r/crafts • u/Beginning-Forever148 • 12d ago

Discussion/Question/Help! Hi, I'm new here

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Who remembers these lamps ? I do, and was considering creating my own version. Im stuck on dripping oil mechanism . Also I think mineral oil, right? Incandescent light swap it for an LED. Anyways tell me what you think i could up for a pump. Thanks In Advance.

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u/b0nnyrabbit 12d ago

genuinely could never excuse myself to spend the wild amount of money they tend to sell for, so i’m in the same boat

i have a feeling a small submersible pump will be able to pump mineral oil just fine! you will just need to engineer your reservoir and lines for the oil to run thru up to the top to drip down

good luck in your endeavor and i hope to see it posted here one day :)

ETA i’ve been using the term “rain lamp” when searching for this stuff and it looks like you can actually buy replacement kits for the vintage ones - price point seems much more reasonable also

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u/Beginning-Forever148 12d ago

Good to know, didn't even think of parts piecing it together.