DIY table lamp made of wood and plywood: drawings, selection of ideas

How to make a chandelier from boards

For work, take flat beams of any cross-section (for example, 10x10 cm or less) - the dimensions of the finished product will depend on their exact dimensions.
You will also need a piece of mirror, which should protrude beyond the inner perimeter of the lamp and rest on the beams, wiring with a socket. The course of action is as follows:

Make 4 blanks - cut out flat bars of equal length.
A rectangular “bowl” is cut through half the thickness of the bars to form a “lock”.
They assemble the structure together and fasten it with reliable glue.
Paint the chandelier and let it dry completely.
Place the cartridge inside and pull the wiring through, fixing it from the inside with staples or small nails.
A mirror is attached to the top of the corners - it is needed as a light reflector.

To attach such a chandelier, you need to attach any suspension to it, for example, a chain, and then attach it to the ceiling in a selected place in the kitchen.

Lighting principles

When organizing lighting, you should adhere to the basic principle - full illumination of the entire room or its separate section (in the case of local light). Lighting should be arranged to perform the following tasks:

creating a normal working atmosphere;
obtaining a decorative effect (for example, highlighting interior details);
emphasizing the advantages of the room and hiding its shortcomings.

A table lamp is an additional light source. Consequently, its function is to illuminate a local area of the room. Most often they are used for work and reading, and also as night lights.

Making a lamp yourself

It’s hard to imagine, but you can even make an LED lamp yourself and save a lot on purchasing equipment.

Tools and materials

The quality of materials and tools needed to create a 220V lamp plays an important role. The reliability, safety, and durability of the product depend on this.

It's easy to make directional light lamps with your own hands

To work you need the following elements:

halogen lamp without glass;
LEDs in the amount of up to 22 pieces;
fast-acting glue;
copper wire and aluminum sheet, the thickness of which is 0.2 mm;
resistors selected depending on the circuit.

Before work, it is necessary to draw up a diagram of the connection of all parts, which depends on the specific situation. For this purpose, a variety of online calculators are used to obtain accurate results. When the number of LEDs is more than 22, the connection is complex and requires a special approach.

The scheme is selected depending on the situation

The tools used are a screwdriver, a hammer, a hole punch, and a small soldering iron. During the work, you will also need a small stand that allows you to conveniently place the diodes on the reflective disk.

Step-by-step instructions for making a lamp

Making a 220 V LED lamp with your own hands does not require professional knowledge or complex tools.

First you need to prepare the faulty lamp by opening the housing. The base is detached from it very carefully, and you can use a screwdriver for this.
Inside the structure there is a board for an electronic ballast, which will be needed for further work. LEDs are also needed. The upper part of the product has a lid with holes. The tubes should be removed from it. The base is made of plastic or thick cardboard.
LEDs on a plastic base will stick more securely than on cardboard. Therefore, it is best to use a piece of plastic.
The lamp will be powered using the RLD2–1 driver, which is suitable for a network with a voltage of 220 V. In this case, you can connect 3 white one-watt LEDs in series. Three elements are connected in parallel, and then all chains are fixed in series.
The wires in the base may be damaged during disassembly of the lamp structure. In this case, you need to solder the elements in place, which will provide a simple technique for further assembly of the product.
A piece of plastic should also be placed between the driver and the board. This avoids short circuits. You can also use cardboard, because the LED lamp does not heat up. After this, the structure is assembled, and the device is screwed into the socket and tested for functionality.

After assembly, you need to check the functionality of the device

The power of such a lamp is approximately 3 Watts. The device is connected to a network with a voltage of 220 V and provides bright lighting. The lamp is effective as an auxiliary light source. Based on this DIY example, it is easy to create more powerful designs.

Making a driver

A current stabilization device and a constant voltage source - the driver - are present in the design of the lamp, connected to a network with a voltage of 220 V. Without it, it is impossible to create a light source, and you can make such an element with your own hands. To do this, you should carefully disassemble the lamp, cut off the wires leading to the base and to the glass bulbs. It is worth considering that one of the roundabout wires may have a resistor. In this case, the element should be cut off after the resistor, since it is needed when creating the driver.

After cutting off the wires, the following detail remains:

Each board option differs depending on the manufacturer, device power and other features. For 10W LEDs there is no need to modify the driver. If the lamp differs in the intensity of the light flux, then it is best to take a converter from a device of higher power. 18 turns of enamel wire should be wound around the choke of a 20 W lamp, and then its output should be soldered to the diode bridge. Next, voltage is applied to the lamp and the output power is checked. This way you can create a product whose characteristics meet the requirements.

