DIY "Floating" Night Lamp

In my first DIY build Instructable, I am going to show how you can build simple design floating night lamp, which is easy to build and doesn’t require any advanced tools.

EQUIPMENT YOU'LL NEED:

• Jigsaw
• Clamp
• Drill
• Hot glue gun
• Wood glue
• Square ruler
• Ruler
• Paint brush
• 80-120 and 220 grit sandpapers
• Scissors

MATERIALS YOU'LL NEED:

• 1.5 x 1.5 cm wood board ~210 cm length
• 3 x 3 cm wood board ~60 cm length
• LED Filament bulb 7W Warm White color ~700 Lumen
• Bulb socket
• Power cord with On / Off switch
• Paint
• Double side tape
• A4 paper / color paper / binders

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Wood parts:

• 8 pieces 1.5 x 1.5 cm x 13 cm
• 3 pieces 1.5 x 1.5 cm x 25 cm
• 1 pieces 1.5 x 1.5 cm x 23 cm
• 4 pieces 3 x 3 cm x 12 cm

Glue two 25 cm length pieces with two 13 cm length pieces. Hold pieces for 3-5 minutes while using hair dryer to speed up glue drying process.

Glue 23 cm and 25 cm pieces with two 13 cm pieces. Hold pieces for 3-5 minutes while using hair dryer to speed up glue drying process.

Glue four 12 cm pieces and clamp them. Wait 20-24 hours until wood glue on all parts completely dry up.

Glue lamp's frame parts with last four 13 cm pieces.

Add something heavier to press all four corners of the lamp. Wait 20-24 hours until glue completely dry up.

Drill a hole for the power cable at the back of a lamp (near 23 cm piece).

First sand rough spots and corners with 80 grit sandpaper and then sand everything with finer 220 grit sandpaper.

Mark gluing spot for the lamp's frame. Lamp's frame should be 3 cm from the lamp's base edges.

Add glue on the marked spot, place lamp's frame on the base and press it down with something heavier. You should wait 20-24 hours until glue completely dry up.

I am using white water based paint to paint the lamp. They has almost no bad smell so you can paint inside at your home.

Route the power cable through the hole and assemble bulb socket. Test it, before next step. I am using E27 T210 bulb socket type which connects to AC (120-250v) power from the wall.

Hot glue around the cable, that you couldn't pull it out by an accident.

Put hot glue on the bottom of the bulb socket and quickly press it down on the lamp's base.

Add more hot glue around the bulb socket for firm bond.

Cut two 12.5 cm x 24 cm double side orange paper pieces. Put some double side tape on the paper ends.

Place the paper pieces that those would be the same distance from lamp's left and right edges.

Add some double side tape on the A4 paper.

Glue A4 paper to the backside of the lamp.

Place some double side tape on any rubber you have and cut four legs for the lamp's base.

Glue all four legs to the lamp's base. Try to glue as close as possible to the lamp's base edges for the best stability.

First I was using standard 14W led bulb, but it was too bright, so I changed it to 7W led filament bulb warm white color. It gave way more beautiful colors at night.

If you don't like using paper and want more robust material, you could use back side of the binders. They are cheap, has nice texture and come in variety of colors.

Final look and some different look with other material (binders for paper).

Online 3D model - https://www.tinkercad.com/things/h7xeuXKbatF

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