Prototype Wooden Oil Lamp

robmdelhi · January 30, 2021, 12:53am

I have a very old (200+ years old) iron oil lamp from India. I decided to try a copy (sorta) on my Glowforge Plus using MDF. This was the prototype with functioning gimbals, just like the original.

Jules · January 30, 2021, 12:56am

Gorgeous!

Helene · January 30, 2021, 2:17am

That is really neat!

n_dawson · January 30, 2021, 2:24am

Whoa!

davidgal2 · January 30, 2021, 3:22am

I really like the design. Very interesting.

robmdelhi · January 30, 2021, 3:26am

Thanks so much. I think what excited me was figuring out the geometry of the thing, then seeing it come together quite accurately. smaller pieces required some experimentation, but most of it was done one-off. Love that Glowforge Plus!

cynd11 · January 30, 2021, 11:17am

Oh cool! It would be interesting to see it next to the original. And an action shot of the gimbals in motion.

robmdelhi · January 30, 2021, 2:06pm

Looking at the original oil lamp now, realize i could have made the struts much narrower and much more like the original, but i guess i was (wrongly) worried the mdf wouldn’t be strong enough. Might try a redo.