Crafting Wooden Lamps

Crafting Wooden Lamps brings together fine woodworking and practical electrical construction in one project book. Author Ken Burton guides readers through designing and building wooden lamps that are both functional and expressive. This digital edition is available as an instant PDF download, so you can begin reviewing the projects right after purchase.

The book presents nineteen lamp projects, from simple slab lamps to a circular ceiling fixture. Each project asks you to solve real design challenges, such as where to run wiring and how to mount a socket in a curved form. Whether this is your first lamp or your hundred-and-first, the book offers ideas and techniques you can apply in your own shop.

Book Overview: Crafting Wooden Lamps

Ken Burton has worked with wood professionally for more than thirty years. He teaches workshops at the Yestermorrow Design/Build School and Peters Valley Craft Center, and he operates Windy Ridge Woodworks in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. In Crafting Wooden Lamps, he shares nineteen projects for table lamps, floor lamps, wall lamps, and ceiling lamps.

The book opens with an introduction to lamp design and includes a chapter on electrical work. It then moves through table, floor, wall, and ceiling projects, with attention to construction details and the placement of wiring.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• An introduction to lamp design and modern lighting options, including compact fluorescent and LED bulbs.
• A practical electrical chapter covering sockets, switches, and wiring for woodworkers.
• Twelve table lamp projects, including slab, bentwood, harlequin, trapezoid, deco, wild flower, lighthouse, turned, wooden shade, and pagoda lamps.
• Three floor lamp projects: pencil post, Victor, and David’s lamp.
• Wall and ceiling projects, including a hanging slat lamp, a sconce, a fluorescent lamp, and a circular lamp.
• Safety guidance for working with power tools and woodshop equipment.

Why This Book Matters

Wooden lamps occupy a unique place in furniture design because incandescent lighting has little historic precedent. Burton explains how lamp makers must adapt older furniture motifs to modern electrical technology. The book is useful for woodworkers interested in the craft of lighting design and for anyone who wants to make customized lamps for their home. It also emphasizes safety, including the use of guards, goggles, and hearing protection in the shop.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital download, so there is no physical shipping. Access is available immediately after purchase. The PDF can be read on desktop computers, tablets, smartphones, and compatible e-reading applications. Use the appropriate Kindle app or another PDF reader to view the book on your preferred device.

FAQ

How do I get access after purchase? The PDF is available for instant download from your account after checkout.

Will a physical book be shipped? No. This is a digital product only, so no physical copy will be mailed.

What devices can I use? The PDF works with desktop computers, tablets, smartphones, and reading apps such as the Kindle app.

Add Crafting Wooden Lamps to your woodworking library and explore nineteen practical projects that combine woodworking with electrical design.