Category Archives: Scrap

Industrial wall reading lamp

Industrial lights like the scissor lamp and jielde are the reason I started making lamps. I actually made a shabby version of the scissor lamp about 5 years ago using aluminum bar (since I couldn’t weld) and a task light … Continue reading

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Geodesic dollhouse update

I wanted to do some kind of “update” on the geodesic dollhouse I’m doing for the I’m A Giant challenge since it’s been quite a while since I’ve even mentioned it. I was way behind and probably wasn’t going to … Continue reading

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micro furniture on etsy

I’ve finally got a few micro furniture pieces put on my etsy store and just wanted to give anyone who wanted one a heads up. Like always, the hardest part of selling things is figuring out a price that’s right … Continue reading

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“Eyeball” desk lamp

Roxy needed some lighting for her little study area that I put together for her downstairs, so I made this wall-mounted swiveling lamp. I’ve had the idea of using a steel sphere I bought at a metal supply shop for … Continue reading

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Lock-miter Scrapwood Bookshelf

Roxy needed a place near her desk to put all of her law books. So, I made another cabinet out of left over wood pieces to hang above her desk. It has sliding doors to conceal the stuff inside too. … Continue reading

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Micro-”potence” style lamp

After making all of this furniture, I wanted to try and make a lamp. So I bent and brazed some steel tubing, ran some wiring, sanded a little oak handle, and made a miniature version of my “potence” style lamp. … Continue reading

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More micros

I’ve got a few more micro furniture pieces to share. I went kind of crazy and built some more stuff the last couple days after work. I learned how to braze as well. Brazing is kind of between soldering and … Continue reading

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micro Furniture

I made some furniture. Small furniture. 1:12 scale, which comes out to 1″=1′(for the dollhouse). I went down to the shop on Sunday to grab a tool for the railing I’m working on, and while I was down there…. I … Continue reading

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Brick Veneer Wall

We’ve been changing up the guest bedroom/den lately and started with furring out the log walls, which is basically just building a wall over an existing wall. We loved the log walls but the problem was that the original builders … Continue reading

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Scrap Metal Desk Lamp

I’ve got quite a bit of scrap metal, left over from other projects, accumulating under my workbench and it’s become sort of a tripping hazzard. After work today, I decided to try and put some of it to use by … Continue reading

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