Material | Description | Price | ||
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Hard Maple |
6" × 12" × 1/8" Hard Maple |
$7.14 |
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Light Diffuser Films |
Form: .007 in x 8.5 in x 11 in matte one side - 10 Sheet Pack |
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Wenge (×5) |
6" × 12" × 1/8" Wenge |
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Wenge |
6" × 12" × 3/4" Wenge |
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$7.14 |
6 minutes
Watch the video to see how I made the Lamp
10 minutes
Laying out the Wenge pieces is a little tricky. The 1/8" Wenge pieces that come form Inventables are 6″×12″. So I stacked four pieces vertically on their long edge and the 5th piece to the left with the short side on the x-axis. See picture. In Easel you may need to move your lamp pieces around to make them fit in the 6″×12″ rectangles.
I used double sided tape to hole my pieces down.
180 minutes
Load the Lamp file to cut out the lamp sides, top and bottom pieces. This file uses a 1/16" bit. Double check your material thickness. The pieces I received from Inventables were not consistent.
300 minutes
Without moving anything, load the Lamp Voro file to cut the Voronoi pattern in the sides, top and bottom pieces. This file uses a 1/8" bit.
For the base of the Lamp, I used a 3/4" piece of Wenge cut into a 6″×6″ square. Load “Lamp Base” in Easel. This will cut the hole for the light fixture and a slot for the cord. You may need to adjust the cut outs if you use a different light fixture.
I used a pieces of maple to act as a reveal. I cut it into a 5″×5″ square. There is a 2" hole in the center, which is enough room for the light fixture. I also recessed the other magnets into this pieces. Again I used a 3/4" magnet, so you may need to adjust the holes in the file to fit your magnets. Load “Maple Base” and cut away.
Before sanding, check and see if you have any gaps in your joints. If you do, mix up a little epoxy and add some Wenge saw dust to it and fill and gaps with this mixture. I used a flat sanding block when sanding my lamp. I didn’t want to use a orbital sander as it was to risky and I didn’t want to break any of the voronoi pieces.
Kevin Lupton
GEORGE BOOKAS
Dennis A McAlister