Video: making a DIY LED lamp

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZlP3mgKIzRw

It’s easy to make a 220 V LED lamp with your own hands, but you first need to determine the required power, circuit and select all the elements. Further, the process does not cause difficulties even for novice craftsmen. The result is an economical and reliable device for lighting any room.

Solutions for different types of premises

Cabinet

Lighting in the office must meet the following requirements:

provide an intense stream of light for reading and writing;
do not apply psychological pressure;
consume electricity economically;
match the interior.

For table lamps in business offices, the following design options are usually chosen:

opaque spherical lampshades;
noir style;
subdued colors;
classic details;
simplicity and functionality;
a switch installed directly on the base of the lamp.

Suitable colors for lamps in the office:

green (dark bottle shade);
beige;
black;
polished wood;
Navy blue.

Children's room

The following solutions are relevant for children's premises:

dim lighting;
moderately bright colors;
unusual shapes of lighting fixtures with all kinds of cartoon images or figures.

In a children's room, you should adhere to the following priorities regarding table lamps:

absence of easily breakable parts;
strength and maximum possible integrity of structures;
environmental safety of materials;
semi-permeability of the lampshade (if possible).

When creating, it is recommended to take into account the child’s taste preferences. Only in this case will he be comfortable in the room.

Bedroom

For the bedroom choose dim lighting. Individual bright elements are possible, but the overall background is predominantly pastel. A table lamp in the bedroom can act as a night light near the bed or illuminate the work area, if there is one in this room.

Key holder for the hallway

An interesting option for DIY work is a key holder craft, cut out of plywood with a jigsaw. This product not only has a beautiful design, but also serves a practical role. The keys will always be in a visible place, preventing the risk of losing a key in the apartment. To work, you will need a sheet of plywood, a set of metal hooks, compositions for impregnating the accessory, and compositions for decoration. Mounting hardware and hooks can be purchased at any hardware store. Drawings for simple plywood crafts can always be found in the public domain.

Instructions for operation:

Preliminary markings are made on a sheet of plywood, drawing the outline of any selected shape. Modern key holders can look like a clock, a house, an open book or another artistic image.
Using a jigsaw, cut out the base image strictly along the contour.
The key holder may have additional sides. If they are provided for by the selected product model, you should also cut out parts for the sides.
Measure the diameter of the purchased hooks.
Several holes are made in the main panel using an awl or other sharp tool.
Next, they impregnate the future key holder with special compounds.
The plywood base is decorated (painting, opening with acrylic varnish, wood burning or decorative carving).

The hooks are mounted by inserting them into the prepared holes. On the reverse side, fastenings to the underlying wall are made.

Advantages of material selection

Plywood sheets are produced by pressing wood shavings. For this reason, like solid wood, plywood is a fairly durable and natural material.

Due to its natural origin, the structure does not emit toxins or allergens. Due to the small thickness of the sheets produced for wounds, the material is easy to work with (just use a jigsaw).

Crafts made from plywood with your own hands have an undoubted advantage:

Stylish look.
An excellent preparation for subsequent decoration.
Particular strength.
Safety for humans, in particular for children.
An extensive collection of drawings for crafts made from plywood (for working with a jigsaw).

With optimal treatment with antiseptics, antipyretics and moisture-resistant compounds, the maximum possible service life of the product can be achieved.

Features of the material

Do you want to give a friend a birthday gift? But do you want something unusual, non-standard? We suggest “shaking up the old ways” and making an original gift with your own hands from plywood. But why her?

Quite affordable. You can buy it at any building materials store. The price is not at all affordable.
Easy to process. It cuts quite easily, as well as drills. Its surface is quite smooth. Therefore, it is also used for burning.
Quite durable. Since the structure is multilayer, plywood is quite strong and durable as a material. Or you can do a “family contract”. If you have a daughter or son, do woodworking together. And then, you see, the wife will catch up.

But first you need to look at the illustrations from the photos and think: “What can be made from plywood?”

Pictures-illustrations. Both simply painting on wood and using a burning machine.
Interior items
Dishes
Hangers (both in the wardrobe and on the wall).
sculpture
Furniture

Step by step instructions

Regardless of the DIY craft option, the wood needs to be prepared. For this purpose, the following are used: fungicidal impregnations, which protect against the development of mold, impregnations to protect against moisture absorption. After treatment with impregnations, the workpieces are well dried.

Simple wooden chandelier

To create a pendant ceiling lamp with your own hands, you can use straight, thick sticks. The main requirement: the diameter must be sufficient to pull the cord. For a do-it-yourself wooden chandelier we will need:

thick sticks;
LED Strip Light;
water-repellent impregnation.

Sequencing:

drill each stick in the middle;
cover with impregnation and dry for 24 hours;
insert LED strip into the holes;
connect the contacts of each tape to the cable and insulate;
hang from the ceiling with staples or a hook.

