Kitchen Table Lamp Made of Scrap Wood

I made a simple and modest lamp for our kitchen table. The goal was to use scrap wood, as I like to turn things we have no use for, into something nice and needed.

Tools you may need are:

• Sander
• Planer
• Drill
• Router (CNC or manual)

Materials:

• Squared timber in the desired dimensions (I used 70x70mm with a length of 750mm)
• Wood oil
• LED and Transformer (4x LEDs with 1W and an angle of 120° bring good light to the table)
• Material to install the lamp to the ceiling depending on what you prefer. It can be hung up with chains, wires or threads.

If you use raw scrap wood you need to plane all 4 sides first.

I added chamfers to the edges by using a manual plane.

After planing, sand all surfaces with a medium grid (120).

Oiling can be done later after drilling the lamp holes, but I like to do the first layer of oil at this stage.

Check the dimensions for your LEDs and drill the holes for the LEDs. To sink the LEDs drill the large diameter first with a depth of a few millimeters. Then drill the smaller diameter all the through the timber.

For the grooves I used a CNC Router. It can easily be done with a manuale one, too. The grooves are used to hide the wires.

To install the transformer you can mill a pocket into the center of the top side.

I'm always cautious with electrical installations. There is only little danger as long as you connect the transformer correctly.

For the LEDs follow the instructions in their manual.

To connect the wires I used push-in clamps from Wago.

Cut a cover for the top side using plywood. I did this with a CNC Router. A jigsaw should also do.

Sand with fine grid (320) and oil a final layer.

I leave the installation to the ceiling up to you - as this can be tricky depending on you circumstances :)