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How to make a wooden lampshade
Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting:
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"HeyBub" wrote in message news Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded I have to say that is pretty amazing. Well worth the 3 minutes or so to watch. -- Colbyt Please come visit http://www.househomerepair.com |
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On Feb 9, 7:12*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded Take a big block of wood and cut away everything that doesnt look like a lampshade Jimmie |
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"HeyBub" wrote in message news Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded Fascinating Too bad that you need to waste so much wood for a single shade. Makes me wonder if it would not be possible to use a laser to cut multiple cylinders out of that piece, and then make a collection of shades of different diameters. Also was the piece of wood green or dried ? |
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On 2/9/2012 6:12 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded There was another really cool video that showed up after that one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_AwFSWIPU TDD |
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On Feb 9, 4:12*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. |
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Attila.Iskander wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message news Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded Fascinating Too bad that you need to waste so much wood for a single shade. He has another video wherein he makes a set of six toothpicks out of another block. |
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:21:04 -0800 (PST), mike
wrote: On Feb 9, 4:12*am, "HeyBub" wrote: Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. Obviously, you are not a woodworker. You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. I've had and burned many logs like that. The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. |
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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ... On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:21:04 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 9, 4:12 am, "HeyBub" wrote: Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. Obviously, you are not a woodworker. You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. I've had and burned many logs like that. The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. Ed, Before you read this. That is not bubble gum or tobacco in my cheek. It is my tongue. How can you be so ungreen? A valuable firewood log was destroyed to satisfy one man's vanity! A cheap Chinese made shade would have done the same job. Can we filter out gmail posters? Colbyt |
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:14:17 -0500, "Colbyt"
wrote: Ed, Before you read this. That is not bubble gum or tobacco in my cheek. It is my tongue. How can you be so ungreen? A valuable firewood log was destroyed to satisfy one man's vanity! A cheap Chinese made shade would have done the same job. I'm not ungreen at all. I firmly believe that materials no longer needed should be recycled or re purposed. The best lampshades are made by stretching foreskins over a used popsicle stick frame. They give the bulb a nice soft glow too. |
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On Feb 9, 8:59*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:14:17 -0500, "Colbyt" wrote: Ed, Before you read this. *That is not bubble gum or tobacco in my cheek. *It is my tongue. How can you be so ungreen? *A valuable firewood log was destroyed *to satisfy one man's vanity! A cheap Chinese made shade would have done the same job. I'm not ungreen at all. *I firmly believe that materials no longer needed should be recycled or re purposed. *The best lampshades are made by stretching foreskins over a used popsicle stick frame. *They give the bulb a nice soft glow too. Did the cutter repurpose all the wood chips? |
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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:21:04 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 9, 4:12 am, "HeyBub" wrote: Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. Obviously, you are not a woodworker. You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. I've had and burned many logs like that. The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. From the video we can't tell whether he wasted valuable energy or whether the lathe was pedel-powered. (Think of the poor people in darkest Africa!) Some folks like to grouse before all the facts are in. |
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On Feb 10, 4:06*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:21:04 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 9, 4:12 am, "HeyBub" wrote: Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. Obviously, you are not a woodworker. *You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. *I've had and burned many logs like that. *The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. From the video we can't tell whether he wasted valuable energy or whether the lathe was pedel-powered. (Think of the poor people in darkest Africa!) Some folks like to grouse before all the facts are in.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - He probably knows that someone would raise objections and therefore salvaged every chip, ground them up andprocessed into hand made paper... Or is using them to power his car via wood gas generator... Or has apologized to the gods of the forest by planting 2 acres of trees... Harry K |
