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Slice of Wood Night Light

by Thomas Workshop on September 17, 2016

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Slice of Wood Night Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Intro: Slice of Wood Night Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 1: Take a piece of wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 2: Cut a slice of wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 3: Milling in wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 4: Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 5: Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Step 6: Assembly your lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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 Author:Thomas Workshop My Youtube Channel
Hello. My name is Thomas. I love spending time in my workshop and making movies. Please check my Youtube channel. I hope you enjoy :)

Intro: Slice of Wood Night Light

Hello everyone, in this instructable I wanna show you how to make Slice of Wood Night Light with light intensity contoller. This project is very cheap and easy to make. I
made video and step by step instruction how to make it. This lamp give you soft and warm light at night.

To make your own lamp you need:

Materials:
- piece of wood
- clear varnish
- electric switch
- cable
- electronic parts (look step 4)
- bulb (I used edison bulb)

Tools:
- table saw
- belt sander
- planer
- wood glue
- brush
- soldering iron
- screw driver
- cnc router or chisel

Step 1: Take a piece of wood

First you have to find a nice piece of wood (I used beech). Remember wood must be well dried ! This prevents cracking and facilitates the work in wood. Remove all the
bark from the wood.

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Step 2: Cut a slice of wood
Now cut a slice of wood. To cut I used table saw and hand saw. Next alignment surfaces. First surface I aglained on planer, second on cnc router. To make surfaces
better use a belt sander. Now your slice of wood is perfect and prepared to next step :)

Step 3: Milling in wood

Now make holes in wood. I used cnc router but optional you can use normal router or chisel. To bottom of hole I glued piece of plywood to stiffen the wood.

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Step 4: Electronic
If you wanna have a control on light intensity, make a simple electronic regulator. Schematic is on the photo. This is very simple in design but you must be very careful
with high voltage !!!

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Step 5: Paint
To paint wood I used clear varnish. I painted a bulb socket and bottom cover in black.

Step 6: Assembly your lamp

This is last step. Just assembly all parts to one lamp. Now your own Slice of Wood Night Light is ready to use :)

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

I hope you enjoy :)

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Comments
2 comments Add Comment

rafununu says: Sep 18, 2016. 1:20 AM REPLY

Very nice object indeed, warm and friendly. The only negative point is the dimmer you suggest, this is an interferences generator you can hear on any FM
radio 100m arround. Such electronics aren't used no more. I didn't see a diac for 4 decades and though it was impossible to find nowadays !

Thomas Workshop says: Sep 18, 2016. 11:40 AM REPLY

I sometimes use this lamp next to radio and I have no problem with radio. Diac is old electronic part but still available in electronic store with no problem
:) I used this electronics parts because they are very cheap, schematic is very easy and working very good.

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