Veneer lamps #1

Very nice. I’ll bet the light coming through the panels is amazing. I’m not quite following how the panels work. Could you give a simple explanation for me?

-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"

Very well done! The dimension changes give it a very elegant look. I like the bead on the lower rail too. I think the walnut/birds eye one is my favorite. Thanks for sharing!
c

-- Carl, Iowa

Wow! excellent job, these are stunning, Another project to add to my “to do” list. What’s your source on the electrical stuff?

-- Lucas, "Someday woodworks will be my real job, until then, there's this http://www.melbrownfarmsupply.com"

Wow, I am inspired. Is the light shine enough to read by?

-- It's just cutting, sanding, glueing & finishing!

You make wonderful lamps with outstanding woods

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Nice lamp factory you have going. I really like them

Randy

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

EarlS: the veneers are epoxied to 1/8th acrylic plexiglass. I added a photo of some antaris panels i was getting ready to glue up.

LukieB: My parts source was, http://www.mylampparts.com. Hope that was okay to post here. I believe the parts for each lamp minus the bulb were around $10 after shipping.

RonOh: You can read by them if your within 2-3ft, but it’s probably not the best on your eyes. I experimented with a couple of different size holes in the top for better reading. Didn’t like them enough to use ‘em. The glow through wasn’t tremendous & i felt they killed the design.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. They’re always appreciated.

very nice job on this, it looks great. Do you have this in sketchup?

I no longer have a decent slide of a Japanese style lamp I made for a show in the 90’s but I just wanted to pass along the potential for the use of thin Heart pine veneers sliced on a band saw to about a 16th of an inch thickness and chosen for sap content. Light through heart pine is gorgeous ! I found an inexhaustible supply of heart pine from a flooring installer who saved scraps for me. I also am fortunate to live near a bandsaw mill owner who resaws recycled heart pine beams into flooring and used to save really pitchy pieces for me . I should get in touch with him again. I enjoyed your pictures of the lamps you have so skillfully assembled and thank you for your post.

-- some men see things that are and wonder why, I dream of things that never were and ask why not .... rfk

Really loving the look of these lamps.. might be posting my copy of one in the near future!

-- "I can do fast, cheap and good, but you can only pick two "

Practise makes perfect, and these are as perfect as I could wish for,,, A fine example of fine woodworking.

-- Love thy neighbour as thyself

Love these but I would replace the CFL’s with LED bulbs. No heat instant light and last a whole lot longer..

Wal Mart has some for around 7-12 bucks.

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

Thank you so much, and again excellent job on these, they’re gorgeous.

-- Lucas, "Someday woodworks will be my real job, until then, there's this http://www.melbrownfarmsupply.com"

konaman: No sketchup on this. I added some more complete dimensions to the post though.

Porchfish: Good idea. Another one i wanted to try was end grain oak. I’ve seen some lamps done with it. When sliced thin the open pores create i nice effect. I would have needed to get 18/4 or thicker without gluing up two pieces to try it though.

Mike: A good idea but cost prohibitive when your building several. You got a link on those. The only led’s I’ve seen in that price range are 3 watts outputting 90 lumens(not nearly enough light). Even the $30.00, 6 watt led they have only outputs 320 lumens. Compared to a $3.00, 23 watt cfl with 1600 lumens.