Standing Floor Lamp

I went shopping with a friend of mine , and we seen in some designers store this cool good looking lamp shade on tripod.

It costs 300 $$$ - Soo Fuc&%^ing expensive!

I thought to my self , no sir , i want one , but i will build it !

So , you know the rest of the story , i build it ! and it came aweasome!

Enjoy it

Buy a wire fence

I bought two fences.

One was thick , and the other was a bit smaller ( in the diameter of the holes )

The big net would be the internal one , and the gentel net would wrap it

And on top of it i would wrap it with a black nylon

Measure the desired size , and Cut it ( Use gloves , since you can cut yourself )

This step i`m cutting the big net

It`s much easier to cut it , since it very light and not strong as the inner net

Cut the edges of the net , so the lamp wont cut people

Continue to cut - using special scissors

Attache the internal net using long ( 12 cm ) wires

Wrap the inner net with the outer net and attache it using the long 12cm wires ( iron )

Smooth the edges using a Dremel tool so you wont cut yourself

i bought strong fiber net , color black.

Cut it according to your desired size , and start wrap the lampshade.

I needed to wrap it a few times in order for us not to see the metal net that is within

I had to glue the black net using hot glue -it`s clear color and strong

Since i want the light , to reflect and be seen from all sides ( up and down also )

I added a cardboard paper (color white ) to the inner side of the lampshade.

When i wrapped the structure using the black net , there were leftovers.

So you need to cut it with scissors

Went to a wood shed , and bought 3 wood legs and a couple of additional woods for the looks

Think about the height of the lamp that you want it to be.

since it would connect to the lampshade in the middle of it ( center ) so take it into consideration when you cut the boards

I didn`t know exactly how to connect the tripod legs together

I sat and sat , and searched the house for something that could help me.

And then i found it ! some old 10x5 cm bin i had lying at my closet.

So i took it, and connected using long bolts the tripod legs

Drill in the middle of the bin in order for you to put inside the bulb housing.

Create angles in order to connect the tripod to the lampshade.

This was quite a tricky part, since i had to find the middle of the lampshade and to make sure that the tripod legs wont be in some incorrect angle.

It needs to be steady , and firm.

So i placed the lampshade on the floor , above it i flipped the tripod and placed it in the middle of the lampshade.

Than i measured the distance between the tripod and the lampshade.

I want the tripod to be stronger, but not only.

I wanted it to be better looking than just 3 standing legs.

Soooo i went a head and bought lots of stickes from wood ( 0.8 mm thick ).

First , measure the exact distance between each leg of the tripod.

Make sure it`s the same distance between each leg ( since we want the stickes to be the same size )

Drilled the tripod legs the diameter of the stickes ( 0.8 mm)

Use Elmers glue for wood.

the best.

Duck tape the tripod till the glue dries off, than remove it

Make sure all is alined using a leveler

So you can turn it on or off :)

All done!

Came out great !

Lots of work , but very fun project.

Hope you enjoy it

:)