Popular Post FrankEV Posted May 24, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) This Night Lamp is made from solid Red Oak, is 12” high overall, the base and top are 5 1/2” square made from 1/2” thick material, and the lamp body is 4 1/2” square by 10” high made from 1/4" thick material. The body side walls were stack cut and cut using Pegas #0 spiral blades. The top is loose for bulb replacement purposes. The Red Oak was enhanced and finished with multiple coats of a combination of Minwax Red Oak Stain and Minwax Satin Wipe-On Poly. The Clear blue Plexiglas was frosted by using spray adhesive to affix sheets of clear velum film to the inside surface of the Plexiglas. The Electrical components include a premade 6’ lamp cord with an inline rocker switch, a threaded nipple w/nuts, a nipple mounted candelabra bulb socket base and a round 25 watt bulb. I created the Lamp body Seahorse Pattern to supplement my collection of nautical themed projects I’m putting together. The construction of this lamp is almost identical to the Hummingbird Lamp I made for my Lady a while back, but this time it went together better because I knew what I was doing. Also, this time all the chamfers and the body corner joint bevel cuts were completed on the Router table. This pic shows the bottom of the top with a gluded on piece of 1/4 Oak Ply that acts as a retainer to keep the top in place. A similar piece of 1/4" Oak ply was glused to the base to provise a greater gluing surface for the lamp body attachnemt to the base. This view also shows the installed velum coated Plexiglas difuser. Edited May 24, 2021 by FrankEV Roberta Moreton, Scrappile, jollyred and 10 others 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Beautiful piece. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSull Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 wow, very nice! FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 I agree WOW!! Beautiful job!! FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 Lovely. You did a great job Frank. Marg FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben2008 Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) Excellent. We like it a lot. We also like nautical items, Our family room is nautical themed and has many nautical themed pieces. Some I made and some I bought. In fact, I'm working a Intarsia Mermaid right now to add to our theme. Edited May 25, 2021 by ben2008 FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munzieb Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 Great job, You are getting this lamp thing down pat! danny and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 fantastic job FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted May 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 2 hours ago, munzieb said: ...You are getting this lamp thing down pat! Yep, as long as I make the same basic one over and over. munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 Very nice job! That would be nice to look at while winding down waiting on the Sandman. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Now that is a gorgeous lamp! Love the theme! FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmoonCT Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Where did you find the pattern for it? FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted May 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, WolfmoonCT said: Where did you find the pattern for it? I designed the lamp. I created the Scroll saw pattern although I did steal the actual Seahorse part from a pattern I had purchased. PM me if you want the pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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