Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

I got tired of my lamps using up bench space, so I decided to build a

shelf system for my lamps in the basement.  The basement is 65 year

around.  Since the shelf is mounted to the foundation wall, I wanted to have

an insulation barrier to keep the 'cold' from the lamps.

Using basic 2x4 construction I studded out a 65" wide by 48" tall workable

area. Voids between studs were packed with 3" of polystyrene foam.  I can

already tell the difference in this corner.  I 'hung' the studs from the floor

joist with 3/8 bolts and plumed before I tacked them down with tapcons.

I also scrubbed/cleaned/sealed/painted the fondation wall behind the

shelf system.  I don't have a table saw, so I'll go to the lumber yard to

have them cut a 1/4 inch oak panel to my dimensions to cover it up.

 

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where in the world are you todd 

North Central Iowa

is it easy to get the mathmos lamps over there 

No, in the US I have not seen one locally.  The one's I have

purchased mostly came from ebay.uk or over sea's.

I recently bought some from Mathmos and had them

reshipped with 'forward2me' service.

Very nice set up. I'm running out of space on my bookshelf so I may be doing something similar very soon!

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