Why use a Spring or Screen? Why not nuts! - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-29T10:32:32Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-use-a-spring-or-screen-why-not-nuts?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A351952&xg_source=msg_com_forum&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI thought nuts might help con…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-26:1566398:Comment:3548092011-10-26T19:49:31.220ZBrandonhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Brandon
<p>I thought nuts might help control the heat, but they do not. You can use nuts to control your flow <em>to some degree</em>. I think anything metal and conductive of heat will do that. A spring or screen is probably the best considering their light mass, good conductivity, and high surface area. I simply used the nuts as I had them, not springs, and wanted to try something different. I have since put the spring in with the nuts, and now that I'm typing this, I'm going to yank it out…</p>
<p>I thought nuts might help control the heat, but they do not. You can use nuts to control your flow <em>to some degree</em>. I think anything metal and conductive of heat will do that. A spring or screen is probably the best considering their light mass, good conductivity, and high surface area. I simply used the nuts as I had them, not springs, and wanted to try something different. I have since put the spring in with the nuts, and now that I'm typing this, I'm going to yank it out again! </p>
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<p>Seriously, I'm having more fun playing/breaking this lamp then I ever had with it working. I drained the water and replaced the other day as well. That was a lot of fun and I highly recommend doing that with a cheap lamp sometime. You'll learn a lot. I screwed up my wax even more then before, but to be honest, it's still more interesting then it was stock!</p>
<p> </p> Im not sure i understand this…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-22:1566398:Comment:3541112011-10-22T17:07:29.135ZTure-DKhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Ture
Im not sure i understand this but are you useing nuts to controll the heat<br />
in your or the flow of the lava in your lamp
Im not sure i understand this but are you useing nuts to controll the heat<br />
in your or the flow of the lava in your lamp I don't think I'd suggest the…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-20:1566398:Comment:3534182011-10-20T15:27:47.894ZBrandonhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Brandon
I don't think I'd suggest the hot tub antifoam. I think it jacked my wax. When one teaspoon is good for 200 gallons, it's hard to put just a tiny bit in...
I don't think I'd suggest the hot tub antifoam. I think it jacked my wax. When one teaspoon is good for 200 gallons, it's hard to put just a tiny bit in... Here's some pics. First is t…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-18:1566398:Comment:3527892011-10-18T20:51:22.879ZBrandonhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Brandon
<p>Here's some pics. First is the nuts. The second is the "flow" which isn't so good since it's all overheated.</p>
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<p>Here's some pics. First is the nuts. The second is the "flow" which isn't so good since it's all overheated.</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127011121?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127011121?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p> please keep us up to date wit…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-18:1566398:Comment:3525652011-10-18T07:24:10.714ZTim Gillhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/TimGill
<blockquote>please keep us up to date with your experiments.</blockquote>
<p>Yea defuntunly - we need goo expermanters :)</p>
<p>Any pictures of you lamp which you used nuts on.</p>
<blockquote>please keep us up to date with your experiments.</blockquote>
<p>Yea defuntunly - we need goo expermanters :)</p>
<p>Any pictures of you lamp which you used nuts on.</p> This is great, I hope your la…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-18:1566398:Comment:3528942011-10-18T01:26:37.205ZWafflerhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/TaylorGooGod
<p>This is great, I hope your lamp turns out awesome! I am really interested in what happens with the hot tub anti-foam. I have some weird gel that I want to put into a little lamp with some soap and see what happens. I am all about finding out new ways to modify my lava lamp to fit the way I want it to work so please keep us up to date with your experiments.</p>
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<p>This is great, I hope your lamp turns out awesome! I am really interested in what happens with the hot tub anti-foam. I have some weird gel that I want to put into a little lamp with some soap and see what happens. I am all about finding out new ways to modify my lava lamp to fit the way I want it to work so please keep us up to date with your experiments.</p>
<p> </p> The 10 extra nuts helped the…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-18:1566398:Comment:3527422011-10-18T01:21:22.371ZBrandonhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Brandon
<p>The 10 extra nuts helped the flow. It flows better now that it did with the spring, and when it had half the nuts in it. It still doesn't flow awesome, but that's mostly because it was crap to start with, and it overheats. Next up will be putting some hot tub anti-foam stuff in there. I'm thinking it will act like a surfactant. Maybe string out the flow.</p>
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<p>So far, my conclusion is, nuts or other hardware work fine. Don't worry too much about using a spring, screen, or…</p>
<p>The 10 extra nuts helped the flow. It flows better now that it did with the spring, and when it had half the nuts in it. It still doesn't flow awesome, but that's mostly because it was crap to start with, and it overheats. Next up will be putting some hot tub anti-foam stuff in there. I'm thinking it will act like a surfactant. Maybe string out the flow.</p>
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<p>So far, my conclusion is, nuts or other hardware work fine. Don't worry too much about using a spring, screen, or whatever. Put something metal with surface area to heat the wax and make it flow.</p>
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<p>Take this for what it's worth though. I'm dealing with a sample population of one.</p> *giggle*
Brandon said:
My jo…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-13:1566398:Comment:3516762011-10-13T21:30:27.122ZErinhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/erin9
*giggle*<br/>
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<cite>Brandon said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-use-a-spring-or-screen-why-not-nuts?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A351952&xg_source=msg_com_forum#1566398Comment352051"><div><p>My joy of playing with nuts waned, but it has come back.</p>
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*giggle*<br/>
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<cite>Brandon said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-use-a-spring-or-screen-why-not-nuts?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A351952&xg_source=msg_com_forum#1566398Comment352051"><div><p>My joy of playing with nuts waned, but it has come back.</p>
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</blockquote> The idea of being able to con…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-13:1566398:Comment:3519522011-10-13T21:29:24.949ZWafflerhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/TaylorGooGod
The idea of being able to control the flow interests me.
The idea of being able to control the flow interests me. My joy of playing with nuts w…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-10-13:1566398:Comment:3520512011-10-13T20:06:49.139ZBrandonhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Brandon
<p>My joy of playing with nuts waned, but it has come back.</p>
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<p>Adding the 60 SMALL nuts to the lamp without removing the spring didn't do much. I removed the spring and realized I didn't have enough nuts because it didn't flow. So I grabbed 10 larger nuts (M8 size I believe) and dropped them in. So far, seems to be working just like a spring. Losing the brightness has not become an issue yet at they are all at the periphery of the lamp.</p>
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<p>It <em>might</em> be…</p>
<p>My joy of playing with nuts waned, but it has come back.</p>
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<p>Adding the 60 SMALL nuts to the lamp without removing the spring didn't do much. I removed the spring and realized I didn't have enough nuts because it didn't flow. So I grabbed 10 larger nuts (M8 size I believe) and dropped them in. So far, seems to be working just like a spring. Losing the brightness has not become an issue yet at they are all at the periphery of the lamp.</p>
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<p>It <em>might</em> be possible to adjust your flow somewhat by using nuts (or a similar small piece of hardware) as you could add more or less conductive material to your liking. I'll run this for awhile and maybe add another 10 to see what that does.</p>