After a hard day at work, every person wants to relax, thereby forgetting about the accumulated problems at work. To do this, you should watch something soothing and pleasant. Some people prefer to watch the dancing flames, but not everyone has this opportunity. Contemplating the waterfall is even more difficult. A design that can be purchased at any supermarket has a similar effect. It's called a lava lamp. Many people are confused by the cost of such a product, which raises the question: how to make a lava lamp at home.

The operating principle of a device called lava lamp– interaction between liquids that, due to different densities, do not mix when heated. By adding a special dye, the visual effect can be significantly enhanced.

A lava lamp consists of the following elements:

• special composition;
• a flask of any shape, but always transparent;
• incandescent lamp.

Lava lamp device

An incandescent lamp is placed under the glass container, which is responsible for heating the surrounding liquid, thereby illuminating individual drops that can move in any order, often creating bizarre figures. After turning on the lava lamp, the difference temperature regime between the bottom and top part will be several degrees, due to which the oily bubbles will begin to move. When raised, the ball cools down and then tends to the bottom. After lowering, the bubble begins to heat up again and gradually rises.

How lava lamps work

Thus, the bubbles will continuously move in a chaotic manner. Such designs have been produced for many years; there are more than enough brand names. Products of this type can also be purchased on various Internet resources. Industrial manufacturers use a special type of glass that is also capable of responding to changes in temperature.

How to make a lava lamp at home

Before you start assembling a lava lamp at home, you should prepare all the necessary materials.

We will need:

• pencil;
• drill and core drills;
• protractor with ruler;
• furniture varnish that will be used for finishing work;
• black spray paint;
• any food coloring;
• saw;
• turpentine;
• whole cork;
• wine bottle;
• plug with wire;
• insulating tape;
• 75 W bulb;
• cartridge with porcelain base;
• board 25 mm thick.
• oil art paints;
• mineral oil (you can use baby oil);
• antifreeze;
• soy wax;
• 70% isopropyl alcohol.

Sequence of actions

Polarity should not be forgotten. The light bulb used is pre-tested to ensure it is working properly. Only after these manipulations can the screws be tightened. This will help securely secure the structure.

1. The board is sawn into individual elements, from which a square is then assembled. In this way, a base is made for the future lamp. The cartridge will be placed in it. A hole is made in the base for the wire. The side of the square should be 20 cm.
   
2. You will need to make four trapezoidal blanks, with a side of 20 cm, all elements are ground, the edges of the cuts are filed down. Adjustments are made to the base. You should make sure there is a groove that would help connect the wire.
3. Another square is made from the board, each side of which is 10 cm. A hole is made in the center, the diameter of which is equal to the size of the bottle. The ring drill is used for drilling. This is how a bottle holder is made, which will be installed on the stand.
   
4. All elements of the stand are fastened together using wood glue. By shape finished product will resemble a truncated pyramid. The lower part is not attached with glue, as it will serve as a cover that will need to be removed in order to replace the light bulb.
   
5. The stand is painted in some color (black works well) and set aside until completely dry. The surface is opened with varnish.

   

   Ready lamp stand

6. The bottle is washed away from glue and label residues.
7. The structure is being assembled.
8. It is very important to maintain exact proportions when making liquid for a lamp; for a liter bottle they will be as follows:
9. It is recommended to prepare the “lava” first, as this is the longest process. Wax, oil and dyes are mixed - the ingredients are poured into a small saucepan, heated a little, slowly stirred until smooth and then cooled to room temperature. Antifreeze and alcohol are mixed in a separate container and poured into the lamp container, always BEFORE there is “lava” there. Next, the “lava” itself is carefully and as slowly as possible poured in, and the bottle is tightly closed.

   

   Finished lava lamp. All you have to do is plug it in and admire the effect

In almost every case, an alcohol-based solution is used to make the composition. Lava bubbles are made from oil. Due to the different density, the compositions do not mix. They will move inside the container due to heating of the liquids.

