With the bedroom set that I've been steadily completing (platform bed in cherry - still needs drawers underneath), 9 drawer cherry dresser, two drawer solid cherry bedside table - I realized I needed not only a bedside lamp, but also a project that doesn't use cherry! Not that I don't like it, but I settled on walnut both for contrast, and because I love working with it.
Here it is. From an old Woodsmith mag, with a unique system of joining the four pieces on the inside, a method that involves using half of a dovetail router bit's surface, and running the workpiece thru upright against the router table backboard, then flat against the table. I'll have to get some pictures of the scrap pieces I cut to 'dial in' the settings on the dovetail bit, wherein I found that I'd nailed it the first time.
I bought the shades at a Target a couple months ago, and the coordinate nicely with the arts & crafts lamp design. I used Deft dark walnut danish oil, which thankfully dried overnight,instead of 3 days for the other danish oil I usually use. The lamp mechanism is a 3-way, as is the bulb.
What's not to like?
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Originally Posted by gary Zimmel
