Thread: Garden waste to desk lamp

This project started when I decided to finally tune my bandsaw correctly once and for all... Should have done it 12 month ago ..now it is a wonderful bit of kit .

Now it is all good, what to start with...The desklamp in the study has a floppy head,,, Don't fix it make a new oneMust be environmentally friendly these days(even if the pollys are not) Therefore it must be made from stuff I already have. So had some logs from some garden trimming and a neighbour tree that had died.
This is what I started with the long log will be the arms and the already cut log that was used during bandsaw testing will be come the base and lampshade.
start with.jpg
Had made a log sled so here it is getting a workout
log sled cut.jpg
The LEDs I had left over from another job the switch and power supply is from a old battery drill.
Here the finished product,,
cable management made these C shapes out of christmas bush trimmings
cable managment.jpg
bottom clamp is a guitar bridge that went wrong, switch is the jarrah knob and control leds is a old drill charging circuit.
bottom clamp, switch and control leds.jpg
led layout
led layout.jpg
The head can swivel up and down and front to back used a bit of 15mm ally
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Here it is at home, put some hole to hold pen and pencils and some black felt in the cut out
in place.jpg

So all was made from thing around home

Hope you enjoy the journey... I know I have

R