The method of creating a lava lamp described above is quite complex and labor-intensive; it requires certain knowledge and skills. However, the process of manufacturing these devices can be much simpler. Below we have described a few more simple methods creating lava lamps.

To make such a lamp you will need very few materials:

• Transparent plastic bottle
• Vegetable oil
• Dye
• Alka-Seltzer tablet or salt

The manufacturing method is quite simple and will only take a few minutes:

1. You will need a clean plastic bottle from any sparkling water. However, any transparent plastic container, which can be tightly closed. The volume must be at least 500 ml so that what happens when turned on is clearly visible. This manufacturing method is suitable for children, as it is recognized as safer than permanent lava lamp models. For very small children, adults make the solution.
   
2. Oil, food coloring and clean water. The bottle is filled ¾ full with oil, then water and 10-15 drops of dye are added. The solution should get a darkish tint.
   
3. An Alka-Seltzer tablet or salt (no more than a tablespoon) is added to the solution. The tablet will help the solution fizz more intensely, but it is added in parts. In fact, any fizzy drink can be used, including vitamin C.
   
4. The container is tightly closed and shaken several times. Droplets of moisture will appear in the oil, which can combine to form bizarre silhouettes. The spectacle will be amazing. After the formation of new bubbles has finished, a little more salt and a tablet are added to the bottle.
   
5. To the bottom plastic containers any light source is suitable. The floating droplets will be illuminated, making the effect even more beautiful. However Plastic should not be left on a heated surface., as the container may melt. It is difficult to remove oil, regardless of the type of contaminated surface.
6. After the principle of operation of the lava lamp has become clear, you should enjoy the result for some time. The water and oil will never be able to mix, so after the next shaking, new bubbles will appear. Tablets and salt are used to speed up the process of moving the fancy "lava" figures. The salt will gradually sink to the bottom of the container, catching the oil with it. After it dissolves, the oil will again appear on the surface. The fizzy drinks will react with the liquid and release a small amount of carbon dioxide. The colored water will be picked up by them and delivered to the top of the bottle. After reaching the maximum level, they will burst and water droplets will head down.

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People who play Minecraft a lot sooner or later think about how easier it is to get this or that resource. Such questions arise especially when you get tired of researching the world around us. Lava is a versatile material that can be used to create many items. It is also an excellent fuel for a stove, so the question is how to make endless source lava, will always be relevant and interesting to players.

Bucket

This is the first item you will need before making an endless lava source. In Minecraft, liquids can only be transported in a container, which is a bucket.

To make it, you will need the following:

• Assemble a furnace for firing materials.
• Dig up iron ore. To do this you will need at least a stone pickaxe.
• Burn the ore in a furnace - this is how you get it. You can also get the ingot from golems and zombies. Or disassemble the iron block.
• Now open the crafting panel.
• Place three bars in the middle cell of the bottom line and in the outer slots of the middle line. The bucket is ready.

In total you will need four containers. Now let's look at what else is required of you before making an endless source of lava.

Liquid

Before starting construction, go to the dungeon. Your task is to find lava. You can meet it at almost any level and even on the surface. If you have a portal to the nether world, then go there. There you can find it without problems.

Scoop four buckets from the lava lake. Main feature This process is that even if you pour lava into a bucket from a “river” and then place it on the surface, you will get a “source”.

Cobblestone

The last thing you'll need before making an infinite lava source is a certain amount blocks that cannot burn. Cobblestones are ideal for this. There is a lot of it on the surface, so there will be no problems with production. In total, the structure will require 93 blocks. As a last resort, you can find a cobblestone in the Nether when you go down for lava.

Construction

Finally, you can proceed to the main stage. So how do you make an endless source of lava? Our building will occupy a site measuring five by five blocks and six blocks in height. In addition, you will need some kind of ladder or stand. Or “creativity” mode and flight.

