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This is my second creation from the mahogany stash (click here for the first). I built this lamp for my sisters 50th birthday present. The whole thing started out as a single board about four feet long x 7 inches wide x 1.5 inches thick. I first re sawed the board into three 1/4 inch thick strips. I then cut 9 inch wide sections out of each one, and carefully marked them so that I could later book-match them. The book-matching worked well, and you can’t really see the glue lines at all. The circular holes were covered with a 1/8” thick fiberglass sheeting material. I like the cross hatching effect that it displays when illuminated.
-- Scott, San Diego
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Chris Davis
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posted 236 days ago
That looks nice. What did you do for the lighting system?
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GaryK
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posted 236 days ago
Cool looking lamp!
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swied
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posted 236 days ago
That looks nice. What did you do for the lighting system?
I attached a simple lamp socket to the base on the inside. It uses a sixty Watt bulb. The lamp is mainly for decoration, and not a significant source of light. If you turn the lamp over you can get to all the wired components. If you look closely to the attached pictures you can see a button on the wooden base for turning the lamp on and off.
-- Scott, San Diego
a1Jim
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posted 236 days ago
pretty cool lamp
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Napaman
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posted 235 days ago
this is coo…is there a top???
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swied
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posted 234 days ago
is there a top?
Hmmm…. that’s exactly what my Dad said when he first saw it. My initial response to him was, “who puts a lid on a lamp? You’ll burn down the house!” Now, hearing the same question from you is making me wonder about the design.
I’m open to constructive critisism. I realize that it is a unique design. I’m curious to hear what people really think.
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