http://www.illth.org impedimentia Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:05:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.illth.org/2008/04/26/production-box-lamps-first-run/ http://www.illth.org/2008/04/26/production-box-lamps-first-run/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:11:40 +0000 LHP http://www.illth.org/wordpress/2008/04/26/production-box-lamps-first-run/ Still need to work out a few kinks in the process (2.5 hours labor for each is 1.0-1.5 hours too much) and the product (I’ve tried three different methods of attaching the bottom to the rest of the box and none of the three are 100% satisfactory), but I’m pretty happy with the results.
The boxes are made of half-inch Plyboo (bamboo plywood). They are 11 inches high by six-and-a-half inches wide by four-and-three-quarters inches deep. They are lit by 14 watt fluorescent bulbs.

The middle of those three is shining in my living room at the moment. I’m gonna run it for a week straight and see if the house burns down.
This pattern is my favorite so far:

Here’s another pattern.

And a look at the joinery.

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