Ross Leidy

This is the final installment of the project.  Thanks to all who have followed along. To lighten the look of the base, I added a chamfer along the...

I selected a bleached linen for the shade, which is an off-white.   I doesn't color the light very much, so it's a fairly white light in the end.  ...

I've got a lot to learn about turning.   The last time I had any instruction was in wood shop class back in jr high school.   I'm retired now, so y...

I have been prevented from final sanding and finishing of the stave assembly because I still needed to drill the locator holes in the ledges for th...

I checked on the shipping status of the replacement pipe and found out that it hadn't shipped yet.  I was told they are making the part in-house.  ...

As I mentioned in the previous installment, I altered my plan to use different lamp pipe to avoid having to use a decorative sleeve over all-thread...

Picking up where I left off in the last installment, I was not happy with the protruding top part of the triangular core.  It was just sticking out...

The staves required a dowel hole on the bottom to align with the corresponding holes in the base.   These will not be glued joints.  Instead, I'll ...

With the base glue-up completed, I placed the staves on it see how they looked together.  That thing is looking way too thick.  Maybe it will look ...

I started with some cherry, surfaced down to just under 1 inch thick, edged glued two pieces for the necessary width, which would then be cut in ha...

The original lamps had upper and lower sockets and a 4-way switch so that either bulb or both bulbs could be illuminated.  I'll be using LED strips...

I found a few cone calculators online that will give you the details of the flat pattern to use that will roll into the desired cone shape.  I used...