Looking for design ideas for an articulated arm to support lamps while beading. The cardboard box and newspaper trick has work well for years with panel lamps, but I'd like to step it up a bit with the
18" Worden dragonfly I'm doing.Currently considering using copper pipe, or 2" sq. oak arms.
Design ideas, refinements, and cautions would be appreciated.
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B.P.:
I don't have the information with me but if you search under ("gaffer's supplies" OR "gaffer's equipment" OR "gaffer's tools"), you will find some rewarding ideas. Briefly, a gaffer is the person in Hollywood charged with rigging all the lighting, sound equipment and associated devices. They have a wide array of ingenious mechanisms for positioning which are pertinent to other purposes.
Let the group hear what you find.
Regards,
Edward Hennessey
Could this work for you
Worden makes a lamp leveler for either the sectional forms or the full forms. There's also a floor stand. You'll also need the support disk for what ever size (in your case, the 18") lamp you are making.
Andy
BentPedals wrote:
We made thousands of lamps in the 70's. Trust me.... the box and paper trick is the way to go unless you're planning to go into production. I have all kinds of great jigs and gadgets to level shades with, but I rarely take the time to use them. I grab an empty plaster bucket, or garbage pail.
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