[Woodworkers] Lamp Construction

[Dave Heitstuman]

Chuck,
I saw the original and like others I had nothing to add so I never replied.  I did ponder it and all I really came up with was to build it in sections like you were thinking but came up with the same head scratcher for the big cove.  I've seen jigs where people use their table saw to make coves.  It scares the bejeezes out of me but it comes up quite often so maybe that is an option.


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Subject: [Woodworkers] Lamp Construction

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 :)

Chuck

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