Taking the Light Bulbs Vertical

Once the light bulb connection dried, several trials were needed to ensure the stability of the connection. The light bulb wall is thin enough that, even though the tip of the bulb could be ground to make an opening, there was not enough surface area to maintain a connection. Eventually, this led to using a connector between the light bulbs for added surface area for contact.



The connector turned out to be a Dremel sanding cylinder. It served not only as added surface area holding the light bulbs together but as a stronger element for the wire used to turn the hourglass over.

In hindsight, the glitter was not as good a choice as the sand due to static cling on the inside of the light bulbs. Suggestions have been made to toss the glitter with a dryer sheet before putting into the bulbs but, wow!, there is glitter everywhere now so adding another step involving tossing does not sound inviting at all!  The next attempt with the other light bulbs will use sand instead of taking this one apart. It does work, but the video seems to be too big to include on this blog.  Until that piece of technology is figured out, the moving action of these experiments will have to be imagined.