Lamp Project

This project is a lamp for the Intermediate Project for CRT 101 A. This lamp's purpose is to illuminate an area, and its function is to be aesthetically pleasing.

The image in this segment is of the glass cylinder. Many pieces in this lamp's construction are recycled pieces, such as this glass cylinder and the lamp's core fixture.

• Glass Cylinder
• Wood
• Lightbulb
• Black Spray Paint
• Spray-on Polyurethane
• Sand Paper
• Silicone
• Lamp Core
• Plastic Filament
• Wood Glue

Tools

• 3D Printer
• Laser Cutter
• Saw
• Wood Clamps
• Orbital Sander

This is a photo of the finished lamp in a natural setting.

I cut this board of wood in half and sanded one of the halves. I then took the sanded half to Hackberry Labs to be laser cut.

I laser cut a design into my wood.

I found this design as an image in Google under the search "Mid Mod Patterns." I then saved that photo to my computer and imported the file into Inkscape. In Inkscape, I traced the image's bitmap and set it as the path. I then redownloaded the pattern to my computer as an SVG file. At Hackberry Lab, I uploaded this SVG file to the laser cutting application and laser cut the pattern into my wood.

First, I made a template for how I wanted to cut the wood and used a jigsaw to make all my pieces symmetrical. In total, I cut four circles of ambrosia oak wood. All four were cut with a nine-inch diameter Two of the circles then had a 4.5-inch diameter hole cut in the center of them. This hole is where the lamp core fixture will sit when the lamp is completely assembled.

I cut a 1-inch chunk out of the second layer of the base so that the wire from the lamp core fixture would have a place for the wire to come out. Then, I assembled the Wood Base Pieces together using clamps and wood glue. For this, I set the lamp core fixture into the circle with the cord notch and glued the two pieces that did not have internal holes onto the bottom of the notched piece. After allowing these pieces to dry, I nailed the laser cut circle onto the top of the wood base, over the notched circle.

I, then, sanded the constructed wood base with an orbital sander.

The image in this step is of the lamp core fixture. This fixture is now wood glued into the wood base during this step.

As a finish for the wood base, I used spray-on, water-based polyurethane. I allowed the first coat to dry for two hours. After two hours, I put silicone into the crevice of space between the wood base and the lamp core fixture. After putting a line of silicone into the crevice, I sat the end of the glass cylinder into the wood base and allowed the silicone to dry. The dried silicone attached the wood base to the glass cylinder. The next day, I lightly sanded the first coat of polyurethane and applied a second coat.

I used the application ThinkerCAD to create the top piece of my lamp. I then saved my file made in TinkerCAD to my computer and uploaded it to the application Cura. In Cura, I set all the dimensions for my print and wirelessly send my file to print on the 3D printer using the Andrew printer.

When my piece was done, I spray-painted it black.

To finish my project, I screwed my lightbulb into my lamp core fixture, put the 3D printed lamp top on my lamp, and plugged in my lamp.