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As a college student, I spend quite a bit of time at my desk. The other day, when I was working on some mechanics of materials homework, I realized t...
The majority of the Doggy Lamp/Desk Organizer is built from laser-cut MDF. I used Ponoko for the laser cutting since I unfortunately do not have a la...
I chose not to have the holes necessary for connecting the pieces of the Doggy Lamp cut by Ponoko in order to limit the cost of the order. It is far ...
The light bulb will be mounted on the inside of the Doggy Lamp's head. Therefore, the electrical cord to the light bulb will have to have a place to ...
Since the Doggy Lamp fits together with tabs, there is a strategy for putting the pieces together easily. The procedure I use in this Instructable sh...
The body of the Doggy Lamp can be used to store office supplies, like pencils, markers, scissors, index cards, or practically any small object. The o...
The next step is to attach the pieces that will form the front and back of the Doggy Lamp's body. It does not matter which piece you attach to which ...
Next, to finish the Doggy Lamp's body, attach the two side pieces. There is a particular orientation for these pieces. In the upper corner of each p...
For this step you will need the four legs, four of the bolts, and four of the nuts. Attach the four legs to the four lower holes in the side panels w...
Using one bolt and one nut for each ear, attach one ear to each side of the head. The ears should be oriented as indicated in the picture.
Next, attach the top of the head. There three tabs on the top head piece, but they are not centered on the piece., The side with the longer projecti...
The back head piece, like the top head piece, is not symmetric. The side with the longer projection from the tabs should go more towards the ear. Af...
Next, attach the neck pieces to the body side pieces by using a bolt for each neck piece through the holes in the upper corner of the front of the bod...
With the Doggy Lamp's head and body complete, it is time to unite them. Place the head on top of the neck so that the neck pieces fit inside the head...
Now, attach the tail by simply inserting the tab into the slot on the back body piece.
Installing the light is simple. First, if you are using the same kind of socket I used, unscrew and separate the two halves of the enclosure. Inside...
Finally, just screw in the light bulb, plug in the cord, and flip the switch and now you have your very own Doggy Lamp to call your very own! Just na...
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