Here are the tools you'll need to make
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Here are the materials you'll need:
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Let's first talk about the Electric flameless Tea-light
Candle:
They glow yellow and flicker to look like a
candle.

This will not work for our purposes.
See how it looks when loosely put together
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So our first order of business is to change out that
yellow blinking bulb for a new solid bright one:
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Use another bulb from a LED flash light or the store.

Put it in a vise and solder the new bulb on the
Tea-Light:
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Here's how it looks loosely assembled:
But even though this looks really cool, and my wife
tells me she like how the whole pillar glows, this is not
the intent. The Orb is magic, not the pillar.
So our next step is to only have the Orb light up.
To block the light we need to create a foil insert.
This step is very challenging, make sure the shiny side
faces in so the light can bounce around and make our orb
brighter:
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Here's how it looks at this point:
It's looking better, but the base it still glowing, so
we need to block the light for that as well.
For this we are going to need Poster putty, either blue
or white:
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Roll
it into a ball |
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Then
a snake |
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Wrap
it around the wires |
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Flatten
to block the hole
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Next apply some super glue to the bottom of the pillar in
4 places:

Quickly put the base on. The foil will
push up some, but that if fine, press hard and make sure
it's centered.
Wait a few minutes...
Take the orb and set it on top then press it
down, this will push the foil insert into the Poster putty
and seal the light in.
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Here's how it looks at this point:
Now notice the sharp corners that still need to be
trimmed.
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For
this you'll use a Dremel Tool. |
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Put
it in a vise so you don't get hurt. |

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Now just paint it the way you want, here are some
examples of ones that I have painted: |

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See
if I have any for sale click here |
Note:
The Orb is from the newest King Grayskull action
figure
The pillar comes in a 4 pack from Wilton for wedding
cakes:

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