Lamps

[Lee DeRaud]

I've got two old (like 30+ years) lamps on my headboard. They were getting pretty tired looking years ago, but I hadn't been able to find replacements (1) that I liked and (2) that were the right size.

So I took a break from making bowl blanks and glued up a 6.5"x6.5"x10" block out of a piece of 1x8 red oak I had. Turned both bases out of one piece so I could get them (close to) the same, then bandsawed it in half.
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Polishing the metal bits while they was apart helped a lot too.:D

[Paul Douglass]

I certainly like your version better. Very nice!

[Corey Hallagan]

Great looking lamp there Lee. Just so dang much you can do with one of these boogers!! Nice job!

Corey

[Barry Stratton]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet. Great idea and well electrocuted.

[Keith Burns]

Great idea and great job, lookin' good:) :)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Lee you did a great job on it. I like yours better. Nice fit and finish. That is a good looking lamp.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Lee, I'm diaappointed...I just knew you were going to tell us how to turn cork. Really though, I'm real glad you did the red oak it looks great. Super job!

[Lee DeRaud]

Lee, I'm diaappointed...I just knew you were going to tell us how to turn cork.Nah, if I need something round out of cork, I'll just cut a whole pile of disks with the laser and glue them together.:p

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

[Frank Chaffee]

Lee,
Very nice job on those red oak lamps…they look terrific!

I wish I could do as good a job of rejuvenating my bedroom lightning as you have.;)

Frank

[Ernie Nyvall]

You dressed that up real nice Lee. Looks good.

Ernie