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andyf:
Lovely job - looks like it grew that way. However, the lack of stains near the bottom shows that the dog isn't fooled  ::) .

How easy (or difficult) was it to drill the hole for the wires? Even I can work out that you did this before forming the shape, and probably drilled each end with fingers crossed for meeting in the middle, but even so it must have been hard to keep a longish drill on line.

Andy

tinkerer:

--- Quote from: andyf on September 25, 2009, 11:41:21 AM ---Lovely job - looks like it grew that way. However, the lack of stains near the bottom shows that the dog isn't fooled  ::) .

How easy (or difficult) was it to drill the hole for the wires? Even I can work out that you did this before forming the shape, and probably drilled each end with fingers crossed for meeting in the middle, but even so it must have been hard to keep a longish drill on line.

Andy

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Actually Andy, all of the work was done after forming.

When taking it out of the form, you have to use a belt sander to remove the glue squeeze out from both sides, then run both sides over the jointer. Then cut it down the middle on the band saw. Then you use a guide on a router to make a groove down the center of both pieces. Then you fit a piece of soft copper tubing into the groove and glue both sides back together. The legs are formed in a different fixture and after running all three pieces through the router table to start the rounding process, you glue the legs on. After many hours of filing, shaping and sanding you wind up with a curved lamp. :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:

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