Industrial Style Adjustable Lamp

I recently moved an old desk to use as a small craft area, now it's facing a wall and I don't have enough light so I decided to brighten it up a bit.

I wanted to do something with an industrial style, so the scrap I had at home was perfect.

I emphasize that in this project I do not use a welding machine, for the most part I used screws or rivets, only in some cases I used tin, but this is easy to apply.

As I mentioned I used scrap metal for almost the entire project, anyway this is what I had:

• 1/2" Tee connector
• 1/2" Copper tee
• 1/2" Pipe
• 1 1/2" Steel angle
• 1" Iron angle
• 3/4" steel plate
• An square steel plate
• 1/2" Threaded rod
• Handwheels or similiar
• Some bolts, nuts and washers
• LED strip ligths
• White or semi-translucent plastic sheet

These are the measurements I used for the main pieces

These are the handlewheels that I managed to get, one is adapted to be used with a 1/4" screw and another for a 1/2" screw. Depending on what you can get, some of the measures I mention will change.

For the first joint axis I used the steel tee connector, here I had to adapt the 1/2" bolt.

I took two 1/2" nuts, rounded them up a bit and embedded them inside the tee, here the bolt should spin freely so I removed the thread from both nuts

This step is very similar to the previous one, the difference is that now a smaller nut must be embedded inside the main nut (this was my solution because I needed a smaller screw diameter to adapt the handle)

The arms will join the copper tee connector with the lampshade and will also allow two more articulation axis.

One arm has two 1/4 holes at each end, the other a 1/4 hole at the short end and a threaded hole at the long end, this is so you can lock the shaft with the bolt and handle.

Here it is only necessary to cover the ends of the angle and make a few holes to guide the cable and to rivete the anchor points.

For this I cut two small triangles from a plate with the internal measure of the angle, then on the stove I joined them using tin.

Now I joined the two 1" angles with rivets, previously I made a 1/4" hole for each one, which is where it will be joined with the arms.

I added a hole in the center to guide the power cable and painted the entire interior with a light color, so the light will reflect better. To test I placed the led strip temporarily (I wanted to place a longer one but only had that one available)

For the light diffuser screen I used a piece of acrylic, I just sanded it to dull it

These are the parts that make up the first joint.

With screws and a plate I made a base to rivete the angles and leave the union very solid.

The neck is formed by the 1/2 pipe, which has two holes, one with a thread that will serve as a lock for the second joint and another to guide the cable internally.

I attached the copper tee to the threaded rod with tin, and it will lock inside the pipe with the 1/4 screw.

And those are all the pieces ready to be assembled.

Now it is assembled and working, now with these 4 axis I can illuminate my entire work area.

I had this project in my head and I finally finished it!

Thanks for watching! :)