Reddit mentions: The best fixture replacement globes & shades

Oh man. Great idea! Never think about that before. Thanks man! Will do it later! Thank you soo much! Btw the globe that you mention.

6 in. Clear Acrylic Globe - 1/2 in. Threaded Neck - 3.25 in. Neck Opening-American 3202-50630 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00435F6RU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Ycy3DbJZ32S46

Like this one? And i cut it into half?

well, you could just "eyeball it".. i mean find some glass that looks nice, and is the same diameter (to fit in those 3 clips)

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similar to this from amazon

Hampton Bay Hugger 52 in. Brushed Nickel Ceiling Fan Replacement Frosted Glass Part

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this one ?

Bowl Mushroom White Glass Shade - 9-7/8-Inch Fitter Opening.

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In a word: no.

Epoxy will be difficult to use because in order for it to be strong enough, it will have to be quite thick, which will be expensive and very, very heavy. Keeping bubbles and such out of it will be difficult too.

It will be very brittle, and prone to cracks or breaking on any impact.

Epoxy is great to paint on stuff to strengthen it, but the strength of fiberglass is in the cloth, not the epoxy.

/u/Sporkicide has it right. Look for a plastic/acrylic globe. You can paint the inside so the outside stays shiny, and you can use whatever paint you want to keep it translucent for lights to show through.

Searching for "Clear Acrylic Globe" got me this as the first hit. There are lots of different sizes.

https://www.amazon.com/14-Clear-Acrylic-Globe-3202-14020-003/dp/B00435MT16

I have had good luck with acrylic globes like this one from Amazon. they come in different diameters, and take paint well.

I'd suggest going Deadmau5 technique, much comfier and lighter too. Buy a Acrylic Globe to start.

I'll try and find a link in a sec, oh and go and ask /r/cosplayers they're super helpful.

link (I like this one more)
and link

The two ways I know of to get a good spherical head are either using 1. a hamster ball or 2. acrylic globes.

I made one with a hamster ball several years ago and the material was relatively easy to work with when using a dremel for cutting the holes. The problem with the hamster ball is that when you cut the neck hole you weaken the entire structure of the thing and allows it to flex alot which makes it feel like a shitty end result. Imagine the black line being an exaggerated cut line for the neck hole and you will see what I mean. Another issue with the hamster ball is that I have only seen 13 in variants and the official dimensions of the mau5 head calls for a 14in sphere.

The best quality diy mau5 heads I have seen usually use the acrylic globes. They wont have the same issue the hamster ball, as it shouldnt be able to flex as much when you remove material. The issue you could have with using acrylic is that acrylic can easily crack if you are not careful depending on the thickness of the material (thicker is less likely to crack). If you go with this route make sure you get have a high speed dremel and some THIN cutting bits. In the end if you pull it off you will probably be most satisfied if you go this route and is about the same price as a hamster ball and should last you alot longer. Just make sure you give yourself at least a couple months so you can work on it here and there because it will take longer than you expect it to your first time crafting one.

You may want to check out /r/mau5head as well.

Hampster ball will work, but it wont be smooth looking. If you can wait on shipping, here's the globe I bought:

http://www.amazon.com/14-Clear-Acrylic-Globe-Neckless/dp/B00435MT16/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319816408&sr=8-1

I originally bought it from 1000bulbs for like 16 bucks but they just recently jacked it up to over $50! a piece, guess they caught on to all the orders lol.

Depending on your head size, you can choose from the following:

Acrylic Globe 12 inch

Acrylic Globe 16 inch

Acrylic Globe 18 inch

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Some people keep mentioning Vape, but it would only provide a temporary screen until the smoke dissipates, unless you were to keep it on the entire time. Even at 0% nicotine, you can really hinder your breathing having it on for the whole time. The Youtube video (someone already linked) looks like he used a thin veil of badding to the inside. Doing this will allow you to see a little and you could pull a little away to expose the acrylic to give you some better viewing out of the dome.

You can build some pretty small setups with a Pi Zero W running motioneyeos. As for power if you have any external light bulbs on your house you can always run something like this, only thing is you would have to leave the light on all the time.

