[dave14]

Whilst it is widely believed that the Lumenarcs are the best reflectors for our lights, there is no way my wife would let me have them hanging from the ceiling, so I set about making a black acrylic housing for them.

Using two Lumenarc Mini reflectors, the size of the pendant will be 1200mm x 500mm

I ordered all the pieces pre cut from a non sponsor online.

5mm black acrylic and 20mm square clear block section.
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First off I glued 2 30mm strengthening sections to each side


Followed by the 2 end panels


Next I glued a 50mm wide strip across each end which keeps everything square. Alongside this the 20mm square sections were glued in place and a further 2 fitted equally spaced along the length.




Using 2 pieces of the 20mm square section glued together this was fitted under the other square sections and will be used to fix the reflectors and the hanging wires.


Reflectors and hanging wires fitted




Finally I fitted three 50mm strips across the bottom, I may use these for mounting Led's


Job done

[gobyboy]

very nice job dave, just wondering if you could fit some t5 actinics and a few fans in there as well?

[dave14]

gobyboy, on May 24 2008, 03:00 PM, said:

very nice job dave, just wondering if you could fit some t5 actinics and a few fans in there as well?

Yeah I think theres enough room for a T5 each side, I'm hoping I won't need fans with the top being open

[ben]

excellant work dave. got me thinking i would like something like that now,lol. looking forward to see it all working

[ben]

what glue did you use dave?

[dave14]

ben, on May 24 2008, 03:11 PM, said:

what glue did you use dave?

Tensyl 12. Hope it all stays together lol

[gturnbull]

Great Idea & nice work, I may have to nick your idea for my lights

I have the same problem, my wife wont let me have anything hanging from the ceiling

[dave14]

gturnbull, on May 24 2008, 03:14 PM, said:

Great Idea & nice work, I may have to nick your idea for my lights

I have the same problem, my wife wont let me have anything hanging from the ceiling

It was fairly easy, just like a big airfix kit.

I am still going to hang it from the ceiling or I may look for some wall brackets.

[SLAPPY]

Well done Dave.

I'm certain to go with black acrylic but was pondering about using blue acrylic.

[ChrisR]

Very nice bit of DIY there Dave!!

[dave14]

slappy, on May 24 2008, 03:56 PM, said:

Well done Dave.

I'm certain to go with black acrylic but was pondering about using blue acrylic.

Good thing about black it matches any decor in the room

[Social D]

Nice work Dave, anything that keeps them sweet is worth the effort

[SLAPPY]

dave14, on May 24 2008, 04:11 PM, said:

Good thing about black it matches any decor in the room

Yeah, leaning more towards the black again as the Samsung LCD tv that I like is black.

How much were you charged in total from that supplier?

Did the adhesive come from them as well?

[SLAPPY]

Here are some photos of one already done.

[dave14]

slappy, on May 24 2008, 10:24 PM, said:

Yeah, leaning more towards the black again as the Samsung LCD tv that I like is black.

How much were you charged in total from that supplier?

Did the adhesive come from them as well?

Whole lot inc delivery £62

[SLAPPY]

Thanks Dave.

[Si Clark]

Superb I need to do something to hide my lumenarc's but my diy skills are nowhere near that standard.

[mark]

Dave

where did you get the acrylic from and did they cut the sections for you ?

[dave14]

Si Clark, on May 26 2008, 01:00 PM, said:

Superb I need to do something to hide my lumenarc's but my diy skills are nowhere near that standard.

Si, It's not that difficult, all the pieces were ordered cut to size then you just glue them together

[dave14]

mark, on May 26 2008, 01:05 PM, said:

Dave

where did you get the acrylic from and did they cut the sections for you ?

Hi Mark,
http://www.plasticonline.co.uk Its best to ring and speak to Andrew, very helpful guy, and yes everything cut to size.

only thing I would have changed would be where i glued two 20mm square sections to make 40 x 20. I think i could have ordered it this size as the 20 x 20 looks like it was cut from a 20mm thick sheet.