Greene & Greene lamps

[RichardA]

7 minutes ago, Bankstick said:

You have more clamps than me. I guess this means you win!

Time of death  and amount, pronounce the winner.   He's still alive, you could pass him, if you try.

[treeslayer]

a little more done today, the angle of the sides at the bottom and top caused the top and bottom to not be flat, the solution I came up with was to use a 3/8” rabbiting bit in the router table and climb cut around the bottom of the base taking small cuts of course, the result is a (tenon ?) on the bottom and I plan on routing a mating groove (mortise ?) in the bottom piece that will fit under the base, I plan on making the very bottom piece bigger by about 2” for stability 

 

cut the mortises for the shade support arms and made a test piece, I used the base as a guide to set the correct angle for the support arms

the top was such a small difference that I decided to put it on the belt sander with the fence set at the proper angle, worked well, I plan on cutting a 4 inch square piece for the top with a shallow rabbit and screwing it on for removal to access the light fixture

 

[curlyoak]

Treeslayer, I'm enjoying your build. Thanks for sharing!

[treeslayer]

7 minutes ago, curlyoak said:

Treeslayer, I'm enjoying your build. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks @curlyoak, I’m taking my time for sure but enjoying the process, I forgot to add that after I cut the angle on the support arms I set the blade height at 1/8” and a 1/4” away from the fence and just nibbled it away for the cheeks of the tenon and cut end of the tenon on the band saw to match the mortise and cleaned it up with a chisel, here’s a shot of the support arms, I plan on glueing the support arms in and backing it up with a screw from the inside for strength

[Chet]

Thats some good work Dave.

Each time I look at this project I enjoy the art work hanging in the back ground.

[treeslayer]

3 minutes ago, Chet said:

Thats some good work Dave.

Each time I look at this project I enjoy the art work hanging in the back ground.

Thanks Chet, that artwork is a few layers deep and counting, I hope to make each grandkid a poster when they grow up

[Ronn W]

On 8/3/2019 at 8:47 AM, treeslayer said:

Clamp tree?

What a great way to store to store clamps. i learn so much from you guys.

[treeslayer]

I discovered that one lamp was not standing quite vertical last night, I wasn’t much but after much thought and re- cutting the bottom of the base with the router I fixed it. the rest of the shop time went to fitting the mortises for the support arms and screwing them in temporary, but progress is progress I guess, tomorrow I’ll cut the arms to length and add an outboard vertical support to each arm to center the shade and hold it in place 

[pkinneb]

Ok not gonna lie you lost me on the design for a bit but now I am really digging these  

Can't wait to see them with the finish and glass, awesome work!! 

[treeslayer]

Thanks Paul, I get excited about starting a project like this then in the middle it gets to be grunt work with not much progress to show for the effort then I get excited again when all the work starts to look like something , shop time on this project is limited as paying jobs are getting in the way, but more money for wood!

 

[Steve B Anderson]

Very nice Dave, I’m getting all kinds of design ideas running through my mind now.

[JohnDi]

You should sell plans!

[treeslayer]

15 minutes ago, Steve B Anderson said:

Very nice Dave, I’m getting all kinds of design ideas running through my mind now.

Thanks Steve, if I could find someone with a big enough checkbook that wanted one I would like to make a double one, two bases connected together with single rectangular shade, think conference room table size lamp

[Steve B Anderson]

I’m sure if you built one someone would buy it. There’s more people out there with big money than you think.

[treeslayer]

19 minutes ago, JohnDi said:

You should sell plans!

Not my cup of tea John, I would have to write stuff down and I have trouble with shop math

[Steve B Anderson]

1 hour ago, treeslayer said:

I would have to write stuff down and I have trouble with shop math

[Steve B Anderson]

Dave - Maybe before this build you could have claimed to be bad at math but after what you have showed us so far I am a little skeptical 

[treeslayer]

3 minutes ago, Steve B Anderson said:

Dave - Maybe before this build you could have claimed to be bad at math but after what you have showed us so far I am a little skeptical 

You should see my scrap bin then you would believe me

[Spanky]

It’s a shame Cousin Dave’s side, got all the brains and my side didn’t get any.  I like the lamps.

 

[treeslayer]

Thanks Rickey

[Coop]

8 hours ago, pkinneb said:

Ok not gonna lie you lost me on the design for a bit but now I am really digging these  

Myself! Idon’t Know where my head was but it wasn’t in this direction. This is way better than I envisioned. I hope that sounds right? Looking fantastic “ Brother Dave”! 

[treeslayer]

9 hours ago, K Cooper said:

Myself! Idon’t Know where my head was but it wasn’t in this direction. This is way better than I envisioned. I hope that sounds right? Looking fantastic “ Brother Dave”! 

I don’t know what all the confusion was about, I knew exactly what I wanted it to look like

[treeslayer]

Short day I’m the shop today but I did get the support arms cut to length and completed the joinery where the vertical supports meet the arms, disregard the scrap wood tenon jig someday I’ll make a proper one. the vertical pieces that hold the shade in place get cut off to 3/4” tall so as not to interfere with the strip of glass that gets added to the skirt on the shade, just dry fit in the pictures except the last one 

[Coop]

Awesome Dave! Great job on the mortise and tenons!

[treeslayer]

5 minutes ago, K Cooper said:

Awesome Dave! Great job on the mortise and tenons!

Thanks Coop, the outboard square corners and tops get a 45 degree angle cut tomorrow, Jan’s out of town tomorrow so lots of progress I hope