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Board lamp

To create a lamp from boards you will need:

Four plank blanks to form a rectangular frame;
Rectangular mirror as a reflector;
Varnish, glue;
Drill.

Sequencing:

We make a groove on the edge of each board for installing a mirror element.
We make a rectangular blank from four planks, into which we insert a reflector on one side. Secure with glue.
We make a hole with a drill in one block, insert a cable with a socket.
Varnish or paint.

Another option is to insert darkened or multi-colored glass on both sides instead of a mirror. Then the lamp will produce multi-colored light or a muted diffused glow.

Making sconces

For a DIY wall lamp, it is better to choose geometrically correct shapes in the form of a rectangle or square. To create a wooden sconce we will need:

flat rectangular blanks 2 pcs;
corner block;
self-tapping screws;
drill;
varnish, glue gun.

What to do:

We treat the workpieces with fungicidal and water-repellent impregnation. After drying for two days, varnish or paint.
We connect two blanks in the form of the letter “G” with self-tapping screws.
Between them we install a corner with glue to impart rigidity.
We drill a hole in the upper part for the wire and install the base.

The wooden sconce is attached to the wall with self-tapping screws or on a bracket.

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An additional lamp can be installed in the L-shaped wall lamp. The color and texture of the wood will be emphasized by the warm, amber shade of the lampshade, and silver-coated glass will add contrast to the texture and color.

Features of making a floor lamp

You can make a wooden floor lamp with your own hands. For the floor lamp, wooden elements will serve as a stand. If you have a lathe, the stand can be made from cut timber. If there is no processing tool, the base for a floor lamp can be the trunk of a small tree.

In this case, dry the workpiece, remove the bark from the trunk, and sand the surface with sandpaper. Treat with anti-fungal and anti-moisture impregnations. Make a recess on the back side for the wires.

Place the trunk on a stable base. Make a frame on top with wire to install the base. On top you can put a lampshade made of fabric, paper or wood.

Wooden lampshade

You can make it yourself from thin branches. Due to their small diameter they dry faster. Small branches are more suitable for a ceiling chandelier because they have less weight than timber or solid wood. With a combination of thin elements, the lamp has an airy silhouette that does not weigh down the interior and makes the light diffuse, giving it an intimate feel.

For the lampshade you will need:

branches;
thick wire;
glue gun;
pruner

What we do:

We sort out the sticks. Depending on the shape, we select either identical and even ones, or, conversely, with a large number of bends.
We treat the branches with an antiseptic. If there are no special impregnations, soak for a day in a solution of potassium permanganate, dry at room temperature for a week.
We make a frame from thick stainless wire. The shape can be any: classic trapezoid, ball, rectangle.
We attach the sticks to the frame with glue. Don't forget to leave a gap for installing the base.
We coat the wooden lamp with varnish. It will protect against moisture and fungus.
We insert the lamp socket and secure it with wire.

Using the “gifts of the forests”

Street light

But this is not a troublesome option at all. Make a hole in the trunk of a dead tree in the area and insert a kerosene stove or solar-powered LED lamp inside. Original, simple and sincere! This street lamp is well protected from bad weather and warms the soul on long winter evenings, shining from under the snow cap.

By the way, there is another plus - you don’t have to worry about uprooting the stump.

Very unusual lampshades are made from birch bark; cover it with a finished lampshade made of thick paper or fabric

Just use this lamp with caution

Bark lampshade

Since strong heat can quickly dry out the bark, crack and even ignite - safety comes first. It is preferable to install fluorescent or LED lamps - they heat up significantly less than conventional ones, and they consume significantly more energy.

Or you can simply cut a birch log, drill holes (not through holes - to the size of the base), screw several light bulbs in a row and attach them above the dining area or work table.

Birch lamp

During the New Year holidays, lampshades decorated with pine cones would be appropriate. Provide them with small, barely noticeable LEDs and the lamp will shine, spreading intricate patterns of chiaroscuro on the walls, which will further emphasize the festive atmosphere.

Lampshades with cones

Paint the pine cones with white paint to create a frost effect; you can dust them with salt crystals on top.

Wood lamp

An elegant wooden floor lamp is always in fashion.

1. Select a branch so that its lower part is strong and thick.

2. Remove the bark and clean the branch with a sander.

3. Use a circular saw to cut out a square sheet of fiberboard.

4. In a square, connect opposite corners with lines using a ruler and pencil.

5. The intersection point is drilled several mm with a 6 mm drill, and then a thicker drill is used and deepened to a through hole.