For my setup I just ditched the bulb (never used it anyway) and used just a socket adapter and then stuffed everything inside a 6" globe that fits my light fixture to keep it waterproof. I painted the globe white (except for a camera window) so no one could see anything but the pi writes to a network drive inside the house so if anyone does steals the camera I still have footage.

I was new to Pi's too and motioneyeos was pretty easy to set up. The network drive took a little figuring out but it wasn't to hard.

i love this
this one is also nice! and you could buy more than one!

The writings on the wall!

Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_lamp ; new wicks, chimneys, etc, are pretty easy to come by, if you want to use it.

Thank you! I'm actually a biologist working on determining how HIV gains entry into cells. Sphere found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00435J8HO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00

Look up clear plastic globes, make sure you get one big enough for your head, and just use some foam for the neck area.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00435DYNS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_FccEDb5TMSVK5

12 in. Clear Acrylic Globe - with... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00435HHC2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Casually interested in this, seems it's hard to find a hamster ball at 14", but google searches keep leading me to one of these. Seems a bit pricier than expected, but cheaper than the too-small hamster balls. Thoughts/experiences?

Yep! Only 8 and a quarter right now but it takes 9 when full.

This is what I used for the bowl.

Large, thicker glass bowls aren't cheap but really pretty... without going Biorb crazy expensive, Acrylic bowls are an sturdier, easy-to-scratch option but doesn't usually have a flat bottom. Gotta improvise with some PVC tubing base about 1-2 inches thick in a larger diameter.

Boom Pow http://www.amazon.com/14-Clear-Acrylic-Globe-3202-14020-003/dp/B00435MT16

http://www.amazon.com/Westinghouse-Lighting-81819-13-Inch-Diffuser/dp/B003ZJ5YVI

Amazon has them right here.

I can give you a link to the instructions I used too if you so desire.

https://www.amazon.com/Ciata-Lighting-Clip-Shade-White/dp/B07G2T1NC5/ref=sr_1_31?keywords=clip+on+lampshade&qid=1565883455&s=gateway&sr=8-31

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https://www.amazon.com/Westinghouse-8149300-81493-Angelo-4-9000000000000004/dp/B0014XTJAO/ref=sr_1_54?keywords=clip+on+lampshade&qid=1565883491&s=gateway&sr=8-54

https://www.amazon.com/Clip-Light-Shade-Diamond-Lightbulb/dp/B018A30CDI/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=clip+on+lampshade&pd_rd_i=B018A30CDI&pd_rd_r=c86d1b41-5ffe-40dd-8b0b-0a55f21d0994&pd_rd_w=IOIEC&pd_rd_wg=Vcu8Z&pf_rd_p=a6d018ad-f20b-46c9-8920-433972c7d9b7&pf_rd_r=T9FZ0Q2MCRM1XXE1D6TG&qid=1565883491&s=gateway

The head is a 20 inch acrylic globe that I cut the details into and added mesh fabric with a plastic cover for the eyes. Next up is a full-on cooling system inside, a voice box, and LEDs.

I made one but I decided that I was going to go balls deep and try one of the most difficult designed mau5 heads out, the disco head. Long story short it cost me about ~$300 to make, not counting 2 others that I messed up on.

Materials:

-Head

-Eyes

-Head Mount

-Mouth Mesh

-[2] Led lights for coloring the eyes

-Superglue for mouth

-[2] Plastic glue for Headmount

-About [6-10] Rhine stone glue bottles

-[3] bags of Rhinestones

-Foam Ear material ---> With Ear template

-Washers -[4] Threaded Rods -Wing nuts

-Chrome Spray paint

-Lastly, Insulation Strips [White]

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Stuff I had: Dremel, stubbornness, no life, sharpies, too much free time.

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Use any of the above tuts to get the general idea.

The template for the ears, (mine are huge).

Once the mouth is cut and you accounted for the eyes (pop the eyes in half and trace them on.)

Spray paint the whole head chrome, in light mist layers. The more layers the smoother the finish.

Once that's done, enjoy the 90+ hours of putting each rhinestone on, one by one.

Profit.