DIY Dowel Lamp
Make a cool geometric lamp using wooden dowels
Posted by lindarose92
About
I came up with the idea of making this lamp while I was "playing" with old wooden dowels I found in my basement. They were so many that I had to find something to do with them.
Since I love making lamps, I tried to compose one with some dowels...
The result turned out amazing!
The mix of simple geometry and light creates amazing light effects and I'm very proud of the result.
I hope you like it too!
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You Will Need (9 things)
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Cutter
- White Glue
- 124 Wooden Dowels mine are about 7cm (2.75 inches) long with a diameter of 5mm (0.19 inches), but you can use longer ones to obtain a larger lamp
- Hot Glue
- 1 piece of Cardboard
- 1 Light Socket (with plug and cable)
- LED Light Bulb
Steps (13 steps, 120 minutes)
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1
Glue the tips of 2 wooden dowels together in a L shape and do the same for other 2 dowels.
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2
Join the 2 L shaped dowels to create a square. Glue them together with hot glue. Create a total of 31 squares like this one.
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3
Cut a square out of cardboard that is about 2 millimeters (0.03 inches) smaller than your wooden squares.
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4
Draw the outline of your bulb holder in the middle of the cardboard square.
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5
Cut the circle out to create the hole for your bulb holder.
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6
Put some white glue on a dowel square and lay another square on top of it.
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7
Again, glue another square on top just like you did before. This will be the base of your lamp.
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8
Now glue the cardboard square on top, always using white glue (or hot glue if you prefer).
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9
Put some glue on the cardboard's edges and place a wooden square on top.
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10
Glue another square on top but make sure that the 4 sides of the previous square face the 4 angles of the last one.
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11
Glue a new square on top placing it on the same side that the first square is facing and do the opposite for the next one.
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12
Keep gluing all of your remaining squares this way and finally let the glue dry.
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13
When the glue is completely dry, insert your bulb holder and LED light bulb and be proud of the result!