6. The finished sheet is painted with varnish of the desired color and allowed to dry.

7. In the lower end part of the branch, in the center, drill a recess with a diameter of 6 mm.

8. The finished fiberboard sheet is connected in the holes with a branch using a screwdriver and placed on the floor.

9. At the base of the upper branches, make through drillings, where the lamp cord is pulled, unscrewing it along the branch.

10. Connect the lamp.

The floor lamp is ready on your own! Enjoy the comfort.

Required Tools

Plywood is easy to saw and paint. It seems that working with it requires a couple of tools. However, the thematic list expands significantly when the craft is complex:

Electric or manual jigsaw - for sawing;
Screwdriver - for screwing in and out of screws;
Electric drill or hammer drill - for drilling holes;
Wood files – for initial smoothing of the surface;
Grinding machine or sandpaper of different grain sizes - for final smoothing of the surface;
Clamps - for clamping and fixing parts during their assembly and gluing;
Vise - for clamping parts when sawing and drilling.

A pencil and measuring tools – a square and a ruler – will also come in handy. After all, crafts made from plywood, the drawings of which are themselves complex, have to be adjusted and aligned many times. If the workpiece has patterns, then you will need a stencil.

Manufacturing instructions

Preparation of consumables. It must be thoroughly washed and dried.
Next, the most massive, stable piece is selected from the wood materials, which will be used as a stand for a table lamp. A hole is made in it with a drill for a pin, which is first trimmed to the required parameters with a metal knife. The height of the stud should be approximately 5 cm higher than the level of stones and wooden blanks stacked on top of each other.
The pin is inserted into a hole made in a wooden base.
Using different drills, holes are made in each prepared stone and wooden piece to match the diameter of the stud. All made parts are threaded onto a pin already fixed at the base.
At the very end, a reed branch is put on the hairpin (it will cover the thread).
Next, a socket is attached to the end of the pin (while the electrical wire remains outside), the light bulb is screwed in, and a decorated lampshade is installed.

This DIY design invention is perfect for a rustic, ethnic style; the most optimal installation option is a country house.

In addition to the options described above for manufacturing exclusive lighting fixtures, there are many more. From scrap materials you can make lighting devices from LED strips and other lighting devices for any room, for any interior, at home.

Design

In any type of table lamp you can highlight the trace. design elements:

Electromechanical – ensures the stability of the lamp and the safe supply of power to the lamp socket.
Support – supports the illuminator or reflector and, possibly, allows you to change its position.
Illuminator - an electric light bulb in a lampshade or reflector.

Electromechanics play a role in the design of a table lamp only insofar as it can be hidden in the lamp support. The design touches come in the form of support and illuminator. In stand-mount lamps, as a rule, the main aesthetic load is carried by the lampshade, and the stand complements it; in hinged ones it’s the other way around. But there are plenty of exceptions to this rule.

Electromechanics

The electrical circuit of a table lamp is simple: power plug, cable, switch, light bulb socket. Sometimes a voltage regulator is added. An E27 pendant lamp socket (for a lamp base of a regular width, item 1 in the figure) can only be mounted on an M10 or M12 threaded shank. The cartridge for a narrow E14 mignon base is also attached to a thread or to a lamella in the form of a steel strip; the socket for it is shown by a green arrow in pos. 2. For a table lamp, chandelier sockets (item 3) with screw-on threaded flanges are best suited: between them you can clamp a steel faceplate with a lampshade frame or a clamp for mounting on a hinge. Drawings of the E27 electric chandelier socket of various modifications are given in pos. 4.

Light bulb sockets

It is necessary to make a table lamp in such a way as to ensure its electrical safety. This is especially true for hinged and console lamps. Making your desk lamp safe is quite simple:

The cable must be round and double insulated.
The conductive cores of the cable are flexible, made of many wires. Core cross-section from 0.35 sq. mm.
Places where cables are routed through conductive or damp-prone structural parts must be protected with sufficiently strong flexible dielectric bushings, cuffs or elbows.
The cable inside the lamp structure should not be strained.

The diagram of the mechanical part of the support with a weight of a homemade rack-mount table lamp is shown in the figure:

Diagram of a table lamp support

Before insertion, the cable from the inside (highlighted in color) is tied in a knot or pulled through the holes of the dielectric fixing washer so that by pulling it from the outside, the cable cannot be torn inside. Decorative finishing from polymer clay (plastic, cold porcelain) on a block from a cut plastic bottle is the best option for home use, but, of course, only one of many. If you want, for example, to carve the decorative shell of a stand out of wood, please, as long as it fits properly on the mechanics. However, polymer clay as a material for a table lamp stand allows you to realize the most original ideas for its decoration and fully satisfies safety requirements: dried polymer clay is a mechanically strong, non-wetting, non-flammable dielectric.

