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Man Lamp or Robot Lamp
Aussie Larks
First made by Ross Leidy and Dutchy. My desk lamp died or the fluorescent tube in it did. It was old, and bought in Hong Kong when I lived there, a...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #8: Rinse and Repeat
Ross Leidy
With the prototype complete, I assembled the remaining two lamps. [20200201-IMG_3503.jpg] [20200202-IMG_3511.jpg] [20200202-IMG_3512.jpg] The bot...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #3: Socket mounting and test lighting
Ross Leidy
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...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #7: A slightly rocky assembly
Ross Leidy
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. ...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #2: Basic Structure
Ross Leidy
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...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #4: Pre-assembly Prep
Ross Leidy
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...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #5: Bottom cover plate
Ross Leidy
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...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #6: Glue-up
Ross Leidy
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...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #1: Background
Ross Leidy
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: ...
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