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AxlMyk · 07-17-2006, 08:41 PM

When I retired, the first thing W.L.M. asked me to make was a lighthouse, to replace a $70, overpriced, scrapwood, anyone can make it, lighthouse we bought during a vacation, to cover our wellhead.. Basically, I copied the dimensions of the old one because it covered the well just fine.. It sits on a base of concrete and Petosky stones.. (Michigan's state stone)..

Now our Daughter-in-law wants one like it.. So I'm in the process of making hers.. The sides are underlayment that I gave a 22.5 deg. bevel to with the RT, and the inner braces are 5/8 ply, cut out with a 6 deg edge angle.. The templates for the inner braces were pretty simple to make..

The solar light on the first one is from a LH I found at WalMart.. I only bought it for the light, and the base sits outside under the birdfeeder, with no top.. I intend on making a plant stand out of it.. The new LH will have a solar light I found at HD.. They were 10 for $35.. One of them sits next to the in-progress LH..

**bobj3** · 07-17-2006, 10:40 PM

Nice Job MIKE

I guess I will need to make one also,I put in a pond 4 years ago and it would look great by the pond..and a night light on top of that.

You know how ponds are you start with just a little one and then one just a bit bigger well this one is now 8' x 10' and it takes 3 hours to fill it up. hahahahaha
Tried the fish thing but gave that up ,now it's just a pond with plants and a new light house in a week or so.

Thanks for the show and tell

Bj

Note***here's a off the wall tip....put the red Plastic gas can out side of the shop, in the shade...you may thank me for this tip some day.

I want to talk with you and not about you..

SandyT · 07-17-2006, 11:26 PM

Mike,
Beautiful lighthouse!

cranbrook2 · 07-18-2006, 07:26 AM

Nice work Mike.
i always enjoyed building light houses.
i built a 22 ft high lighthouse 2 yrs ago but a twister brought it down in one big bang.
i stick to building them a little smaller now.
john

Hamlin · 07-18-2006, 06:35 PM

AxlMyk, that looks really nice.

AxlMyk · 07-18-2006, 09:16 PM

Thanks all.. I expect to be making more of these, so I'm making the templates now, instead of piecemeal them together one by one..

I had been fretting over how to cut the outer trim molding on a 22.5 deg angle with a 6 deg slope.. The first one, I used my belt/disk sander to do it, and had a heck of a time getting them right.. Then it came to me, use the RT to make the ogee on the 1x2s and then rip them on a 6 deg angle.. Duh.. Pretty simple solution.. Now that I have that figured out, they should be pretty simple to make..

For the top, I routed a 7" circle out of MDF and drilled 8, 1/4" holes for dowels to make the outside rail posts.. I have 200 pound kite line, (I also fly kites as a hobby) to string between them through holes I drilled in the dowels.. Should look pretty good..

The solar light is sitting in an aluminum tuna can for the light base, screwed to the middle of the 7" top piece.. I'll get a pic of it tomorrow before I start sealing and painting it..

Bj, that gas can is empty.. Thanks..

AxlMyk · 07-19-2006, 11:26 AM

Although the light is sitting in a tuna can on this one, a piece of 3" PVC pipe will also work well..

**Mike** · 07-19-2006, 01:05 PM

Nice job Mike!

**bobj3** · 07-19-2006, 02:14 PM

Hi Mike
looking good

!

Most don't know that if they store 5 gal. of gas in the shop it's the same as TNT, I glad you said it's empty

.....

Can you PLEASE post the part number and the name of the LIGHT, I can't seem to find one like it and I do like the looks of that one. (it fits the look of the light house) I don't eat fish but I'm sure I can find one , hahahahaha

for the base...

Ya I know, copy cat , hahahahaha ,but if I see something I like I make it...

I saw a Mable China Hutch in a store about 3 years ago and that one took 45 days to copy and 90 days to get the glass for it. (bow glass ) it looks like someone set a hot basket ball in 6 spots in the door glass .
But I did save about 2,000.oo on the one....by making it in my shop.

Thanks Mike

Bj

AxlMyk · 07-19-2006, 02:56 PM

Here's a pic of the box.. Malibu Model# LZ421-10
They have a single led in them, and it isn't the brightest light on the block.. If you don't cover up too much of the bottom of the clear lamp bowl they look pretty good..