Original supports

Bottle table lamps

It is not necessary to fence the support of a rack table lamp, which is quite complex and requires turning work, if its lampshade is light, for example. made of thread (see below) or thin hard plastic, and it is not intended to place a light controller or other electronics in the support. In this case, a fairly stable lamp support is obtained from a “pot-bellied” glass bottle with a wide bottom, pos. 1 in Fig. A narrow bottle can be made heavier by throwing pebbles (item 2), steel balls, etc. into it. The lampshade holder is secured to the neck with a standard threaded plug or a piece of hard EPS polystyrene foam, ground into the neck thread.

The hole for the cable in the bottle is drilled with a tubular thin-walled diamond drill. But glass is not at all the same as tile, so you need to drill it like this:

The bottle is placed on its side and secured securely.
A plasticine side 2-3 cm high is molded around the future hole.
Water is poured into the resulting hole.
They drill under a layer of water at no less than 2500 rpm with the most gentle and smooth feed.

How to make a table lamp from a Jack Daniels whiskey bottle, see the video below:

Video: DIY bottle table lamp

Such a lamp will organically fit into the interior of loft, steampunk and other technogenic-utilitarian styles. Just don’t make the mistake of trying to make her lampshade out of a flower pot or any other utensil. Technogenic-utilitarian styles are not a meaningless pile of rubbish; their concepts are clearly thought out. Interior elements for them should be related to industrial, and not agricultural or food production. A lampshade, for example, is needed from a tin reflector from an old production pendant lamp on a pantograph, a car headlight, a small spotlight, etc.

In Fig. on the right is another very original version of the support of a “real big” table lamp made of... rope! It is done this way:

Table lamp on a rope support

The rope is taken from natural organic braid 6+1, i.e. 1 strand along the axis and 6 around the circumference;
A section of rope is stretched by hand and loosened, simultaneously turning in different directions against the direction of twisting of the strands;
The axial strand is carefully pulled out and a thin-walled copper tube with a fishing line threaded into it is inserted instead to tighten the cable;
The rope with the tube inside is tightened by turning it with your hands in the direction of twisting the strands;
The ends of the rope are firmly secured to the tube by winding with a cord;
Tighten the cable into the tube;
The workpiece is bent and knitted in a knot. You need to bend it little by little, carefully, so that the tube does not break;
The rope is tightened once again, picking up any ruffled strands, and impregnated with acrylic varnish.

Note: the tube must be taken for air conditioning systems, made of oxygen-free copper. The red copper gas or electrical pipe in the assembly will probably break.

Hinge Features

The mechanical part of a table lamp with an articulated arm is more complex. The lamp shown on the left in the figure does not meet electrical and fire safety requirements: the cable is clamped in flammable parts and may become strained when handling the lamp. Its hanging loop can be caught in the semi-darkness by a hand or a sharp object.

Incorrect and correct routing of the electrical cable in a table lamp on a hinged bracket.

The cable to the light bulb socket in a table lamp on a hinged bracket should be routed along dielectric fireproof elbows either between the sidewalls of its links, or, if the hinge link is solid, along its top, in the center and on the right in Fig. In this case, the cable must be secured to the hinge link. If the hinge links are tubular, the cable is routed inside them. In any case, Ω-shaped cable loops with a diameter of 60 mm or more, but not less than 12 cable diameters, are made over the kinks of the hinge links. At the cable transition from the bracket to the illuminator, an Ω-loop is made from 90 mm, but not less than 20 cable diameters.

Table lamp on a complex hinge

The balance of a table lamp on a hinge varies widely and it is quite difficult to ensure its stability with a weight. Because of this, manufacturers sometimes come up with such systems that it is easier to shine a flashlight than to adjust the light from such a miracle, see fig. left. Therefore, table lamps on hinges are often equipped with screw terminals.

Small carpentry clamp

A small carpenter's clamp is excellent as a screw clamp for attaching a homemade table lamp to a tabletop, see fig. on right. Better than a lamp clip from a furniture store: it costs less and holds more securely. The grip of the clamp is wider, and the lamp can be attached to a tabletop of any conceivable and inconceivable thickness. You need to ask the carpentry shop, because... jaws of metalwork clamps without a soft coating.

A clamp is converted into a lamp holder using a socket made of a steel tube with an internal diameter of 10 mm and a length of 120-150 mm. The tube contains approx. A longitudinal cut is made halfway along the length, with a width equal to the thickness of the clamp holder. The socket is attached to the clamp with through bolts. A steel pin with an eye, which is the fixed link of the lower hinge of the lamp bracket, is inserted into the socket tightly, but not tightly. Hooks for hanging chandeliers with the end bent into a ring are well suited here; the thread does not prevent them from turning smoothly in the socket.

