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I came across a table lamp project in the Feb/Mar 2005 Wood Magazine which I thought would be a great Christmas gift. I just completed making two of these lamps. I modified the original design by making the vertical pieces with a slight concave curve. One is made with maple and the other walnut. This is the first time I got to use the kerfmaker that I made a few months ago to make the dado cuts. This tool is perfect for a project like this and it worked extremely well.
Here is a link to the Kerfmaker project.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/19665
The diffusers are made of 1/8” acrylic and sanded to make it opaque. Making the diffusers was the hardest part of the project as I have difficulty in making the 45 degree bevel edge straight. I ended up re-making an entire diffuser because of crooked edges.
Since I want the natural look of maple and walnut, finish was done with tung oil and 3 spray coats of clear semi-gloss Polycrylic. Thanks for looking.
-- Simon, Danville, IL
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OhVlyArtisan
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#1 posted 1272 days ago
nice
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KayBee
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#2 posted 1272 days ago
Cool looking lamps. The curve looks good, it adds a lot more to the design.
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#3 posted 1272 days ago
Asian accent, very beautiful. Love that kind of work.
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#4 posted 1272 days ago
very nice think you gave me some idea’s. Like the looks!
Vincent Nocito
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#5 posted 1272 days ago
Nice lamps. What wattage bulb did you use?
SimonSKL
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#6 posted 1272 days ago
Vincent, excellent question. I am using 60W CFL bulb. The original article recommends a 25w tubular bulb which to me is not bright enough. I think it was because the acrylic is very sensitive to heat and it will melt under high temp. The actual wattage of the 60W CFL is only 13W which I think is low enough and won’t cause any damage to the acrylic. I have the light on for a couple hours and there is very little heat reaching the diffuser.
-- Simon, Danville, IL
Keith Shipp
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#7 posted 1272 days ago
Very nice lamps. It looks that when you curved the vertical pieces it gave it an Asian feel where it may have been a craftsman look before.
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#8 posted 1271 days ago
Nice lamps. I don’t think you will have heat problems with CFL’s
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#9 posted 1271 days ago
great job
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#10 posted 1187 days ago
Great job…very nicely done : )
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