Woodpunk LED Desk Lamp

Step 2 Materials and Tools

Materials

1 or  more discarded lamp fixtures, from which you can extract:

1 standard light bulb socket, with built-in switch
1 two-conductor cord with attached plug (likely attached to the socket)
4 springs (the ones I used were 4.25" long, unstretched)
other assorted hardware

1 LED light bulb (I used this one but there are plenty of other choices!)

One 1x2 foot piece of 1/2" Baltic Birch plywood
One 1x2 foot piece of 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood
1/2" wood dowel  (it usually comes in four foot lengths, that's more than enough)
1/4" wood dowel (it usually comes in four foot lengths)
One 2" long, 1/4" diameter stainless steel screw
Two 1/4" stainless steel washers
One 1/4" stainless steel butterfly nut

Carpenter's glue
Spray glue (for affixing patterns)
Sandpaper


Tools

A scroll saw (I use a Dewalt DW788)
A drill press
1/8", 3/6", 1/4" and 1/2" brad point drill bits
3/4" and 1" Forstner drill bits
A vertical belt sander (optional)
A screwdriver
A few clamps

As I mentioned before, if you've got access to a CNC machine or a laser cutter, you should be able to cut out the parts with one.  The only catch is that you'll need to modify my design files so that you have usable tool paths.

Comments

[vscastro5]

Very very good!
Parabéns.

Walter
Brazil

[jeff-o]

Muito obrigado!