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On Feb 10, 4:06*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:21:04 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 9, 4:12 am, "HeyBub" wrote: Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. Obviously, you are not a woodworker. *You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. *I've had and burned many logs like that. *The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. From the video we can't tell whether he wasted valuable energy or whether the lathe was pedel-powered. (Think of the poor people in darkest Africa!) Some folks like to grouse before all the facts are in.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The real waste was by me getting fascinated by all the U-tube vids and wasted 3 hours watching them last night when I could have been pedaling a bike to charge up a battery. Harry K |
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Harry K wrote:
Or has apologized to the gods of the forest by planting 2 acres of trees... Sort of "Cut and Trade"? |
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On Feb 9, 4:15*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:21:04 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 9, 4:12*am, "HeyBub" wrote: Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. Obviously, you are not a woodworker. *You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. *I've had and burned many logs like that. *The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. I'm not talking about the cost of the electricity. I'm talking about the cost of the hourly rate of a woodturner skilled enough to turn wood down to light-permeable thicknesses for hours on end! Stupid, stupid, stupid (the endeavor, not you). The cost of the lathe would be a secondary issue. The cost of electricity is beside the point. |
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:20:58 -0800 (PST), mike
wrote: On Feb 9, 4:15*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:21:04 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 9, 4:12*am, "HeyBub" wrote: Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. Obviously, you are not a woodworker. *You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. *I've had and burned many logs like that. *The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. I'm not talking about the cost of the electricity. I'm talking about the cost of the hourly rate of a woodturner skilled enough to turn wood down to light-permeable thicknesses for hours on end! Stupid, stupid, stupid (the endeavor, not you). Yeah, I hear you. I had to quit fishing because the damn fish was so expensive. I couldn't afford my 'relaxing' pills and still eat fish that cost $500/lb once I figured in my hourly wage. Jim |
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On Feb 10, 3:17*pm, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:20:58 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 9, 4:15*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:21:04 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 9, 4:12*am, "HeyBub" wrote: Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded How asinine. This is incredibly expensive, stupidly fragile, and a wood pattern could have been printed on a more standard shade easily. Obviously, you are not a woodworker. *You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. *I've had and burned many logs like that. *The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. I'm not talking about the cost of the electricity. *I'm talking about the cost of the hourly rate of a woodturner skilled enough to turn wood down to light-permeable thicknesses for hours on end! *Stupid, stupid, stupid (the endeavor, not you). Yeah, I hear you. *I had to quit fishing because the damn fish was so expensive. * * I couldn't afford my 'relaxing' pills and still eat fish that cost $500/lb once I figured in my hourly wage. Jim A more apt analogy would be raising fish in a fish tank for months, rather than fishing or going to to store. Making a lampshade on a lathe is a rectal tonsillectomy. It's going about things the very hard way. |
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Jim Elbrecht wrote:
Yeah, I hear you. I had to quit fishing because the damn fish was so expensive. I couldn't afford my 'relaxing' pills and still eat fish that cost $500/lb once I figured in my hourly wage. You actually EAT the fish you catch? You actually CATCH fish when you go "fishing?" I thought the purpose of a fishing trip was to drink beer! Shows what I know. |
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:33:02 -0800 (PST), mike
wrote: Obviously, you are not a woodworker. *You could not be more wrong. You can also buy lamp shades at Wal Mart. Some day I may have a lathe and I'd like to make something like that As for expensive, the wood may have been free. *I've had and burned many logs like that. *The only cost is a penny or two for the electricity turning the lathe. I'm not talking about the cost of the electricity. *I'm talking about the cost of the hourly rate of a woodturner skilled enough to turn wood down to light-permeable thicknesses for hours on end! *Stupid, stupid, stupid (the endeavor, not you). Yeah, I hear you. *I had to quit fishing because the damn fish was so expensive. * * I couldn't afford my 'relaxing' pills and still eat fish that cost $500/lb once I figured in my hourly wage. Jim A more apt analogy would be raising fish in a fish tank for months, rather than fishing or going to to store. Making a lampshade on a lathe is a rectal tonsillectomy. It's going about things the very hard way. I repeat, you are obviously not a woodworker. |
