Figure 7 Ip44 LED Walkway/garden Bollard Light

Hi, I am onyeka and I am an electrician, so I recently got hired to design a garden with lights,but my client wanted something very different from what was available in the Nigerian market,so I had to put on my thinking cap,after thinking of how I can get unique lights,I made up my mind that I was going to customise the garden lights to be used on my client's project.

The supplies needed are
1. 1.2m length of 60mm × 40mm pipe with 3mm thickness
2. 3mm thickness plate
3. 1 meter LED aluminium profile
4. 1 meter 2835 LED strip 10w/m
5. 2 LED mini recessed light
6. PUR adhesive
7. 1mm² Twin cables
Machines needed
1. Welding machine
2. Angle grinder
3. Pillar drill
4. Annular drill
5. Spray pump compressor
9. A spray paint workshop

I started to think out on what the design could be like, I thought of making use of the numbers I then found that I could create number 7 and put some lights in it, because I am not so proficient in CAD,I did my design the manual way on a drawing paper

1.To make the frame for my light,I call up my friend Elvis, he operates a very big metal workshop in Ikeja,Lagos. We get busy making the frame, one of the major challenges was how to give a 15° cut to the base side so that we get a perfect slope for the figure 7 @ 75° ,Elvis didn't have a protractor so we had to use our geometry knowledge to get the length of side for the off cut,
2. We cut the upper frame of the figure 7 to make the head of the frame,and also drill 40mm ø holes underneath to fit in our 45mm ø LEDs, next is
3. We join up the two parts of the frame
4.we Crete the footing of 100mm × 100mm and drill the mounting holes
5. We attach all body parts and cut out a final groove by the sides to fit in our led profile
6.we grind down all welded joints to achieve a neater workpiece
7.we put a plum to confirm that our frame is upright and perfectly formed

At the design stage, one of my major concern was what finish to use, so like I always do I hit Google and started to look for suitable finishings for metalwork projects,I then found out about powder coating ,I studied the process but the challenge was, I didnt have any of the machineries for such job even for a DIY stage, so I had to rethink. I then decided I will make the finishing look something close to powder coated.
1. We used some body filler to fill up the imperfections
2. We washed and sanded down till we achieved a smooth line on the frame
3. We applied putty so that when we spray paint,the effect will come out👌
4 we applied 2 coaches of my desired spray paint (mettalic gray)

1.We fit in 2pcs 40mm led
2. We install the profile,with 12v led and 12v adapter
3 we connect power to test out our bollard light

We made 4 quantities and pit in blue LEDs to give us a different blend