The Table Lamp - Final - Part 3

Thanks All, It was great fun, and now, Part 2 -

So I had all the excess materials, it seemed natural to build another. Now, I did add one sheet of thin Cherry Plywood, to do a new back, and another Wiz lamp controller. So that brings the total to about $315. But I’ll get two lamps out of it. And still bunch of extra materials. Here we go.

It’s going to be the size of the ‘inside’ circle cut from the Draftboard, It still has the four original holes in it, which we’ll use for the ‘inner’ ring of acrylic. And we’ll have to add four holes around the permitter as I’m going to make it the same exact way, to house a wiz strip, albeit a little shorter one. :slight_smile:

And I have a clear layer from the original lamp, and the new surface to add through bolt holes to. This is where the original file in layers, and a quick cardboard jig come in handy.

Got the white and teal top layers figured out. that’s the tough part for me.

Cut, engrave fish, jelly fish and bubbles as before. And I splurged on some smaller brass bolts to look a little nicer.

Stack’em up in final assembly with the nice bolts. Again, the face side is down.

Test fit the outside frame and LED strip. The ‘cut here’ point worked out well to shorten it just right.

Sneak peek, to be sure the lights work and program the controller. Oh ya…

Button it up and velcro the controller on.

Side money shot. :slight_smile: Alignment of rear panel is off as it’s not tight yet, just loose fit to test.

Here it is, Lights off -

And lights on -

Oh man, this is just as cool, maybe even more so as it’s just an ellipse that is freestanding.

Both together -

And lit up…

Plus I still have a ton of materials left. Mabey a third, even smaller one? Doubtful, I may have reached my mental limit on this one. :wink:

But I would defiantly make a non-lighted, smaller, decorative one with the scraps at some point in the future.

Thanks for checking it out.

HL

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