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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 Pete Maddex, on Flickr
Crane lamp by Pete Maddex, 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 Pete Maddex, 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 Pete Maddex, 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 Pete Maddex, 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 Pete Maddex, on Flickr
Crane lamp by Pete Maddex, 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 Pete Maddex, 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 Pete Maddex, 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 Pete Maddex, on FlickrPete
