Making an Amazing Wooden Spaceship Table Lamp

Welcome to this amazing instructable Wooden and Epoxy resin Stand Table Lamp.I like building things from the leftover materials around me that are considered as a waste.Wood been my favourite for its natural texture that brings liveliness and also easy to produce even without advanced tools and supplies.

The idea was to make a wooden present for my nephew for his eleventh birthday,this clicked to my mind one of making something to do with space fantasy that always fascinate almost everyone.I thought of a spaceship toy deco but the idea of a toy was too wrong and so due to its lightning design,it made sense to make a table lamp.Lights are the best game changer to our surrounding right from our home writing desk to the Art World.It is time to change his and maybe yours....

Enjoy....

Materials

A Wooden board

Round wooden sticks

Pieces of wood

Wood glue

Wood filler

Epoxy resin

Epoxy glue

Sandpapers

12volts small bulb

12volts power adapter

LED Light stip

Solder

Thin wires

Hot glue sticks

Plastic tape

Tools

Electric drill

Flat saw

Wood files

Soldering iron

Hole saw

Brad point bits

Spur wood bits

Angle grinder shaping disc

Hot glue gun

I got my ship design idea from the Startrek Enterprise mothership design and sketched it to my wish design.

I began by cutting 2 pieces of round shaped wood boards from a 2cm thick wooden board each of a diameter of 19 cm.I then modified the Angle grinder shaping disc to fit to an Electric drill since i was missing an Angle grinder that the disc fits perfectly and also easy to control safely as it caves very aggressive.I start shaping each piece at a time using the angle grinder shaping disc by, first reducing the top outer edges more deeper on one side moving round towards the middle and reducing more less to not(convex shape).Then the other side i reduced from the middle more deeper and reducing less as i shape towards the middle.I repeated the same shaping to the second piece and ended up having two almost identical discs and then more shaping using wood files and fine files.

I sketched on the top sides of each disc where the top disc had 8 holes and the bottom piece had 4 holes of which was geomentrically easy to divide on the sketch.Then i used a 10mm brad point bit to drill holes close to each other and after i used wood files to connect the holes and shaping them.Using a hole saw and an electric drill i made a hole on the middle of each disc of 50mm for the top disc and 62mm hole for the bottom disc.

Then i cut 2 round pieces of wood from the same board making the discs using a hole saw 62mm for the middle of the disc.I then made another hole on one piece using a hole saw of 50mm ending up with a ring that will fit to the bottom disc middle hole.For the other piece i used the same hole saw but of 50mm cutting 1mm deep and then separated the ring using a flat saw.I then made a hole at the middle using a spur bit of 16mm and shaped the top using wood files creating a curve shape.

After more shaping and smoothing with sand papers,they were ready for adding Epoxy resin.I used 2 paper plates as a mould which was cut a hole in the middle of each of 3mm less than the discs circumference.Then i covered the edges of the middle circle with plastic tape making sure the paper has no contact with Epoxy resin.I then put the discs top side in the plate hole and secured the plate edges with hot glue to the discs.Then i covered the rest of the discs top with the same plastic tape by making sure only the ring holes get in contact with epoxy resin.There are more better way to secure Epoxy resin.

I mixed the Epoxy resin in 2 separate containers,one container for the top ring holes which i added some epoxy pigments and the other without the pigments for the rest.I then filled all the ring holes with Epoxy resin and the outer edges of the discs with extra 3mm.I also made a mould using plastics for my stand design and aligned 2 wires inside running out at both ends.I also did add epoxy resin to the two caps where i had secured one side using the same tape.

After dry and got rid of the paper mold,i reversed the middle hole of both discs which were obviously flooded with Epoxy resin using the same hole saw of 50mm and 62mm.I then fitted the 2 caps which should fit perfectly on the middle holes and permanently glue the bottom piece with epoxy glue.I drilled a small hole on the bottom disc which was directly connecting to the middle of the neck position.I then put 2 wires through the small hole and connected a 12 volts bulb inside the disc.I used the epoxy glue to glue both discs together and when dry i used the wood files to remove excess epoxy and fine files for more shaping.Then i used the sand papers for the finishing ranging from 120grit to 240 grit for the wood and 400 grit to 600 grit for epoxy resin.I then connected a 12v power adapter and made a test which was fantastic.

I attached 2 pieces of wood using wood glue measuring 2cm*4'8cm*13cm each and later removed the screws after dry.I began shaping using an angle grinder shaping disc to make a vehicle of the design shape.I used a spur bit 16mm to make a hole through and through from the middle front to the back and with a hole saw of 25mm i made a round ring around it cutting 3mm deep.The rest of the shaping was done with fine files and then sanded.The neck which connects the Saucer on top of the body i used a jigsaw to cut a wood piece neck design shape of around 2cm by 3'5cm by 5cm area.Then i cut 2 pieces of 16mm round wooden sticks at an angle of 45 degrees on each end and glued them to position on the top back of the vehicle using wood glue.

I used 3 different sizes of round wooden sticks of 32mm and length of 7'5cm,25mm by 7cm and 16mm by 5cm.I then made holes in the middle of one end to the other end of each, where the 32mm and 25mm i used a spur bit of 16mm and for the 16mm i used a brad point bit of 8mm.Then the 16mm stick i applied wooden glue and fitted it inside the middle holes of the other 2 sticks and joined both to one piece.I did the same for the other engine and using the angle grinder shaping disc,i continued shaping and also adding more details with the wood files and finished with sanding.

I drilled holes from the top middle of the 2 round sticks connecting them with the middle hole of the vehicle,then another hole under it that was directly connecting to the wires of the stand.I then did the wiring making sure all nozzles have + and - charge wire extensions and they are all connecting in the middle hole of the vehicle and safely taped.Then i drilled a hole on each engine exactly where they join with the round wooden sticks that will carry them in position and glued with the wooden glue after passing through the wires.Each of the 2 wires of every nozzle i connected a piece of LED light strip which i had cut from a long LED light strip by using a soldering iron and solder.Then i fitted every nozzle with LED light which was more easier due to its strip design that made it easy to bend while positioning in the nozzle.Then from a piece of epoxy resin extra bar piece of 2mm thick i had made,i used a wood plug cutter bit of 16mm to cut rolls and fitted them on every nozzle,then fixed and filled with epoxy glue.

I used a jigsaw to cut a 2cm thick wood piece to a base shape of an area 12'5cm*20'5cm.The base shape,size and weight really matters here since it determine the balance of the lamp.I then made a hole at the back edge of the base for wire connection passing through from the stand to the power supply adapter,also i made a slot for the stand to fit on it.I finished by using sandpapers starting with 80 grit to 240 grit giving it a nice smooth finishing.

I first passed the wires running under the stand through the back small hole of the base and glued both using Epoxy glue.Then connected the wires from the stand to the wires under the body and glued both the stand and the body.I connected the Saucer wires with the neck wires and then glued together the saucer on the neck using wood glue.For the finishing i used wood filler and epoxy glue to fix where needed.I then sanded from 120 grits 240 grits for the wood and 400 grits to 1200 grits for epoxy resin and finished by applying natural wood lack.

The result was even more amazing when i plugged in my power adapter ;where also the reduced saucer wood was also penetrating some fade lights creating a nice contrast.

The pics are when it's off with the external lights,when it is on with external lights,when the external lights are off and when it's off after been on without external lights.Thankyou and goodluck...