Mechanical expanding cardboard lamp - This way up!

Step 19 Update

I've posted a few bits and pieces on my own site at www.euphy.co.uk, but here's a few pics of the newest version of this lamp.  It is made from laser-cut plywood and is two-thirds the size of the cardboard one.

I'm still working on a shade for it. And, I suspect, always will be.

Comments

[DehLeprechaun]

have you ever thought of motorising it and adding motion sensors so that when a person walks in the room it expands and then after awhile of no movement it went bak down?

[Euphy]

Yeah, a motorised / automatic version is kind of the logical conclusion isn't it. I don't think you'd want a fully automatic one for a home (would it go back down and leave you in the dark if you stayed still for too long?), but it's certainly an option for a more transient space, and appeals even more as some kind of installation/art piece. Lots of them in alcoves along the walls of a bar, and they "come to life" when someone walks up. I'd mainly thought about a motorised version in terms of making it remote controlled rather than necessarily fully automatic, so you wouldn't have to lean behind the sofa to pull it up/down. A fragile shade would be protected from dirty/clumsy fingers too. Thanks for your comment!

[DehLeprechaun]

thanks i might have to make one of these it looks great, mine probably will look horrible and thrown together in ten minutes. (wich it probably will be)

[Euphy]

Well it does need a bit of care so as to not end up all wonky, but even wonky, it's still pretty neat I think. Let me know if you get a version working!