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Letter: Letter

Published 27 June 1998

From Steve Fossey

I have been collecting CDs to make a lamp. If you stack the discs on top of
each other and view them from the side, you will notice that light passes
through the block.

I used the florescent strip from a camping lantern and passed the tube
through the holes on the CDs. Add a base and top to house the contacts and
batteries/transformer, and bingo, your lamp.

enquiries@stevefossey.demon.co.uk

Issue no. 2140 published 27 June 1998

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