balsa wood until it's soft enough to bend into a circle, stretch a piece of gel over that, and add some rubber or something to the inside to make a tight fit. At this point the balsa wood is still soaking so I don't know if the wood will become flexible enough to do that.
Another suggestion I've heard is to bend 3/8" inner diameter copper refrigerator pipe into a circle. Anyone have any other thoughts?
I want to do colored spots with the lights and since I can't find bright colored bulbs I bought a sheet of colored gel today at a lighting store so I'm going to use that with some 100W white bulbs.
My question is how to make custom fittings for my lamp so I can swap out different colored inserts quickly. My current plan is to soak balsa wood until it's soft enough to bend into a circle, stretch a piece of gel over that, and add some rubber or something to the inside to make a tight fit. At this point the balsa wood is still soaking so I don't know if the wood will become flexible enough to do that.
Another suggestion I've heard is to bend 3/8" inner diameter copper refrigerator pipe into a circle. Anyone have any other thoughts?