• Dig a hole in the ground that is 5x5 and two blocks deep.
• Post the most bottom layer cobblestones (25 pieces).
• Now we need to shape the “pool”. Strengthen its walls along the edges with cobblestones (2nd layer). This will take another 16 blocks.
• Now we need to build the columns. They are not required, but it will make it easier to navigate. Create pillars on the cornerstones that are two blocks high. In total you will spend 8 cobblestones.
• It was the turn of the upper platform. Make it the same as the bottom of the “pool”, but with one exception. There should be a hole in the very center. You will spend another 24 cobblestones on this.
• Finishing touch. Make another “pool” above the upper platform by creating walls. In addition, place another stone at the edges of the pool. This will take the last 16 blocks. Now top layer should be a platform with an empty cross in the middle.
• Pour a bucket of lava into each beam of the cross.

That's all - in front of you is a real fiery endless source of lava? Very simple. Due to the four sources, you will have an inexhaustible waterfall, which, flowing through the central hole, will fill the pool. If you don't drain the springs, the flow will never stop, and you will be able to constantly scoop lava from the pool or turn it into obsidian by simply pouring a bucket of water on it.

Hello fans Minecraft games. The editor of Play`N`Trade is with you - the sailor, and today I will tell you.

How to make an endless source of lava in minecraft

The first thing we need to do is craft a bucket. It is done very simply. First you need to get iron. You can get it in a mine, or knock it out from a golem that you killed. If iron ore was mined from a mine, then you need to put it in the furnace and wait until it is smelted. After this, place the melted iron in the fourth, sixth and eighth cells in the workbench.

Let's dig up some cobblestones right away. Cobblestone is the best thing to make an endless source of lava in minecraft, since lava cannot set it on fire. And we go with a bucket to the mine, or the lower world, in order to pour lava into this bucket.

Once you have found everything you need, we begin construction. We need an area five by five blocks long and six blocks high. We drop two blocks down into the territory, after which we fill it with blocks of cobblestones below and make a kind of pool (cover everything in a circle with cobblestones). Now let's go up a couple of blocks and make another similar bottom, but leave a place in the center where we will later fill it with lava. We complete our construction by laying out the sides again. All that remains is to pour lava into the hole and the source is ready!

This concludes my article. There was a sailor with you and today I told how to make an endless lava source in minecraft. Have a nice game!

In this project I will show you how to make a lava lamp with your own hands from a wine bottle.

Step 1: Materials

• Plywood 2.5 * 20 * 30 cm. All wooden elements will be cut from this piece of plywood. When making calculations, keep in mind that the parameters of your wood will differ from mine.
• Nails and nail gun. You can use any method of fastening the pieces, but be prepared to work with boards that are slightly misaligned. I originally used wood glue, but found that it wasn't strong enough to seal such gaps.
• 75 watt soft light bulb
• Lamp socket with a diameter of no more than 10 cm
• Scotch
• Two-core wire (you will have to cut it)
• Regular 750ml wine bottle
• bottle cap
• Something to caulk the gaps - I found a few places in the lava lamp where light was coming through - you will need to caulk a couple of gaps.
• Baby\mineral oil
• 70% isopropyl alcohol
• Antifreeze
• Oil art paints or pastels
• Food coloring (optional)
• Spray paint (optional)
• Furniture finishing varnish (optional)

Step 2: Create the Plate for the Lamp Base

It is important to remember that although the project creates a base in the form truncated pyramid, you can create a base of any shape. The main thing is that the lamp socket fits inside, and the bottle can stand on top. The base, which I made at home, requires some skill in working with wood.

Start by cutting out a 15cm square base. Then cut the wire that will carry the electricity. Separate the wires and secure them firmly in the socket. Since we're working with a light bulb, we don't need to know which wire is connected to which terminal. If necessary, additionally insulate the wires with electrical tape.

Step 3: Creating the Sides of the Base

Creating the sides of the base is the most difficult part of the project. The attached pictures show the number of cuts that make it possible to make the base in the form of a truncated pyramid. Below I will describe each cut, but the pictures will be more clear. You will need both a regular saw and a miter circular saw.

