Popular Woodworking 2002-08 № 129, страница 65
FALLINGWATER TABLE LAMP
□ 1 Hardware kit With dimmer socket: #05D15.11 $16.00 (+$5 shipping) With keyed socket: #05D15.12 $6.00 (+$5 shipping) From Lee Valley Tools, 800-871-8158 or www.leevalley.com □ 1 Hardware kit With dimmer socket: #05D15.11 $16.00 (+$5 shipping) With keyed socket: #05D15.12 $6.00 (+$5 shipping) From Lee Valley Tools, 800-871-8158 or www.leevalley.com one of the V4" falloff pieces, then set everything aside. Before you can glue the shade together you need to make a hole in the base piece, and it's just as easy to drill all the base pieces at once. The Drill Press is Your Friend The base itself is simple. It's two blocks of wood with a chunk of dowel rod glued to the top. The only part demanding care is drilling the hole through the center of the three pieces to hold the lamp hardware. That's where a drill press comes in handy. After cutting the blocks to size and trimming the V2" off the end of a -diameter dowel rod, you need to mark the center of each piece, then drill recesses in both the lower base and shade support and through-holes in all three pieces. Use the photos below to complete this step. Once all the pieces are drilled, sand them to 150 grit, then assemble the base. I used the lamp hardware itself (the 3" x Vs" ID threaded tube, two 1" washers and two Vs" ID knurled nuts) to align the base pieces and clamp the base together. In addition, to hold the two square pieces properly aligned, I drilled and countersunk two holes in the bottom base, then screwed the two base pieces together. Use just a little glue to hold the three pieces together, as the lamp hardware will do most of the holding. Plus, you don't want any extra glue squeeze-out to clean up. With the bases assembled, spray paint the bases with flat or semi-gloss black paint. While the paint is drying, head back to the shade. With the shade base now drilled for the hardware, finish sand all the shade pieces before gluing. Don't plan on sanding the shade too much Homemade Center Finder Finding the center of a disc is harder than you might think. Sure they sell center-finding tools for $5, but I wasn't in a hardware store! After a couple of minutes of thinking, I figured out how to use a try square and the head from my combination square to do the job (left). Make three pencil lines bisecting the disc to make sure you have an accurate center.Then, using the same bits and methods as on the square base blocks, drill a 3/16"-deep recess and a through hole in the 13/4" shade supports. Because of the round shape, the block will spin as you drill, so I used a fall-off piece to apply extra pressure against the block to hold it tight against the fence and stop block. 64 Popular Woodworking August 2002 |
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