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AxlMyk Registered User Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hartland, Mi. USA First Name: Mike Posts: 1,020 View AxlMyk's Gallery	Report This Post! Lighthouses When I retired, the first thing W.L.M. asked me to make was a lighthouse, to replace a $70, overpriced, scrapwood, anyone can make it, lighthouse we bought during a vacation, to cover our wellhead.. Basically, I copied the dimensions of the old one because it covered the well just fine.. It sits on a base of concrete and Petosky stones.. (Michigan's state stone).. Now our Daughter-in-law wants one like it.. So I'm in the process of making hers.. The sides are underlayment that I gave a 22.5 deg. bevel to with the RT, and the inner braces are 5/8 ply, cut out with a 6 deg edge angle.. The templates for the inner braces were pretty simple to make.. The solar light on the first one is from a LH I found at WalMart.. I only bought it for the light, and the base sits outside under the birdfeeder, with no top.. I intend on making a plant stand out of it.. The new LH will have a solar light I found at HD.. They were 10 for $35.. One of them sits next to the in-progress LH.. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Mike - Retired FoMoCo Tradesman My Gallery @ http://www.routerforums.com/axlmyks-stuff/ Last edited by AxlMyk; 07-17-2006 at 08:43 PM.
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bobj3 Forum Contributer Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Littleton,Colorado U.S.A. Posts: 8,305 View bobj3's Gallery	Report This Post! Nice Job MIKE I guess I will need to make one also,I put in a pond 4 years ago and it would look great by the pond..and a night light on top of that. You know how ponds are you start with just a little one and then one just a bit bigger well this one is now 8' x 10' and it takes 3 hours to fill it up. hahahahaha Tried the fish thing but gave that up ,now it's just a pond with plants and a new light house in a week or so. Thanks for the show and tell Bj Note**here's a off the wall tip....put the red Plastic gas can out side of the shop, in the shade...you may thank me for this tip some day. I want to talk with you and not about you.. __________________ PodCast videos RWS on YouTube http://www.routerforums.com/86898-post1.html Besure and click on the Up Arrow key ▲ on the Youtube video, you can select other youtube videos on router tables http://www.woodworkingonline.com/?s=dovetail Machine Cut ▼ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/200...cut-dovetails/ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/woo...podcast-store/ http://www.woodshopdemos.com/menu2.htm Bob J. Last edited by bobj3; 07-18-2006 at 09:56 AM.*
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SandyT Registered User Forum Geek Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 484 View SandyT's Gallery	Report This Post! Mike, Beautiful lighthouse! __________________ undefined
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cranbrook2 Registered User Supreme Forum King Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cranbrook Ontario Posts: 1,498 View cranbrook2's Gallery	Report This Post! Nice work Mike. i always enjoyed building light houses. i built a 22 ft high lighthouse 2 yrs ago but a twister brought it down in one big bang. i stick to building them a little smaller now. john __________________ john in cranbrook ontario. (plans) www.extremebirdhouse.com
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Hamlin Registered User Supreme Forum King Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Baldwin City, KS First Name: Ken Posts: 1,576 View Hamlin's Gallery	Report This Post! AxlMyk, that looks really nice. __________________ Ken "A VETERAN" "Whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life". That is HONOR, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -Author Unknown
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AxlMyk Registered User Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hartland, Mi. USA First Name: Mike Posts: 1,020 View AxlMyk's Gallery	Report This Post! Thanks all.. I expect to be making more of these, so I'm making the templates now, instead of piecemeal them together one by one.. I had been fretting over how to cut the outer trim molding on a 22.5 deg angle with a 6 deg slope.. The first one, I used my belt/disk sander to do it, and had a heck of a time getting them right.. Then it came to me, use the RT to make the ogee on the 1x2s and then rip them on a 6 deg angle.. Duh.. Pretty simple solution.. Now that I have that figured out, they should be pretty simple to make.. For the top, I routed a 7" circle out of MDF and drilled 8, 1/4" holes for dowels to make the outside rail posts.. I have 200 pound kite line, (I also fly kites as a hobby) to string between them through holes I drilled in the dowels.. Should look pretty good.. The solar light is sitting in an aluminum tuna can for the light base, screwed to the middle of the 7" top piece.. I'll get a pic of it tomorrow before I start sealing and painting it.. Bj, that gas can is empty.. Thanks.. __________________ Mike - Retired FoMoCo Tradesman My Gallery @ http://www.routerforums.com/axlmyks-stuff/
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AxlMyk Registered User Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hartland, Mi. USA First Name: Mike Posts: 1,020 View AxlMyk's Gallery	Report This Post! Top details Although the light is sitting in a tuna can on this one, a piece of 3" PVC pipe will also work well.. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Mike - Retired FoMoCo Tradesman My Gallery @ http://www.routerforums.com/axlmyks-stuff/
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bobj3 Forum Contributer Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Littleton,Colorado U.S.A. Posts: 8,305 View bobj3's Gallery	Report This Post! Hi Mike looking good ! Most don't know that if they store 5 gal. of gas in the shop it's the same as TNT, I glad you said it's empty ..... Can you PLEASE post the part number and the name of the LIGHT, I can't seem to find one like it and I do like the looks of that one. (it fits the look of the light house) I don't eat fish but I'm sure I can find one , hahahahaha for the base... Ya I know, copy cat , hahahahaha ,but if I see something I like I make it... I saw a Mable China Hutch in a store about 3 years ago and that one took 45 days to copy and 90 days to get the glass for it. (bow glass ) it looks like someone set a hot basket ball in 6 spots in the door glass . But I did save about 2,000.oo on the one....by making it in my shop. Thanks Mike Bj __________________ PodCast videos RWS on YouTube http://www.routerforums.com/86898-post1.html Besure and click on the Up Arrow key ▲ on the Youtube video, you can select other youtube videos on router tables http://www.woodworkingonline.com/?s=dovetail Machine Cut ▼ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/200...cut-dovetails/ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/woo...podcast-store/ http://www.woodshopdemos.com/menu2.htm Bob J.
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AxlMyk Registered User Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hartland, Mi. USA First Name: Mike Posts: 1,020 View AxlMyk's Gallery	Report This Post! Here's a pic of the box.. Malibu Model# LZ421-10 They have a single led in them, and it isn't the brightest light on the block.. If you don't cover up too much of the bottom of the clear lamp bowl they look pretty good.. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Mike - Retired FoMoCo Tradesman My Gallery @ http://www.routerforums.com/axlmyks-stuff/
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