Design your lamp in Easel: change the engraved pattern on an acrylic wall light or size plywood shade ribs for your material.
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Make a two-layer plywood housing that holds an acrylic light panel above a recessed light strip. Birch plywood and acrylic appear in the makers’ builds below; the panel, light strip, cable and glue are separate from the wooden parts drawn here. First draw two 6 × 3-inch plates in half-inch plywood. In the lower plate, pocket a centered 3½ × ½-inch recess ¼ inch deep, then extend a ¼-inch-wide cable exit to the side, offset toward the front so it misses the panel’s end supports. In the upper plate, cut a centered 4⅛ × 0.14-inch slot all the way through. Glue the plates face to face with the slot above the recess. A separate 4-inch-wide, ⅛-inch-thick acrylic panel sits in the slot; the shorter recess leaves ¼ inch of support beneath each end, keeping its middle edge above the light strip. These example dimensions suit that panel: test its fit in scrap and adjust the recess around your chosen strip. The recording designs the wooden housing, not the electrical installation.
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Plywood ribs let light through the gaps; maple veneer softens it around a frame. An engraved acrylic panel lights from its edge, while a walnut silhouette carries a separate bulb. Choose the shaped parts for the light you want, then add the fitting, cable and mounting hardware. These files are not electrical plans.
Rocket Lampby Jan BuckSlot plywood ribs together for a light that stands on a table. Buck’s Rocket Lamp extends the ribs into feet and was designed around 3.7 mm plywood. Its three workpieces supply the rib and ring shapes. Add a suitable light fitting and check the joints against your own stock.
Wall Lampby Cristiana FelgueirasLight an engraved acrylic panel from its edge, with a walnut front hiding the light source. Felgueiras shares separate designs for the wooden front, back, hanging keyhole and acrylic panel. Change the engraved pattern to make a wall light of your own.
Maple Veneer Hanging Lampby Joseph Van BeckumWrap a ribbed frame in maple veneer for a softer pendant light. Van Beckum uses 6 mm Baltic birch ribs and cherry rings, with plywood as another option for the rings. The shared designs cover the ribs and rings; the veneer, light fitting and assembly are separate.
Cameo Silhouette Lampby Joe WhittakerMake a walnut silhouette that holds a bulb in its raised hand. Whittaker’s design has two body halves, alignment holes and a wire groove. The shared file covers those halves; his instructions show how to size and carve a separate base after gluing the body.
Wall lampby Scrap Wood CityCarve an oversized bulb silhouette for a wall light. Scrap Wood City’s shared file supplies the layered plywood outline rather than a complete electrical assembly. Choose the light source and wall mounting separately; the maker links the build details from the project page.
Lightning Lampby James RodovichMake a lightning-shaped light with small fairy lights inside. Rodovich lists acrylic and Corian and shares front, back and window designs. The lights and assembly are separate from the shaped parts, so choose those before adjusting the layout.
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From the wall-lamp discussion
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Cristiana Felgueiras used a V-bit to engrave the acrylic in her Wall Lamp. When the first cuts left burrs, she made a second pass with exactly the same settings and no additional cutting load; that pass cleaned the grooves. Her bit had not accumulated acrylic shavings.
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From Wall Lamp by Cristiana Felgueiras.
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