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:01:35 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:
Attila.Iskander wrote: "HeyBub" wrote in message news Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded Fascinating Too bad that you need to waste so much wood for a single shade. He has another video wherein he makes a set of six toothpicks out of another block. Aren't toothpicks made by turning trees in a lathe? |
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:46:44 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:
Harry K wrote: Or has apologized to the gods of the forest by planting 2 acres of trees... Sort of "Cut and Trade"? That would make AlBore smile. |
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On Feb 10, 6:20*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
A more apt analogy would be raising fish in a fish tank for months, rather than fishing or going to to store. Making a lampshade on a lathe is a rectal tonsillectomy. *It's going about things the very hard way. I repeat, you are obviously not a woodworker. Oh brother. You've obviously never heard of veneer. |
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:49:20 -0800 (PST), mike
wrote: On Feb 10, 6:20*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote: A more apt analogy would be raising fish in a fish tank for months, rather than fishing or going to to store. Making a lampshade on a lathe is a rectal tonsillectomy. *It's going about things the very hard way. I repeat, you are obviously not a woodworker. Oh brother. You've obviously never heard of veneer. Sure I have, but this is not the place to use it. If you were a woodworker, you'd understand. The simplest way would be to go to Wal Mart and buy a friggin shade, but that is not the point is it? When I wanted a stand for my new TV, my choices were easy. Buy one for about $100, or make one for $150 in materials and 15+ hours labor. I'm very proud of the stand I made. One of a kind, solid oak. Want to hear about the cutting boards I made for gifts? The boxes? The trivets? All could have been bought for less money, less energy, less time. All would have been boring too. |
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On 2/13/2012 9:18 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:49:20 -0800 (PST), mike wrote: On Feb 10, 6:20 pm, Ed wrote: A more apt analogy would be raising fish in a fish tank for months, rather than fishing or going to to store. Making a lampshade on a lathe is a rectal tonsillectomy. It's going about things the very hard way. I repeat, you are obviously not a woodworker. Oh brother. You've obviously never heard of veneer. Sure I have, but this is not the place to use it. If you were a woodworker, you'd understand. The simplest way would be to go to Wal Mart and buy a friggin shade, but that is not the point is it? When I wanted a stand for my new TV, my choices were easy. Buy one for about $100, or make one for $150 in materials and 15+ hours labor. I'm very proud of the stand I made. One of a kind, solid oak. Want to hear about the cutting boards I made for gifts? The boxes? The trivets? All could have been bought for less money, less energy, less time. All would have been boring too. mike is right. Da Vinci was wasting so much time painting he finally had to give up and do something useful. He became a productive member of society as a janitor. |
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On Feb 14, 9:42*am, bud-- wrote:
On 2/13/2012 9:18 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:49:20 -0800 (PST), mike *wrote: On Feb 10, 6:20 pm, Ed *wrote: A more apt analogy would be raising fish in a fish tank for months, rather than fishing or going to to store. Making a lampshade on a lathe is a rectal tonsillectomy. *It's going about things the very hard way. I repeat, you are obviously not a woodworker. Oh brother. *You've obviously never heard of veneer. Sure I have, but this is not the place to use it. *If you were a woodworker, you'd understand. *The simplest way would be to go to Wal Mart and buy a friggin shade, but that is not the point is it? When I wanted a stand for my new TV, my choices were easy. *Buy one for about $100, or make one for $150 in materials and 15+ hours labor. I'm very proud of the stand I made. *One of a kind, solid oak. Want to hear about the cutting boards I made for gifts? *The boxes? The trivets? *All could have been bought for less money, less energy, less time. *All would have been boring too. mike is right. Da Vinci was wasting so much time painting he finally had to give up and do something useful. He became a productive member of society as a janitor. |
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:06:57 -0800 (PST), mike
wrote: Who wants to pay $1000+ for a 70's looking lampshade, when you can get the same ugly lampshade for a fraction of the price? Not me. But being able to make it is something you will never know about. Monetary value is not a consideration for the maker. |
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On Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 5:12:59 AM UTC-7, HeyBub wrote:
Video. Stick around to the end. The final result is, well, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDW...layer_embedded Does he not know that he can go to walmart and pay 99cents for a shade that was built by Malaysian orphans in a sweat shop from materials acquired from a toxic borrow pit in Mongolia! Instead he took this perfectly good piece of wood that could have rotted away in a forest! |
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