[Woodworkers] Lamp Construction

jaspertops at bluemarble.net jaspertops at bluemarble.net
Thu Sep 5 12:04:14 PDT 2019


Would some of the Arbortech cutting tools work for shaping some of the
pieces required?  Or maybe fine a big block of wood from the firewood pile
and tackle with Arbortech cutting tools?

Vince Granacher

On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 17:34:58 -0500, Chuck Steger via Woodworkers
<woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
> My granddaughter asked me to build a lamp for her bedroom. Would
> appreciate some advice on the construction.
> 
> The picture is off a big box store web and the only dimensions are 29"
> high and !7" wide. This is the height to the finial and the diameter of
> the lamp shade. I printed it and extrapolated out some rough dimensions.
> I realize with the picture skewed it throws off some dimensions and so I
> wanted more eyes on it.
> 
> 1. The height of the wooden piece is 16 ¾". The width of the base is
> 9¾" - 10". At first I thought it was square but looks more rectangular.
> The dimension of the depth (from the printing) is about 3" but that
seems
> narrow for a 10" wide base. Does 5" sound better? Do I hear 7". Are my
> eyes just deceiving me and it's wider? Of course, the beauty of a build
> like this is I can make it what I want so does a 5"x10" base seem
> reasonable or is that even too narrow for a lamp? I'm going to make a
> cardboard footprint before I start any construction.
> 
> 2. It looks like it is constructed in 5 sections (tiers) with the top
> being a block of wood. It appears to be mitered. 
> 
> 3. I'm not too concerned with the top 3 sections. I can use a router and
> TS to make those profiles and they are not large.
> 
> 4. The bottom 2 sections concern me. The base would be 5"D x 10"W x 4
> ¾"T. How do you do a cove that big? Will a TS do it? Is it a BS and
> spokeshave approach?
> 
> 5. The 2nd tier is about 4 ¾" x 9 ¾" W x 6 ¾"T. How do I make that
> profile? Is that also a BS and spokeshave approach as well?
> 
> 6.  And then finally, how would you miter pieces that thick? Shape them
> miter? I think that would be easier as long as I can miter with the flat
> side down.
> 
>  I was really hoping she would pick something round I could make on the
> lathe J
> 
> Chuck


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