stained glass and wood night light

What a wonderfull Idea ! I also like the wood and stain glass look. I as well don’t like bright lights at night when heading to the restoom or somthing. Very well done and sharp looking.

Great idea!

I think I have to borrow this idea. I see future presents for my grandchildren and maybe the oldest one can help me make them. I am thinking of using LED light…..............

-- Kelly, woodworker under construction

This is surely a great idea, a different look of night light box/shade.
Thanks for sharing.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Nicely done, I like the simplicity of it. I have been pushing a lamp like this for our entry table.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Hey Razorbak -

That is a cool lamp and original design. I like the combination of stained glass and wood. Thanks for posting it.

Randy
http://www.randallprice.com

-- http://www.plankandplane.com

Yet another great idea from you jocks.

Randy

-- That was not wormy wood when I started working on it.

I love it! 2 of my favorite materials as well. Great idea.

-- Vicki on the Eastern Shore of MD

Unique and really inspiring. Great work!

How did you attach the glass to the wood? What joinery did you use for the wood? Glue? Brads?
Thanks

-- Vicki on the Eastern Shore of MD

Vicki, I just butted the edges together and glued – no fancy joints or such. This was a test project to get an idea of how it would look and to try out hardening soft woods with a thinned down epoxy wash.

-- Turning good wood into even better wood jewelry. DWWoodCreations.com

Thank you for the extra details and pic. That’s a big help. Please continue to post on this when you try out your new plan. I’d love to see what other ideas you come up with or tips you may have.

-- Vicki on the Eastern Shore of MD

I like the design. Is it freehand with a router? I was thinking about toy boxes which might double as a parsons table.

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

nice design

but I guess it’s fully closed, so … goes really hot inside?

Thomas, at the time I did it, I didn’t have too much in the way of tools so I kinda used a brute force method. I just free hand drew the design I wanted, then drilled a bunch of holes close to the line and then used a dremel with a small router bit to get the rest of the wood up to the line. If I did it now, yes I would route it since I have a little router table now with bits.

Icwood, heat is no issue at all really. I am using the small night light bulbs and using very low wattage – think it was like 2 or 3 watt bulbs. The box is small enough that the bigger and brighter night light bulbs would just overwhelm it with light, and yes, probably heat. You could easily drill a bunch of small ventilation holes in the back around the bulb and a few in the bottom piece to get air flow – just put some feet on it (wood feet as part of the design or just little rubber stick on feet) and you should be good to go.

-- Turning good wood into even better wood jewelry. DWWoodCreations.com

So it’s one of a kind? No templets….LOL! Good visual balance. Any larger projects in mind?

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher