How to Make an Awesome Night Light (but It Doesn't Last Too Long)

this will show you how to make an awesome night light using a laser, wax, and a light bulb.

the materials you will need are:
-a light bulb
-candle wax
-a laser pointer (can be green or red)

tools you will need:
-needle nosed pliers
-tweezers
-an exacto knife
-safety goggles (glass occasionally flies when shattered)
-funnel
-hammer
-gloves
-an old sock

i got the the ideas and pictures on this step from CYNICALifornia

PUT ON EYE PROTECTION!!!!


- Using your exacto knife or screw driver, pry up the metal disk on the bottom of the bulb.

- Use needle nosed pliers to pull it off.

Move outside! there will be shattered glass!

- take off the black glass that the metal disk was attached to. use pliers to chip/break it.
-Holding the bulb use the screwdriver to break the glass, and use the tweezers to pull it out.

- Use the screwdriver as a chisel once again and break the glass that holds the filament in place inside the bulb.

- Use your tweezers to break up pieces too big to fall out of the hole but simply squeezing them.

-use a toothbrush and brush the inside of the bulb while still dry
-fill the bulb with water, and continue scrubbing until the bulb is completely clear

-dry the inside of the bulb with a hot air dryer
-melt enough wax to fill the lightbulb, and use a funnel to fill the light bulb
-let it cool

-MOVE OUTSIDE
-put on protective gloves... glass can hurt! also, lay down newspaper (glass will get everywhere otherwise)
-take a small hammer, and lightly tap on the glass
-once it cracks, remove the pieces, making sure that there aren't any left in the wax

now, use a small tool (screwdrivers work well) to hollow out the inside of the wax bulb. hake it wide enough so a laser can fit in it.

fit the laser into the hollow, and turn it on! the result should be a strange pixelated light, that works especially well in the dark.