As a thank you for someone who is retiring, I was asked to make a gift that has something to do with olive oil.
First edge lit project.
As a thank you for someone who is retiring, I was asked to make a gift that has something to do with olive oil.
First edge lit project.
The gift came out great! I love the thickness of the acrylic block. Nice!
Wow, what a great tribute!
This is fabulous! I’m a huge fan of acrylic. How thick is this piece?
That’s actually really nifty.
Wow that is perfectly done.
I love the added lid on top. look’s really great.
Thank you!
This cast acrylic block is almost 2 inches thick. I bought it with smooth surfaces and four rough edges, that I polished. The cap is made of ‘ghost’ cast acrylic, a little less than half an inch thick and cut on the Glowforge.
The whole thing is absolutely elegant…and that thick acrylic is so classy. Thanks!
Yeah, now you are making me want some thick acrylic, and I have no idea what I’d do with it. Very clever design, to make the whole thing look like an olive oil can.
Makes for a very impressive piece! Beautiful!
That’s a clever idea. Nice execution.
looks great! nice light through the whole thing… care to talk about the light stand?
Of course:
The wood I used is 5 mm (0.1969"). Except for the top layer of 0,8 mm (less than 0.0393") and the 3 mm (0.1181") text plate. But you can easily adjust the idea for this base for wood thickness and size of the lamp.
The lamp I used is a LED lamp from IKEA: LED lamp
In this picture I have tried to explain about how I build the base (if it is not clear, please let me know!):
I glued everything together with the lamp already in place with wood glue and clammed the layers together to let it dry. The back side I had sanded on forehand, the other sides I sanded after the glue had dried. The last step was screwing the text plate in place.
Using a living hinge design in the base might be nice too. That is still on my list to try
Great work! Love the thick acrylic.
Thank you all for your kind reaction. I am looking forward to see what others make of an acrylic block and a LED lamp!
I really hope that there will be recycled acrylic blocks available in my country soon. But I am already very happy that I am able to buy beautiful recycled acrylic sheets here in all sort of colours now.
This is one I made quite some time ago…but, it’s not one block.
Wow, that looks fantastic, mesmerising with all those pretty layers!