This is my version of Steve Ramsey’s Japanese influenced lamp. Please visit Steve site and YouTube channel, he has a lot of great projects. My project was not planed but evolved into a lamp. I got some oak logs from a friend that had to get rid-off one of his oak trees. The idea was to re-saw these into board that I can use later and practice my re-sawing skills at the same time. This allowed me to practice to slice a log into 1/2 inch boards. Once a felt comfortable I started to re-saw my Rhodesian teak in to 2mm thick slices that I could use on my scrawl saw later.
Steve used Mammoth Kauri and Brazilian cherry for his lamps. The Kauri species originate on the northern island of New Zealand and are said to date back to pre-historic times (Between 130 to 180 million years ago). Kauri trees still grow today due to their unique ability to interact with soil and have been able to compete with more evolved and faster growing species in the same family. The tree can attain a height of 120ft to 150ft and the trunk size can grow to over 15ft in diameter which rivals the Sequoias found in California. Kauris reach maturity in about 300 years and are said to live longer than 600 years of age and up to 2000 years of age. For more information on the Kauri trees please visit www.cormarkint.com
Once I re-sawed all the wood they went onto the wood rack until the day I stumble on the Lamp project on www.woodworkingformeremortals.com. Steve used thicker stock and floated them. He’s lamp looks bigger also. Im not comfortable with my roster skills yet to do these flouting panels. I tried to orientate the grain so the wood movement is side ways and hopefully won’t impact the joints. Only time will tell if this was a smart move or not.
Materials:
Pine For the Bottom – 1/2 inch
Maple for the Top – 1/2 inch
Rhodesian Teak for the sides – 2mm
Oak for the legs – 1/2 inch
magnates for the top
Epoxy to fasten the magnets
Assembly:
I started with the legs and the sides of the lamps first. Once that was assembled I could measure the exact size and shape of the bottom of each lamp, I lucked out and they were exactly the same size. The re-sawed bottoms was installed with a little recess when they were glued in. I cut the top oversized out of the maple and gave it a very light stain. The top was cut to size and the magnets was installed. The whole project was sanded and finished with Teak oil.
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