Wall lamp project (first posting)

[Ad de Crom]

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I'm busy with a new wall lamp project.
This lamp is for the house of my youngest daughter, she lives together with her boyfriend since may. But first the house has to be renovated, the house get a complete new roof and after the roof is placed I have to do carpentry work upstairs, so there is waiting a lot of work for me next spring.
I made already for her a ceiling lamp for the kitchen, a table clock, and more.
In the past I made a lot of lamps, table lamps and other ceiling lamps.
This wall lamp is completely different, but this belongs to my effords to make something new I never did before. Finished the main part of the shade, what was the most tricky thing of the whole project. Took me a whole week to get it done.
The largest diameter of the shade is 290mm, tall 275mm.
I wanted to show you the result till now, I call it a lamp for mood lighting.
As always some like it, other not. But also this belongs to the live of a woodturner!!
Cheers, Ad from Holland
http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae10 ... lllamp.jpg
http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae10 ... 0_1454.jpg

 

[loz]

Looks wonderful Ad !

I can see much work involved !

 

[Bodrighy]

I have not seen anything like that before and though it wouldn't suit our old cottage I do like it. How does it cope with heat inside?

pete

 

[alexf]

I love the lamps. Could you explain how you did the shade?

 

[Ad de Crom]

I have not seen anything like that before and though it wouldn't suit our old cottage I do like it. How does it cope with heat inside?

pete

Pete, use an electricity saving lamp, produced a small amount of heat, so there is not a heat problem. I'm not the only one making lamps with wooden shades, look to the website of Peter Bloch http://www.woodshades.com
Thanks, Ad

 

[laird]

Ad de Crom, they're nice, very nice.

 

[Ad de Crom]

I love the lamps. Could you explain how you did the shade?

I have a couple of pictures what tells you more than a long story.

My first step was turning the outside shape of the shade with an oversized wall thickness at the inside to be sure I had enough wall thickness to cut the 15 grooves with an own made attachment (see pic.) The next step glueing 120 spacers which had a tight fit. (see pic.)
Than it was a matter of to cut away the wood at the inside, in the first place with a tooltip (hollowing rig), till there was only a thin layer of wood left over, I removed that thin layer of wood with an own made cutting knive to avoid catches, as I was affraid for that, getting catches would destroyed the whole thing. Anyway a time consuming operation.
Cheers, Ad
http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae10 ... 0_1446.jpg
http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae10 ... 0_1448.jpg

 

[Paul.J]

Interesting project Ad and will look forward to seeing the finished piece.

 

[alexf]

Ad
I see now what you did. I thought it was ribs holding it together but now that I know it is spacers I can see it if feasable if very difficult and time consuming. I whould hate to get a catch near the end and destroy all that work.
I think it is beautiful lamp.

 

[Lightweeder]

Ad - what a clever idea. I think these are incredible.

LW