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Homemade egg candler for six bucks. Detailed pics inside!

post #1 of 12
11/17/11 at 7:49am
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First off get a cheap light. This one is from home depot
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-1458-1321542889172.jpg

Light look like this
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-2837-1321542903210.jpg

unscrew the top and it looks like this. You can use a pair of chopsticks or whatever really to unscrew the silver disc on the invade that had  sidethe notches on either
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-3295-1321542960094.jpg

This Is the pieces that come out
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-591-1321543441962.jpg

Next step is to put the disc back in first and screw it all the way down
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-911-1321543456652.jpg

Then put the light cover and leds back in
Will look like this
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-1363-1321543469918.jpg

Put it all back together and the to should look like this now
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-6483-1321543482764.jpg

Eggs fit in nicely
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-8552-1321543200257.jpg

Take to a dark room and bam
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/bigbopperdo/photobucket-3254-1321543182685.jpg

Note: I used the darkest egg I could find

Hope this helps someone


Edited by Mibotsu - 11/17/11 at 7:52am

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post #2 of 12
11/17/11 at 8:10am

THANK YOU:clap    ya    ya    celebrate     wee    yippiechickie    bun

THAT WAS   GREAT !!!!!!     thumbsup

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post #3 of 12
11/17/11 at 8:34am

Awesome! But I don't think the egg is good sad

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post #4 of 12
11/17/11 at 8:44am
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Lol no. out was one they lay yesterday. Demonstration purpose only lol

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post #5 of 12
11/17/11 at 8:57am
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Originally Posted by quailladyoffortmyers 

Awesome! But I don't think the egg is good sad


I was going to say the same, but the candler looks good!

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post #6 of 12
11/17/11 at 9:47am

That's great!
Thanks!!
Now I need to go get a flash light!  lol...
My 9 light led is different.  the top doesn't come off like yours.  I guess that's why what you said in the other post wasn't making sense to me.

I will be giving this a try and get to the Home Depot tomorrow!

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post #7 of 12
11/17/11 at 10:44am

I have an LED flash light and I use a big red plastic cup with a hole punched out at the bottom.  I put the flashlight in the cup and set the eggs over the hole.  It seems to work for me.   My flashlight is long and skinny and has a stand, so I don't need to hold it while candling.  I think it was $10 at Walmart.

I use these cups for everything since they are cheap and we have a bunch left over from Summer parties.  GBS scoop, candler, cut down to raise up the feeders and waterers to prevent birds from pooping in them...

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post #8 of 12
11/17/11 at 10:48am

Nice ! big_smile

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post #9 of 12
11/18/11 at 5:22am

Could you post images of good, bad, developing, etc. eggs for newbies like me to reference?

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post #10 of 12
11/18/11 at 6:17am
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Already photo of that. Lemme se if I can find

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