Very nice work and engineering. Seemingly great choice on battery - much smaller than the Milwaukee M12 battery I will have recommended only because I used it before - but had to fight housing it. Posted somewhere on the website "Little Murmaid" trident.
Computer RJ-45 fan an interesting idea, one of my assistants has one that is both fan and projects a clock on it. Fan
power and
LED output too low for use on
stage, but interesting thing one just wants to stick a finger into.
Rosco #105 I spent a lot of hours at one pint trying to make stiff enough for blowing flower pedals shapes, than finally wound up with silicone castings, but a little different project. Did the silk, and repaired the silk many times both with the home built and commercial ones. Doesn't
Rosco have torches already? If not might be able to sell your design to them, or at least get a
USITT article - they still do the
book? Believe I have a
book from about 92' having a tourch but that
book is in the attic as with prop's builder's handbook.
That said and great work so far, dislike the
lamp globe shape - amazing there isn't a more flame shape to it. No offense please to your work, an observation.
Possible to cut away (if plastic) at the shape of especially the top of
globe with a Dremmel to make it more flame shaped even if more un-frosted
node light gets out? Or perhaps an outer
globe shaped flame shape to expand the flame some in size and mask the actual lamp? Or diamond edged grinder or Dremmel wheel to score than break the
globe if glass & replace it with a flame shaped
globe from a flame shaped lamp chemically frosted? Companies like Bulbrite have some interesting
lamp globe shapes out these days.... Granted that would put a glass outer
globe on
stage, and having to chemically
frost it. Casting such a
globe would also be difficult and take up more R&D dollars.
I know I have bought some like 4" dia. balls of thin plastic from McMaster but can't find them on an easy search. Possible a 6" plastic ball available? In which case, I might try attacking it with the tourch tip of a heat gun. Seeing if hole cut out in top & bottom, if I can make it by heating and stretching and shaping into a outer flame shaped shade. Acrylic something like this
https://www.grandbrass.com/item/shacg06nlw/lamp_shades-plastic_lamp_shades-acrylic_globes-neckless/ might be bendable and shapable under heat.
But certainly well done in figuring out the staff and lamp and operations. Kudo's on your project,
USITT article to present if they still do such things.
A lot more work, and R&D + expense but might push it to 11'.