Glued Up

Sanded

The laser burns the wood when it cuts it, and I was worried that it would be difficult to sand away the blackened edges. But I was pleasantly surprised how easily it came off.

I only worked on the inside cuts, easier to sand now before I glue the three piece sandwich together.

Next step: glue up and sand outer edges

So I tried cutting a wine bottle for the first time. Not a lot of success.

I believe it had nothing to do with the technique I saw on Make, but with my scoring. I need some practice, but I stand by the idea of this making a decent lamp shade.

I turned some green oak blanks this weekend, my shop smelled like a bourbon barrel. These will eventually be lamps, mallets, and maybe a wooden robot or two.

I’m working on a jig to cut the ends off of wine bottles. I plan on using the tube of the bottle as a glass lamp shade.

The bottle spins on two rolling pins (still usable) while a glass cutter etches the bottle. I was inspired by this wine bottle cutting video (the technique is shown around the 6 min. mark) I saw on Make.

I’ve been prototyping a pretty simple lamp using a piece of paper as the shade. A little fine tuning is still needed to get the dimensions right, but I’m liking where it’s going. I’ll probably group three or four of these lamps together with shades made from letter size (8.5″ x 11″) and legal size (8.5″ x 14″) paper.

Maybe go the kit route, I make the lamp base, you build the shade. More to come.

Proof of concept to see if traditional stained glass window techniques can be applied to marbles. The plan is to use marbles of various size to create a shade or globe for a lamp. yes, another attempt at a lampshade.

Through the years I have purchased/found/been given hardware that I instantly fall in love with. I want to build pieces of furniture around them, yet I never do.

Some day.

I was in the Poconos a couple of weeks ago and turned two lamp blanks: one birch (the tall one), one maple (the fat one). Both turned green and allowed to crack. Need to dry them out completely (nuke them) before I can add the finish.

I can’t believe I’ve lived in my apartment for 5 years and I’m just getting to this now. A simple built-in to be used as a hamper and storage. I rested the front panel against the frame (that’s why it’s so crooked) before painting, so I could get a good idea of what it will look like. So far so good.