Ross Leidy

The strut edges receive a thumbnail detail on each long edge.  I used a 3/8" radius roundover bit in the router table and adjusted the bit height u...

Each hole in the 8 struts receives a counterbore for the head of a connector bolt/nut.  Some counterbores are on the outside face, which are where ...

Each side of the feet has a dado to accept a spacer that ultimately helps keep the struts equally spaced and parallel with each other.  I want the ...

With the prototype complete, I assembled the remaining two lamps. [20200201-IMG_3503.jpg] [20200202-IMG_3511.jpg] [20200202-IMG_3512.jpg] The bot...

Installing the veneer strips didn't quite go as planned. My initial idea was to apply a little contact cement to hold the overlapped end in place. ...

There's nothing much to see here.  With all the pieces sealed, the glue-up took all of 10 minutes. The roll of masking tape was the perfect size to...

My plan is to have a unique bottom cover design for each of the pendant lamps, and the for the first one I used an "atomic age" motif. Perhaps fitt...

With the veneer strips adjusted so they formed loops as close to circular as possible (by eye), I scored the ends where they overlapped on either s...

I'm still just dry fitting here in order to see how things would look with a light inside. [20200118-IMG_3418.jpg] The original plan was to mount t...

Like the spiral pendant, my plan is to use cherry for the ribs and top and bottom caps, anigre veneer, and a BBP ring as the base for the removable...

Originally posted in January 2020 As part of the Spiral Veneer Pendant Lamp project, I came up with an inner shade to envelope the light bulb: ...

The term "slats" doesn't seem quite right.  Standards?  Pillars? Our Thanksgiving was shifted to Friday this year, so before all our guest arrived...