Racers
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Hi Chaps
I finished this recently and finally decided to photograph it, which ended up with the help of a few sheets for a background and one at the window to soften the light quite a task.
Its all quarter sawn oak from a pile I was given.
The base is the sink hole from my kitchen, I routed a grove in it and the lamp base for a lazy Susan using marbles, a 10mm bolt holds the base together.
Crane lamp by Racers, on Flickr
Crane lamp by Racers, on Flickr
I bought a cheap foot switch from Wilcos and turned a knob and cover for it I wired it all up with some nice brown cloth covered cable.
Crane lamp switch by Racers, on Flickr
The arm pivot was made from some oak that a drilled, glued together and turned to 50mm diameter, the tricky bit was cutting it I hot-melt glued a square of MDF to each end then cut it on my chop saw to a 90 degree point, then I had to work out how long each piece had to be. Its 110mm between the uprights and the oak in the arm is 20mm thick, I was scratching my head for a while then Mr Pythagoras decided to help turns out that the square root of 20 squared times two is 28 so I needed 41mm lengths.
Crane lamp pivot by Racers, on Flickr
The last disk on the counter weight unscrews to reveal some big bits of steel used to balance the arm I can remove or add weight if I swap the lamp, it has a 2.4 watt LED lamp in which runs very cool, the globe is from an Ikea lamp which I cut up to get its bayonet mount.
It also has a face.
Crane lamp face by Racers, on Flickr
Pete
I finished this recently and finally decided to photograph it, which ended up with the help of a few sheets for a background and one at the window to soften the light quite a task.
Its all quarter sawn oak from a pile I was given.
The base is the sink hole from my kitchen, I routed a grove in it and the lamp base for a lazy Susan using marbles, a 10mm bolt holds the base together.
Crane lamp by Racers, on Flickr
Crane lamp by Racers, on FlickrI bought a cheap foot switch from Wilcos and turned a knob and cover for it I wired it all up with some nice brown cloth covered cable.
Crane lamp switch by Racers, on FlickrThe arm pivot was made from some oak that a drilled, glued together and turned to 50mm diameter, the tricky bit was cutting it I hot-melt glued a square of MDF to each end then cut it on my chop saw to a 90 degree point, then I had to work out how long each piece had to be. Its 110mm between the uprights and the oak in the arm is 20mm thick, I was scratching my head for a while then Mr Pythagoras decided to help turns out that the square root of 20 squared times two is 28 so I needed 41mm lengths.
Crane lamp pivot by Racers, on FlickrThe last disk on the counter weight unscrews to reveal some big bits of steel used to balance the arm I can remove or add weight if I swap the lamp, it has a 2.4 watt LED lamp in which runs very cool, the globe is from an Ikea lamp which I cut up to get its bayonet mount.
It also has a face.
Crane lamp face by Racers, on FlickrPete