Using a saw, cut the wood at a 15-degree angle on both sides of the board. Make two cuts in the part of the wood that will be connected to the base.

Using corner circular saw, set the bevel angle to 33 degrees and the bevel angle to 15 degrees. Make appropriate cuts.

Make 4 equal sides (they should be about 18 cm at the base and about 11 cm at the top) that will be connected to the 15 cm bottom. In one of the sides you need to make a hole for the wire.

Step 4: Create a Wine Bottle Pedestal

This part of the post is a square with sides approximately 10 cm long and an angle of 15 degrees. Cut a hole using the appropriate drill bit and create an indentation to hold the base of the bottle.

Step 5: Assembly

Connect the four trapezoidal pieces together. I used wood glue for this and then secured everything with nails. Adjust the base with the cartridge to the size of our truncated pyramid. Make sure the wire is not pinched between wooden joints. I pre-drilled holes in the square base and threaded the screws through them. This way, if necessary, I can unscrew the bottom and replace the light bulb.

Lastly, glue the top part (the one that will hold the bottle).

Step 6: Chemicals

To create a really good lava lamp, you need to understand how it works. The "lava" in the lamp is usually oil, and the clear liquid is usually an alcohol solution. These two substances do not mix. The magic begins when the light bulb begins to heat the oil. Since oil and alcohol have very similar densities, the heat from the light bulb is enough to create a difference in which substance is denser. When the oil becomes less dense than the alcohol, it rises to the top, then cools, becomes denser, and sinks to the bottom.

The precision with which you create the mixture is very important. Many hours were spent trying to find the correct ratios of various chemicals, including antifreeze, turpentine, vegetable oil, baby oil, isopropyl alcohol, water, paint, pastels and food coloring, and I still haven't found perfect solution. However, I have created several work lamps, so I will try to summarize some of the most effective mixtures that I have created.

The procedure is standard: mix all the oils and oil paints together, separately mix all aqueous and water-soluble liquids. Adding chemicals in the wrong order or too quickly can lead to "fogginess" and other undesirable effects.

Measure:

• 15 ml antifreeze
• 830 ml 70% isopropyl alcohol
• 20 ml soy wax
• 30 ml baby\mineral oil

1. Mix soy wax and oil. Add oil paint if desired. This mixture will be called "lava".
2. Place the lava (along with its container) in a pot of boiling water. Stir continuously until you get a smooth liquid. Carefully remove the lava from the pan and let cool.
3. In another container, mix antifreeze and alcohol.
4. Pour the alcohol mixture into a wine bottle. It is very important to do this before you pour the wax mixture into it - if the wax is poured first, it will cover the sides of the bottle and the lamp will not create the correct effect.
5. Pour the lava into the wine bottle as slowly as you can. This will reduce the "hazy" effect.
6. Insert the cork into the bottle and place the bottle on the base of the lamp. Allow the liquid to become ready for about an hour.

If the liquid in the lamp becomes "foggy", place the lamp on a heat source until the liquid returns to normal condition. Then put the bottle in the refrigerator for a couple of hours and return it to the heat source.

Remember - this lamp should be done under adult supervision. The alcohol and oil used in the lamp are highly flammable, and care must be taken when heating them to set the lava in motion. If you are a child, you should not try to make the lamp yourself - show this tutorial to an adult and ask for their help.

• Factory lava lamps use a proprietary blend of liquid waxes. It is impossible to achieve a similar effect in a homemade lamp, but with a successful design, your “lava” will flow almost as beautifully from bottom to top and back.

Take a glass container. Any clean one will do glass containers, which can be closed and shaken a little. Glass withstands high temperature much better than plastic, so it is more suitable for a lava lamp.

Pour a small cup of mineral or baby oil into the container. This will serve as material for the rising and falling "lava" bubbles. The amount of oil does not matter, since it can always be added to the lamp.

• It's best to start with regular oil, but if you want a lava color, you can use oil paints. Keep in mind that over time, the coloring may separate from the oil and accumulate at the top or bottom of the container.