Ikea Tradfri Lamp Armature

My Ikea Tradfri smart lights where just hanging from some wires. How to design an armature that looks modern, is different en original.

I started by downloading some pictures of the bulbs and that gave me the inspiration for this "design" armature.

Materials:

• Acrylic
• Bulbs (Ikea Tradfri or any other type)
• Fittings for your bulbs
• Wire
• Aluminum profile (2x 15x15mm L and 2x 20x20x20mm U)
• Nuts and bolts 10x m4 x 12mm
• Cardboard
• Wire terminal
• 2 big rings
• 2 screws

Tools:

• Drillpress
• Lasercutter
• Screwdriver
• Pliers
• Pencil

I used Gravit Designer to draw the design.

• First import the drawings that I found on the web.
• Then add the shape of the fittings to the bulbs.
• Add the screw holes to the design.
• Make a test-cut on the laser from cheap material. (cardboard)
• Fine-tune the design.

I've added both the Gravit file and the PDF-cutting files.

Use a lasercutter (from a makerspace or something) to cut the design from the acrylic.

• Cut two L-profiles to the width of the acrylic parts.
• Transfer the holes to the L-profile with a pencil.
• Drill the holes in the L-profile.
• Transfer the outer two holes to the other L-profile.
• Drill the outer two holes.
• Bolt the two L-profiles together trough the outer two holes.
• Use the holes in the first L-profile as a template to drill the holes in the second one.

Place the wires and bolt the two L-profiles onto the acrylic.

• Cut the two U-profiles the same length as the L-profiles.
• Drill two holes in each L-profile to montage it to the U.
• Transfer the holes to the U-profiles with a pencil.
• Drill the two holes in each U-profile.

• Bolt one U-profile on one L-profile.
• Wire the lamps (There are different rules for this in different countries, so figure out how you should do this in your country)
• Put all the wire in the U-profile.
• Bolt the other U to the other L-profile.

Screw two big rings to the ceiling. Don't screw them all the way in, but leave enough room for the U-profiles to slide under them.

• Wire the lamp to whatever power wires comes from your ceiling.
• Slide the lamp over the two big rings.

If you can't get the lamp over the rings, unscrew the rings a little. If it is a bit wobbly, screw the rings a little bit further in.