Timothy Ronchi, Industrial style Blackwood, Steel, and Bluestone Floor Lamp (STUDENT 2022)

Student:

Secondary

Name of school or tertiary institution, and name of woodworking teacher (if you have one):

St Michael's Grammar School, Bruce Sampson

The floor lamp is made from three bent laminations of Australian Blackwood as well as a piece of bluestone for the base and steel brackets to join the components together. The lamination was done around a form made from wooden blocks screwed to a piece of Formply using wood glue and a lot of clamps. Defects were filled with clear epoxy which was scraped flat once dry. The laminations were then sanded and finished with a hard-wax oil. The piece of bluestone used for the base was salvaged from a skip and wire brushed clean. The base has adjustable leveling feet epoxied into holes drilled into the bottom of the stone. The top of the base has a flat ground into it for the metal bracket that supports the wooden laminations. The custom welded steel bracket is fixed into place with four Dyna-bolts. The lower wooden section slides into the bracket and is clamped in place by tightening the two bolts in the bracket’s tapped holes. The lower, middle and upper wood laminations are joined by custom welded steel rings which clamp the laminations to each other by tightening bolts in tapped holes in the steel. Inside each ring and the bracket, there is a piece of steel sheet for the bolts to push against to minimise the marring on the wood. The steel pieces are made from a mixture of flat bar and plate welded using a MIG and a stick welder. The cord is covered with black braided fabric and has an inline switch to turn the power on and off. The lamp is fitted with a smart globe allowing it to have its brightness controlled and powered on and off using a smartphone. The lamp shade was made by “Lumiere Shades” and is the “Parlour Shape”.

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