Homemade table lamp

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I think you will like this pretty simple homemade, most importantly, such a lamp is made of environmentally friendly materials: wood and metal.

Actually, here is the assembly instruction for the simplest, home-made table lamp.

Materials for the lamp:

- 3 cans of peas or corn;
- A little more than 1 meter of timber 2x2.5cm;
- board for stand 25x25x2.5cm;
- 45cm single-core wire (aluminum or steel);
- about 3 meters of a two-wire wire per light bulb, core section 0.75 mm2;
- switch (to wire or stationary);
- cartridge;
- 6 rivets;
- 4 screws with washer.

Let's start assembling a homemade table lamp:

1st step. We collect the ceiling.
The lampshade consists of 2 parts:

- the first part of the ceiling

We plan a hole for the cartridge. The diameter of the hole should be equal to the diameter of the threaded part of the cartridge.

We cut a hole with a knife.

We fix the cartridge in the hole.

the cartridge must be collapsible!

- the second part of the ceiling

Dissolve 2 cans - we get such strips of tin.

We connect these strips with rivets, as a result we get a cylinder.

Now it remains to combine these two parts into a single whole:

In the first part (with a cartridge) we cut out two petals with a length equal to 2/3 of the height of the can. Using rivets we fix to the second part.

2nd step. We assemble the mast of the lamp.
The mast consists of a 2x2.5cm beam. We saw the bar into 4 parts with a length of 50, 25, 15, 10 cm.

We make cuts at the ends of the segments:

at a length of 50 cm - from one end;
25cm - with two;
15cm - with two;
10cm - with one.

Round off the sawed ends and connect. The connection is made with a screw with a washer, when connecting the mast knees in one part we drill a hole a little more than the screw thread, and leave the other unchanged. You get the following picture:

We connect all the parts - the mast of the lamp is ready.

3rd step. We fix the mast on the base.
First of all, we prepare the base of the table lamp. I advise you to take a piece of board with dimensions 25x25x2.5cm, find the middle and draw a 2x2.5cm rectangle under the mast. We drill this rectangle to a depth of about 1 cm. On the back of the stand, drill a hole for the screw's head. The diameter of the hole should be larger than the screw head by a few millimeters and a depth of 0.5 cm.

4th step. We fix the ceiling on the mast of the lamp.

In the last part of the mast (10 cm long) we drill 2 holes, the diameter of which is slightly larger than the diameter of the single-core wire in insulation.As you can see in the photo, the holes intersect, but do not intersect! We divide the single-core wire blank into two parts 30 cm and 15 cm long, thread a short length into the lower hole, long into the upper one.

We drill holes in the lampshade to secure the wire. Before starting the fixture of the ceiling, attach the wire to the cartridge, otherwise it will be problematic. It is better to take a wire with a cross section of at least 0.75 mm2 of each core and a length of at least 3 meters.

When everything is ready, we connect the ceiling and the mast. We get this picture of a homemade table lamp:

If you use an incandescent lamp in the lamp, it is better to make incisions in the jar and push the petals to the side - this will reduce the heating of the lampshade.

Step 5 We stretch the wire, attach the switch and plug.
It is possible to stretch (lay) the wire in different ways, but I drilled through holes in the mast and pulled the wire through them.
We attach a switch to the stand. You can take the hinged switch and fix it on the wire, but I prefer the stationary one - it looks cooler and more solid :).

At the very end of the wire we attach the plug.

That's all :).

The mast of a table lamp can be bent in different ways, and there are many such combinations. Here are just a few:

But who first chose a makeshift lamp: wink::

And here’s the video instruction, I almost forgot, fuhhh: feel:

Waiting for your questions in the comments: feel:

February 1, 2012 04:52 0

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Olenonok, and if this lamp is decorated with flowers and hearts and painted in pink, then you can give your wife on March 8: bully:

Olenonok January 30, 2012 10:45 PM 0

Original brutal lamp, but don’t try to give your wife a gift on March 8th ... Offended ...
It is immediately difficult to classify this author’s lamp with the modern "Haid Made" style with an inexperienced look.

January 16, 2012 13:45 0

VISARIUS, thanks for the constructive criticism, it's all about the case. I will implement your additions in the next version of "Table lamp V1.1": wink:

January 16, 2012 13:37 0

Interesting craft. It will be useful for those who are busy in difficult conditions, for example under a car.
I understand that this is the first version, therefore I propose additions that are desirable for implementation in the next version, or as an upgrade of the first:
1) I don’t think it is necessary to sweat under the mast, with such a lever it will not give additional stability, and it will be problematic to adjust. Well, or at least glue it over. Or, in the base on the mast, set the emphasis, instead of patay, in the form of a “washer” fixed on the mast at the point of attachment to the base.
2) Instead of screws, it seems to me the best to use self-tapping screws, it is easier to find a screwdriver with a key.
3) Another plane of rotation is missing. I would do it in the second, in length, part of the mast. See drawing. I advise you to make a hole before separating the cutout under the “joint”.

4) Sustainability makes me doubt. The longest part of the mast can be supplemented with a joint at the base. In this case, the basis must be weighted. For example, put 2 bricks on top and wrap them with wire ... and you can safely drag along, under the car.

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