On the left is acrylic cement, and on the right is the applicator, which I'm using to make the lamp prototypes. It's so hard to use it's almost comical, with the free-flowing cement squirting everywhere at the slightest squeeze of the bottle. And it looks terrible once it sets. I'm now trying to design the lamp so it doesn't use cement at all.
Even with the cement problems, the lamp is looking pretty good. Here's the internal bulb housing. (Note: this piece is all bends and tabs, no cement.)
And here's the completed lamp. Incredibly easy to produce with a laser cutter and strip heater to make bends.
Top view with paper. It's the front joint I will have to interlock somehow to avoid using cement.
The latest version is to the left. You can see I've reduced the size of the legs and brought the paper down below the bulb. I believe this improves the proportions and gives more 'lamp' within the same outer dimensions.
See whole lamp series
here.
Hey Josh - what about using a cyanoacrylate adhesive (aka superglue) in a medium viscosity for gluing that corner. It'll stay put and won't run like the thin weld-on stuff. I know that weld-on stuff is like water.
ReplyDeleteAnother idea -- using a toothpick to apply the weld-on. I know the stuff dries fast so it might not work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ideas Steve. Ya know, I could probably figure out a way to do the acrylic cement so that it doesn't make a mess. The real problem is that any glued acrylic looks sort of homemade and not like a real product, if you know what I mean. Stay tuned for the non-glue version...
ReplyDeleteNice creative work done!!
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