desklamp: combining paper modeling and furniture.

**jleslie48** · #1 07-28-2012, 05:29 PM

My desk lamp broke. Went to buy a new one. Target wanted $30 for a POS plastic thing. I saw a nice wooden one online for $134. Decided to copy it in my woodshop. Cost: $6.

http://jleslie48.com/jl/120728_lamp/acs.html

$2 for the cigar box, $2 for the special bulb, $1 for the night light, $1 for the extension cord that was cut up. The wood was "donated" by home depot: its their free paint sticks. Had to 3d design a lampshade. The special bulb is a night light threaded florescent bulb: in other words, the equivalent of a 40w bulb, using only 7w, and generating very little heat: don't want to burn up the paper lampshade.

**jagolden01** · #2 07-28-2012, 05:42 PM

Looks nice, Jon.

**richkat** · #3 07-28-2012, 05:51 PM

Very nice Jon, looks like it cost $150....Rich

**jleslie48** · #4 07-28-2012, 06:08 PM

this is what they wanted $134 for:

plus I have a pencil case in my base.

I'm thinking of making one out of a big cigar box to use as a traveling combination paper modeling supply box and lamp.

**cMags** · #5 07-30-2012, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jleslie48

I'm thinking of making one out of a big cigar box to use as a traveling combination paper modeling supply box and lamp.

Brilliant!

**ashevilleangler** · #6 07-30-2012, 04:04 PM

Beautiful lamp Jon! At the risk of asking a really silly question, where do you get your cigar boxes for $2.00?

Curt

**peter taft** · #7 07-30-2012, 04:46 PM

Excellent - yours put's the other to shame... Good On You !

**alfadoc** · #8 07-30-2012, 05:03 PM

Beautiful lamp! Puts the $134 one to shame. You even incorporated paper modeling! Nicely done.

**Vermin_King** · #9 07-30-2012, 05:30 PM

Have you considered going into the lamp business?

**rockpaperscissor** · #10 07-30-2012, 05:52 PM

Wow! Very nice. If their's is worth $134, your's has be worth at least twice that. Purty.