When adapting a clamp to a lamp holder, you need to remember that its holder is made of highly carbonized steel; This is so that the jaws of the clamp do not give way under the back pressure of the compressed parts. High-carbon steel is very hard and quite brittle, so you need to drill it with a carbide drill at 800-900 rpm with a gentle, smooth feed. Do not hit with hard objects or try to bend the clamp clamp!

Illuminator

This desk lamp assembly should provide the right amount of light to the work area and is often the main decorative element. Here you should first of all note that compact, lightweight and economical LED illuminators (see figure) only shine well in 3D models. In reality, their light is still far from satisfying the medical and sanitary requirements for local work lighting.

LED table lamps

Reflectors

The illuminators of table lamps on a hinge are made to be reflective; the lampshade for them is too bulky and heavy. The reflector needs to be selected parabolic; it gives a fairly concentrated and even light. You can make a single conical reflector yourself, but the light from it is uneven, tiring for the eyes, and a lot of it is wasted “scattered” to the sides. Reflectors of good articulated table lamps are made with a reflective surface of the 4th order of curvature (for example, “Hobby”, which has not lost popularity for more than 20 years), but it is unrealistic to build one yourself.

The solution, if a suitable reflector is not available, is to use a krypton incandescent lamp with an internal reflector; conscientious manufacturers also have it of the 4th order of curvature. In this case, the manufacture of the illuminator comes down to installing a shell of any shape around the light bulb, made of any sufficiently strong and light material, protecting the lamp from accidental impacts.

The reflector of a table lamp illuminator on an articulated bracket must have an opening or holes at the top for the exit of heated air. Fluorescent energy-saving lamps and LED lamps seem to heat up weakly, but being in a heated air cushion reduces their service life sharply, and they are not cheap.

DIY plywood chandelier: photos of simple drawings

Chandeliers that are made of glass or other fragile materials have long become boring. Creative individuals strive to make their interior unusual and at the same time unique and inimitable. Plywood is a very convenient material from which many products can be made. With proper processing, you can make interesting accessories that can refresh any accessory. Therefore, you can create a chandelier from plywood that will last much longer, while emphasizing the taste of its creator. Anyone can make such a chandelier with their own hands; you don’t need to have certain professional skills to do this. In addition, such a unique material as plywood has a very wide use, but it is mainly used as a primary option - a rough one. Therefore, we will try to learn how to make lampshades using plywood.

How to choose a tree

To make chandeliers from wood with your own hands, any available species will do. Each type has its own characteristics:

Pine lends itself well to processing and has a striped textured base. Since the growth circles are separated by a resin layer, it is not used for small parts. Resin prevents rotting.
The cedar has a textured pink base, all the rings are clearly visible in the section. Due to the density of cedar wood, small decorations can be cut.
Larch is most often used for making furniture. They are dense, stronger than pine, and are not subject to rotting. It has a brown texture when cut.
Oak has a high density, but can split. Therefore, processing it requires a certain skill. The most valuable bog oak. It has a darker surface but is difficult to process.

Regardless of what breed you take, the main thing is that the workpiece is well dried. The material should not have grooves from parasites, signs of rot or mold.

To determine the quality of a natural material, take several pieces of wood, weigh them, and place them in a container of water. After three hours, take it out and weigh it again. The less water the element has absorbed, the more suitable it is for work.

The root areas have the greatest strength and outward originality. The roots have a uniform texture, without annual rings and bizarre shapes.

How to make a lamp with your own hands in Oriental, Japanese, Chinese style?

Lamps play an important role in the design of premises. A lamp successfully chosen in style and color can transform an ordinary room interior into a stylish and modern one. There are many options for lamps: wall, pendant, floor, table.

Let's talk about table lamps. They can be used in various rooms: in offices, bedrooms, living rooms. You can make a table lamp yourself. With some effort, you can invent an original designer lamp. This way you will emphasize the uniqueness of your interior.

First you need to decide on the style of your lamp. Oriental style is popular. Let's consider what features a Japanese-style lamp should have:

Simplicity
Strict geometry
Convenience
No acid colors

Japanese lamps are usually rectangular in shape. Sometimes you can find round-shaped lamps. In Japanese style, table lamps are rarely used; soft light should come from them. The color range is not rich: black, white, brown.

The decor of the lamp may include the following elements:

Japanese or Chinese characters
Applications
Painting in Chinese or Japanese style.

