October Magazine

Reader tips
DIY
COOL
STUFF
We love when readers write to us
with cool stuff they’ve done. Recently
we got a letter from Ty Hanson
who did a little DIY project of
his own…
I took a cheeky trip to my local Bunnings
Warehouse and purchased a
light housing, this one had a spiral
design which I felt looked really awesome
for a spirit bomb! Now when
wiring your own electrical’s, a qualified
electrician is required / strongly
suggested. I do not posses such talents
so I had to find a different way.
The light housing did not come with
a way to fix it to the wall, this is because
such housings also require a
legit light bulb housing in order to do
so (the white plasticy thing that you
plug the actual bulb into)
So next (and still in Bunnings), I
grabbed a legit light bulb housing
and threw away the innards. This
gave me a fixture to attach to the
wall but no way to keep said fixture
to attached to the housing itself (the
innards with all the electrical stuff
had that but was preventing any
other wiring from running through).
So I went into the plumbing department
and picked up some threaded
PVC and they fit perfectly with the
bulb housing. Putting these pieces
all together I now had a way to run
my own LED wiring through a bulb
setting and was able to be fixed to
the wall. I grabbed a pack of LED’s
and ran them through the hollow innards
and concealed my wiring underneath
the shelving. I now had a
functioning Spirit Bomb.....
I grabbed my Goku figure and a
clear Figma stand, drilled a small
hole in the back of Goku, secured
it and glued it in place.I also had a
few spare effect parts which I then
secured around Goku’s legs. I then
attached the other end of the stand
to the underneath of the light fixture
and BAM! Job was done!
WRITTEN BY ty hanson