Early this year, this project was for an LED, full spectrum RBG - "red, blue, green", grow light. Well, there was one tiny bit of a problem. It was too low. It could not swivel. So .. let's re-do!
Let's increase the height, allow for a limited swivel, just so the light can be adjusted to the true vertical orientation. Keep the arm and lamp holder, change the base, using some scrap wood, old lumber, and some of the leftover plexiglass from an earlier project.
Scrap from tips of raw but seasoned lumber
Even the tree barks will be used ..
..including old and faded red cedar fence planks
I was going to use the jointer; might as well run a few more boards for later use
A combination of the old scrap and bark
Drill the necessary connecting holes
Marking the 15 degree, 1/4 X 3/8 groove near four corners of the base
Bronze set up blocks make for an accurate depth and width cut on the table saw; miter gauge at 15 degrees.
The arm from the old base had to be cut, using a thin-blade Japanese saw
Smoothing the saw marks from the edge of the cut plexiglass on diamond sharpening stones
Glue up of the legs - 2 walnut, 2 plexiglass, using CA glue and spray-on hardener
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Using the same illusionary effect, at quick glance the base would seem to stand only on two legs.
Finished component parts; rewiring for the RBG grow lamp
The marble table came from a dear neighbor. I needed only to construct the base and legs, which was the subject of an earlier project.
Now, let me make sure the reader is aware that RBG light bulbs are commercially available, economically priced, and using only ordinary desk or free standing lampstands/holders will allow for lighting up corners for houseplants where bright light may not shine sufficiently.
However, this is a woodworking blog, so it is that the reader may be inspired to use his or her imagination to create something else. A camera tripod, perhaps? Or just the bottom of a shelf to hold a grow light over what's below?
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