To make a lamp in an oriental style you will need the following tools and equipment:

Base with an old lamp socket
Wood slats
Rice paper, tracing paper or plywood
Wood glue
Saw
Square
Scissors
Brush
Paints

Step-by-step production:

The first step is to make blanks from wooden slats. Using a saw and square, prepare 4 long slats and 8 short ones. Select the size yourself, based on the size of the room, the size of the table or bedside table on which the lamp will stand.
Sand all the slats with sandpaper to avoid any roughness or nicks.
Next, you need to glue all the parts together and let them dry. Assembled nails of this design should not be used. You can fasten the slats with rope.
Paint the lamp frame black, white or brown. Let the paint dry. You can open the structure with varnish.
After this, cut out 4 layers of the required size from rice paper or tracing paper. For this you can also use plywood, which will be more durable and practical.
Apply the drawing with paints. You can cut out an ornament on paper by first printing the finished design on a printer.
If you took plywood, then first print the drawing on paper and then transfer it with a pencil onto the plywood. Cut out the picture on plywood.
Glue paper or sheets of plywood between the frame frames with glue.
Place the frame on the base of the old lamp with socket.

Lamp frame assembly diagram

Japanese style lamp

What types of table lamps are there?

Table lamps can vary in shape, style and purpose. These parameters can be so varied that it can be quite difficult to single out just a few. In addition, in the modern world, designers strive for innovation, so they try to mix different styles and shapes, developing something unique and unusual. This approach to creating a table lamp can also be used in making it yourself.

Classic style . It never goes out of fashion and has always been relevant for several years now. Such table lamps are usually restrained in shape and color; the light they emit is very soft and pleasing to the eye. Classic style table lamps will look great in the bedroom on the bedside table, or in the office on the desk;
Office Style . These lamps are designed for functionality and practicality. Their use should be easy and at the same time mobile. Most often, lamps with a bracket are used here, so they can be rotated in different directions and used for any need. The degree of illumination and its intensity in such lamps can be adjusted independently, which is a definite plus;
Ecological style . In the modern world, people strive to be closer to nature, so they try to use similar motives when arranging their homes. A table lamp made in eco style is perfect for this, i.e. from environmental materials. An excellent solution here would be to use natural wood as a base for the lamp;
Decorative style . What matters with these lamps is not how well they can illuminate a room, but how they look. To decorate table lamps, completely different materials can be used, which at first glance may not be compatible with each other. The main condition is an unusual, attention-grabbing appearance. The shape of such lamps can also be absolutely fantastic: unimaginable geometric shapes, silhouettes of plants and animals, contours of musical instruments and much more. Particular attention is paid to the lamp leg; a figurine or some kind of souvenir looks unusual here.

When choosing a table lamp, pay special attention to the light source. It should not be too bright or dull. The best choice in this case would be the golden mean. In this case, the likelihood of pain in the eyes will be zero.

Cutting out a table lamp with a jigsaw

There are many rules for cutting, but you need to rely on the most common ones. First you should cut out the internal elements and then start cutting out the outline. There is no need to rush when cutting. The main thing is to always keep the jigsaw straight at a 90-degree angle when cutting. Saw out the parts along precisely marked lines. The movements of the jigsaw should always be smooth up and down. Also, do not forget to monitor your posture. Try to avoid bevels and unevenness. If you go off the line while cutting, don't worry. Such bevels and irregularities can later be removed using a flat file or “coarse-grained” sandpaper.

Rest

When sawing, we often get tired. Fingers and eyes, which are always tense, often get tired. When working, of course, everyone gets tired. In order to reduce the load, you need to do a couple of exercises. You can view the exercises here. Do the exercises several times during work.

How to make a chandelier with your own hands from thread tassels and hoops

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What do you need

Yarn;
small photo frame;
scissors;
3 sets of wooden hoops of different diameters;
3 identical short and 1 long metal chains;
pliers;
bulb;
lamp pendant.

How to do

1. Wrap the yarn around the photo frame many times and cut. Take a small piece of thread and tie it on top of the yarn so that the ends remain. Cut the threads on one side, where the frame hole is located.

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2. Remove the yarn from the frame and fold it in half. Place the knotted thread in the middle so that its ends are at the bottom and the loop is at the top. Details are in the video below. Cut another piece of thread and use it to tie a tassel just below the loop.

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3. Make the rest of the tassels in the same way. The quantity depends on the diameter of the hoop. The threads should frame them tightly.

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4. Remove the center hoops from all hoops - you won't need them. Open the large hoop and put some of the tassels on them by the loops.

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5. Close the large hoop. Place the tassels on the rest in the same way.

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6. Make nine pieces of thread. Place the middle hoop into the large one and tie them in three places at the same distance from each other.

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7. Place a small hoop inside and tie it to the middle one in three places. These threads should be located approximately in the middle between those that connect the large and medium ones.

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8. Turn the design over and straighten the tassels. Tie short chains to a large hoop at equal distances from each other.

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9. Use pliers to open the end link of the long chain. Place the attached chains on it and close it.

