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A few kaleidoscopes

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I make quite a few of these. They make great gifts as few people have them. I useually make 20 or 30 ‘tubes’ at a time, then put them together as the need arrises. I sell a few but give most away. I use native hardwoods – Walnut, Birch, Cherry and maple. They don’t look like much in the picture as the real beauty is in the immages inside. I use front/first surface mirrors and glass beads.

-- Bruce from Central New York


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Terdy

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posted 690 days ago

These are awesome. I have been wanting to try and make some of these myself. Where do you purchase the “innards” materials? Please provide more info as I really would like to make one myself. Great Job!!!

-- Terry

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Chris

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posted 690 days ago

Bruce,

I second Terry’s comment. Are these of your own design or from a plan? My wife has asked about making some in the past.

-- Chris

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TreeBones

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posted 690 days ago

Here we go I’ll make it #3. Very cool.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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brunob

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posted 690 days ago

OK, I’ll work up some instructions and post them here. I buy mirrors wholesale in lots of 150, but I’ll look for a supplier of fewer numbers. If you just wanted to build a few, I could probably get mirrors to you at cost. They are first surface mirrors – the reflective surface is on the front as opposed to on the back. No distortion that way.

-- Bruce from Central New York

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cajunpen

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posted 690 days ago

Really nice – I’m looking forward to the instructions. Thanks for sharing Bruce.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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GaryK

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posted 690 days ago

Great! I’m looking forward to the instructions also!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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rikkor

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posted 690 days ago

Ditto, I want to make some of these. Yours look great.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 690 days ago

ditto.
what a great gift for grandchildren….

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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