Universal lamp shade polygon building kit

Step 2 Cut out your pieces

You can cut your pieces in a couple ways:

- trace them out with a marker, then use scissors or a knife. this is slow but can be done easily by anyone.

- make a "cookie cutter" out of sheet metal in the shape of the part. then heat the cutter with a torch and use it to stamp out the parts (only works for plastic)

- use a laser cutter

Comments

[Aercimete]

exacto knife would work on thin materials....

[EmilyG]

This is great! I saw this lamp at a fancy furniture store and I've been wanting to make my own. $100 for a die cutter and custom die sounds awesome. I too would like that link if you still have it. Thanks.

[thisisthechad]

while it's likely that any laser cutter you might use will have a responsible person associated with it, it should be noted that using a laser on vinyl will create chlorine gas, which will kill you. Also, I did a project similar to this, and we used a custom die for the cutting, in conjunction with a simple die cutter-- the die (which is like a really sharp cookie cutter) cost around 30 dollars and the cutter was something a little ridiculous like 45 dollars... I can't remember the prices really well, but we ordered both on the internet and if you made a lot of lamps or split the cost with friends it wouldn't be too bad.

[dmeyer40]

thisisthechad, do you remember the URL of the site that you purchased the custom die from? Thanks!