Wood Turning Project : Intermediate
Table Lamp
Wood turning a table lamp in spalted birch. Faceplate and spindle turning and assembling.
| My daughter wanted a table lamp for her new apartment and asked me to turn one for her. the wood came from a spalted silver birch that I had to cut down at my parent's cottage as it had been lightning blasted and never recovered. From 2 slabs I had enough wood to get a couple of 7 inch bases and a couple of 2 x 2 uprights. |
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| The bases and uprights are marked for cutting. |
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| A few minutes on the bandsaw and the wood is ready to go. I chose two pieces for this lamp amd left two for another later. |
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| I decided to use a screw chuck to turn the base so I took a 4" faceplate and marked around it on a piece of scrap maple. |
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| It too was cut on the bandsaw and |
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| mounted to the faceplate. Two screws are sufficient to hold it in place. |
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| The maple was turned to about 3/4" thick and slightly concaved for good fit to the base. A #14 self tapping sheet metal screw 1 1/2" long was inserted into the center of the chuck. |
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| A 3/16" hole is drilled into the center of the base. |
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