re: Bedside Lamp / Night Light

Thanks! The basic design is still due to the lamp from Lee Valley, but I have other ideas for it, as well.

The tangential turning is something I saw someone on here or the other place do, but ThePapa1947 does a great job of explaining how to get the pieces put together. One of these days I’ll build some jigs to make it an easier job.

Splint, one of these days I’m going to need to figure out how to use a router template. In the mean time, the battery hole isn’t too bad. It’s two ⅞ inch holes and a little chisel work, if I remember right. I end up measuring the battery multiple times to be sure, but it wasn’t at all hard with hand tools. And I may stick the battery in laying flat, since it would take up less space inside the base that way.

Just did the first pour of the next cholla base this morning, along with turning a cherry ring to sit under the first cholla base, and something else. The biggest problem I have on these is turning the base around so I can bore the center hole and then a recess for the battery, and not chewing up the base or getting it mounted off-center on the lathe, but I’m coming up with solutions. I might get it all figured out before I run out of lamp parts (I’ve four more sitting on the shelf in the shop yet).