Week Seven - Final Lesson (Finishing Off)

on our final lesson we put the bulb in. we did this by

1. solder the two wires to the switch. this will make sure that they won't come off.
2. then take the another 2 wires and solder them to the batter holder.
3. then screw one wire from the switch and one from the battery holder and screw the two wires to the bulb.
4. finally solder the two remaining wires together to form the circuit.

after this you have finally finished your lamp!! 

Week Six - Assembling Your Lamp

once you have had all your pieces of plastic cut out you are ready to assemble your lamp together. if you are doing a design like mine (sphere on top of the triangular frame) you will need to follow these steps:

1. take the three pieces of clear plastic and glue the ends of each piece together so that you have three circles. for the best result use a hot glue gun, WARNING: THE GLUE WILL BE VERY HOT.
2. once you have done that do the same for all of the pieces so that you can start to glue them in a circular shape, this is to form your sphere.
3. make sure you use alternative colours!! 

once you have done this you have made the design of your lamp!!

a multi coloured ball but not the same design

Week Five - Starting Your Lamp Design

once you have got your frame assembled you are ready to start designing your pieces of plastic which will make your lamp. in order to do this you will need to follow these steps:

1. first of all you need to open tech soft 2D design on a computer.
2. using the appropriate tools (located on the left hand-side) draw the shapes you need. HINT: THE MORE COMPLICATED YOUR DESIGN, THE HARDER IT WILL BE TO DESIGN ON TECH SOFT.
3. once you are completely happy with your design save it somewhere where it can be accessed by a Lazar cutter so your design can be cut out in either clear, translucent acrylic or poly propylene plastic.

once you have cut yours out you will then be able to start assembling the pieces.


YOU PLASTIC WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CUT OUT.   

tech soft 2D design

Week Four - Gluing Frame Together

once you have cut out all of the dowel you need to start gluing the frame together. You do this by:

1. taking the dowel piece and gluing round it's edges and putting glue in the hole.
2. Then using a mallet hammer bash the dowel into the hole so the joint is straight.
3. Then do this to all of the joints.

The glue will need to set so make sure that you leave it in a vice so the joints join straight, strong and glue properly.

Gluing the frame.