Originally Posted by
orificiam
Hi everyone I starded these lamps about 4 months back when on my way home one day I came across some logs left on the nature strip by some nasty person so I did
my duty as a good citizen and helped by taking some logs home,..having been inspired
by one of our forumites "Ad de Crom" some time ago when he turned a wooden lamp
shade. Thanks Ad. I proceeded to turn some lamps, I started with the shades
I mounted the log on the lathe and with the parting tool cut the shades about 10mm
thick and left them on the shelf for 4 months until dry.Then I cut the rest of the log and segmented for the Base, 4 months later remounted the shades with "hot melt glue"
and very gently with very sharp tools finished turning to 4mm thick.photo 1
now that they're finished I'm not to sure about the shade. :? I think that if I was to do it again I'd make the top of shade a bit smaller.What do you think?
Cheers Tony.:)