Something new

[Dave Haughs]

Turned this as a baby gift for some friends of mine. Have a couple more to turn in the next couple months as well. It's not an original idea, I had one as a kid and loved it so it seemed like a great excuse to turn some and get some practice in. Going to make them all a bit different. This one is East Indian Rosewood.

edit: it's a night light I forgot to put that in here originally, the bulb is just an LED bulb, nothing fancy.

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[David E Keller]

It's cool looking. Where do you get the guts for the light? I'm assuming that you glue the top on, so that the child can't eat the light.:eek:

[Baxter Smith]

I'm not quite sure what it does. Is it a light as David said, change colors or ???

[Dave Haughs]

It's cool looking. Where do you get the guts for the light? I'm assuming that you glue the top on, so that the child can't eat the light.:eek:


guts are just a replacement socket I found at the hardware store. I've found a few different styles. Not sure what exactly it is for, but it already had the cord and switch attached. You can get little ceramic sockets too but I couldn't find those on short notice.

No its not glued on but its a tight fit, really you keep it up out of reach like you would any other lamp I suppose. My daughter is 3 now and she has mine from when I was a kid, it survived me :D


Next one I make I'll snap some pictures of the "guts" before I put them in.

[Dave Haughs]

I'm not quite sure what it does. Is it a light as David said, change colors or ???


Not its just an LED bulb. It's just a regular old night light.

I stuck an LED bulb in there just for the heck of it, figured it would burn cooler and more efficient.

[David E Keller]

I got it now... I thought this was something for the child to play with. I didn't notice the cord in the photo. Thanks.

[Richard Madison]

Can't tell for sure what it is from the picture, but might want to consider that some folks have allergies to woods in the rosewood family. Just a thought.

[Dave Haughs]

I got it now... I thought this was something for the child to play with. I didn't notice the cord in the photo. Thanks.


Yeah I'm tired and left out that important info when I posted it.

[Dave Haughs]

Can't tell for sure what it is from the picture, but might want to consider that some folks have allergies to woods in the rosewood family. Just a thought.


I clarified the original post.

Would allergies be an issue for something that sits?

[Richard Madison]

Dave, Should not be a problem. I first thought this might be an item the child would handle and possibly chew on a bit.

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a cool looking night light.

[John Keeton]

Nice work, Dave. A side pic may help get an idea of the form, but looks like you have done a nice job with this.

[Dave Haughs]

Nice work, Dave. A side pic may help get an idea of the form, but looks like you have done a nice job with this.

Just realized my photo links are broken. Man I really was tired. Posting from phone now, will try to fix

[Dave Haughs]

Pics here

http://www.haughs.net/gallery/v/projects/Turning/number5/

[Keith Palmer]

That reminds me, I need to make some bases! I bought some of those insulators specifically for this project, but just haven't done it yet. Maybe this weekend.

Great looking light!!

[Mark Burge]

Okay, that is really cool. I have some old insulators and didn't know what to do with them. Thanks for the idea.

[Dave Haughs]

Turned this as a baby gift for some friends of mine. Have a couple more to turn in the next couple months as well. It's not an original idea, I had one as a kid and loved it so it seemed like a great excuse to turn some and get some practice in. Going to make them all a bit different. This one is East Indian Rosewood.

edit: it's a night light I forgot to put that in here originally, the bulb is just an LED bulb, nothing fancy.

http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/33154-2/Haughs_100415_9190.jpg

http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/33158-2/Haughs_100415_9229.jpg

http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/33161-2/Haughs_100415_9232.jpg

Not sure how I screwed up the pics

http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/33168-2/Haughs_100415_9190.jpg

http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/33164-2/Haughs_100415_9232.jpg


Kind of funny, I flew out Friday to pick up a new to me car and drive it back and it was within an hour of these friends so I brought this with me, I ran it through security at the airport and they weren't too busy so it sparked a conversation with the guy running the xray. "Hey is that one of those old phone line things in there?" :D I bet they have a long interesting line of things they see.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Interesting idea for a turning! Looks pretty cool to me!