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10. Attach the pendant to the ceiling, screw in the light bulb and thread the lampshade through the bottom. A long chain can be hung, for example, on a hook mounted on the ceiling next to the base of the chandelier.

What other options are there?

There is another way to mount a chandelier. Place a metal ring on the lamp hanger and attach chains tied to the hoop to it. The detailed process is shown in the video below. By the way, the technology for making brushes in it is slightly different. And the author does not use a hoop, but metal hoops.

The tips of the brushes can be painted in a contrasting color:

Or make a gradient chandelier from colored threads, like here:

Homemade lampshades without frame

Many materials are rigid enough to hold their shape on their own, but at the same time they are flexible enough to make something interesting out of them. There are a lot of such homemade lampshades. And almost all of them are worth your attention. We will present here only part, the other part will go in the section with photos (see below).

From knitted lace doilies

Many people have crocheted napkins and they lie in “stashes”, because it’s a pity to throw them away and they don’t know how to use them. There is a very interesting idea - to make a lampshade from them for a hanging chandelier. In addition to napkins, you will need a large balloon or inflatable ball, glue for heavy wallpaper (vinyl, silk-screen printing, etc.), and a brush.

This beauty can be made from lace napkins

Soak the glue according to the instructions and wait until it swells. We inflate a balloon or take a ball and hang it up. When the glue is ready, lay out a napkin on some clean surface, coat it with glue, and place it on the ball.

Round lampshades made of threads

You will also need a ball or ball. This will be the base of the lampshade, which gives the shape. You can choose the dimensions of the base as desired. The threads will need to be glued together; for this you will need PVA glue. It is poured into a container and diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio.

You can use other glue. It is important that it becomes transparent after drying. This is WB-29 from TYTAN Professional and D2 glue for carpentry. If you use any of these types of glue, read the instructions.

On the ball or sphere we will draw a circle, which will be slightly smaller in size than the lamp socket. On the opposite side, draw a larger circle - this will be the lower edge of the lampshade. Now everything is ready, we can start.

We wind the thread soaked in glue, leaving holes

Depending on the threads, we get lampshades for pendant lamps of different styles

The last stage is to deflate the ball or ball. If the ball has a nipple, press it with a thin wire, releasing the air. We take out the deflated ball. That's all, you can thread the lamp inside and test the lampshade.

The technology is the same, but the appearance is very different...

Using the technology described above, you can make not only round lampshades. Rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal. Choose a base that is easy to remove, wind threads soaked in glue, braid, even sticks, newspaper tubes, etc. After drying, remove the base and voila, you have made a lampshade with your own hands. A couple of examples in the photo below.

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Author's handwriting

Nowadays, things made by hand are highly valued. Such unique decorative works are not in vain considered works of art.

Such projects are individual in nature and will require a fairly large amount of financial resources from a person.

As a rule, such orders are not limited to hanging wooden chandeliers. They include the entire range of original lighting fixtures that will be installed in a specific room.

These could be, for example, floor lamps, wall lighting, outdoor sconces that can create lighting effects, etc.

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The following ideas look quite interesting:

Table lamp with stand in the form of a wooden stump;
Stylish round chandelier;
Cone-shaped chandeliers with wood inserts;
Wooden table lamp in the shape of a man, etc.

The most optimal choice for installing such a product is the living room or bedroom. It is there that they will demonstrate all their decorative advantages.

Advantages and disadvantages

Wooden lamps play a special role in the interior of a room. Thanks to their undoubted advantages, they add a unique zest that can become the calling card of any room.

At first glance, it may seem that there are not so many advantages, but each of them makes a huge contribution to the beauty that products of this nature possess.

High strength characteristics (which means the product will last longer);
Wood is an environmentally friendly product; it does not contain harmful elements;
Beautiful appearance;
Large selection of models (from size to wood type);
Easy installation;
Universalism, which allows you to combine this decorative item with any modern style;
Wood goes well with other materials (metal, ceramics, textiles).

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Casket

The box is a lightweight version of previous creations. However, it is not without patterns, and is sometimes even presented in an oval form. It is better to start with a rectangular model, because... its production does not require complex decisions:

First, a drawing of the craft is drawn;
Next, four walls, a bottom and a lid are cut out of a sheet of plywood;
The next stage is to cut holes in the walls and lid (optional, but desirable)
Next, the edges of all elements are smoothed using a grinding machine;
The final step is to fasten the walls to each other, after which comes the fastening of the bottom and lid to the walls, respectively.

Moreover, to attach the lid you will have to purchase decorative canopies. The walls are fastened to each other and the lid to the walls using the tongue-and-groove method or using screws.

The finished box, like light crafts made from plywood, welcomes painting and other decorative designs, which will be discussed a little later.