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DIY Polyhedron Prism Lamp
by
Deeply Southern Home
(IC: blogger)
I must admit geometry was the only math I was any good at, but I did have to do a bit of research to pull out that title. I wanted to call it an octagonal prism, but clearly it's not uniform in shape, so that didn't work. Either way, this lamp is anything but square!
But I can't take all the credit for this awesome creation. Leave it to a modern-minded teenager to push me to create such a thing as a "Polyhedron Prism Lamp."
These were the rejects. My rejected attempts. Like most of my projects, I learn as i go and found it was best to drill the hole for the lamp socket first.
Safety first my friends. Be sure to clamp your wood tightly before drilling the hole. You use a Forstner bit to drill the hole and it is quite sharp and forces the wood to spin if it is not clamped tightly.
After the hole is drilled it's time to begin making your angled cuts. (I give more specific angle information in the blog post.)
After the cuts are made, a quick finish and an easy assembly are all that is left.
See more photos and get the specific details on the blog.
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Published September 22nd, 2015 1:33 PM
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Maude LaFountain on Sep 28, 2015very nice ...love it
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Pamela Lee on Oct 01, 2015Cool!
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