A little more work tonight….
There needs to be a switch. I have chosen a small Omten 1288 reverse clicky. It will be mounted in one of the stiles, or legs, down low. Pictured below in the leftmost leg you can see the cutout.
That recess was a tad difficult to make. This pine is softer than I am used to and the wood fibers sometimes tear more than slice no matter the sharpness of the chisel. Fortunately pretty much all the chiseled areas will be hidden in the finished product.
Here’s a shot with the 1/4” chisel cutting out the bottom of the slot.
Please pardon my photography for its lack of clear focus. Here’s the stile with the switch recess and a 1/4” hole bored up from the bottom. The two wires to and from the switch will be hidden inside the stile. They will run up inside the stile.
The wires run up and then will exit the stile at or near the bottom plate of the lantern. That is the plate that holds the battery, charger and other sundry parts. I’m shining a flashlight up from the bottom bore hole.
OOOPS!! I made an error and drilled the exit hole in the wrong place. Oh well, the error will be hidden by the bottom plate. I may plug that hole with a length of dowel. Doing so might make t easier to thread the wire into the correct hole.
Next, not too good of a picture…… The switch slot is shown in the stile (the bottom direction is to the left. You can see the correct exit hole for the wires about center in the picture. The bottom plate is visible to the right in the picture. The recess is the battery recess. It is difficult to make out, but in the bottom plate there is a carved out channel for the wires from the switch.
That channel was carved with a carving tool I acquired over the summer. It is a Vee shape, very sharp, with a short handle that makes it easy to hold.
Last for tonight, here is a teaser shot showing the top plate, viewed from above. The 3/4” hole will facilitate the mounting of the LED mcpcb and permit what I believe will be more than adequate cooling. Details to follow; the final few parts should arrive in Mondays post.
Rubber bands still holding things together.