The 6th Annual BLF / Old Lumens - Handmade - MtnDon's Entry (fini)

Wow, very impressed with your woodworking abilities. Beautiful looking lantern so far.

Nice work and write-up! Love the construction process!

Argh!! There are disadvantages to not making drawings of all the details that need to be met. :person_facepalming: There are advantages too, such as not having drawn plans makes it easy to make changes. :wink:

I forgot to drill a hole, or maybe 2 holes if they are smaller. Ineglected to drill out, cut out, the path for the 2 wires needed to connect the bottom end to the topend. :person_facepalming: :blush: How embarassing. However, all is not lost, I will just have to be very careful.

More later.

Tried to tell you… :smiley:

:person_facepalming: :stuck_out_tongue:

I missed it I guess…………… :frowning:

Ah, well, if you recall the error I made in post #63, that error has saved the day. Made the present task a little easier at least. The extra hole I made back there was barely hidden by the assembled bottom plate. A little use of the carving knife exposed it; I enlarged it and managed to wiggle a test pair of wires through. I can work with that.

I gave the parts the first 2 light coats of clear coat. In the first image, you can see my left hand in action. There is still detail work to be done, but the non-clear coated wood picks up dust that shows and is difficult to wipe clean, so I did a sealer coat before continuing with the details.

You may notice a slight bluish cast here or there on the black stained wood. If you do, that is from the still wet spray finish. It dries completely clear so that color cast disappears.

How do you think man made fire!!??

Excellent work Don. love it

How are the screen panels to be secured into the openings in the skeleton? There is a bottom and a top pin. Pins are cut from paneling nails, partly because they were already black, I had them on hand and they were a suitable size. The bottom pin is pictured below, installed in the lower plate edge. The nail was cut to length then pressed in a tight fit hole from the bottom and a drop of cyanoacrylate glue was applied. A mating hole was drilled in the lower edge of the screen frame.

A similar thing is used at the top. Here the pin is removable though.

To lock the screen frame in place, the lower edge is lowered into place over the lower locating pin. The frame is then tilted back into place and the upper pin pressed into place. The panel nails have a deformed, sort of knurled, shank. They are a friction fit in the holes. The lower end protrudes enough to be able to press up on the end and make it easier to grasp the top end if there is a need to remove the frame for any reason.

It’s your light. But I would cut those nail ends a little more. Maybe take off half of what is still sticking through, leaving a tiny bump that won’t be noticed as much, but still works to push the nail head up. Just a thought. Everything looks good though. I really like the Ebony stain there. Oh wait, I’ve already said that before. :stuck_out_tongue:

I may trim the upper pins a little. The panels should not need to be removed much once the lantern is completed. Even if one would need to use the flat edge of a screwdriver tip to press up it would be okay. Fortunately they are easy to remove and grind at present.

More……

The shoji paper is to be affixed to the screen frames using genuine Jaspanese shoji double sided tape.

The package has complete easy to read instructions on the reverse side

Fortunately, I am fluent in reading Japanese drawings. :wink: :person_facepalming:

Here’s the first step in photo pictorial form. One short edge (the frame bottom) receives the first strip of double stick tape. Then each of the 4 long strips has tape applied. The protective release paper is left on for now.

Here’s a shot of the completed first step. Just to keep everyone on their toes the frame has been flipped. The edge on the left is the bottom of the screen frame

The bottom strip of protective release paper was removed and the edge of the precut shoji paper was applied. The paper was then rolled up towards the stuck down edge.

The four long strips of tape then had the release paper pulled up. Then strips of double stick tape were applied to the 3 remaining frame members across the width of the screen frame.

Then all the release papers were removed, taking care to keep the paper rolled up.

The paper was then rolled out bit by bit while pressing the paper to the tape. Here’s frame one with the paper applied, viewed from the front side.

One down, three to go….

That finished frame is looking great! :+1:

Nice!

I can see this will look great, especially with the contrasting frame & paper, even when off :+1:

Just had time tonight to catch up on all of the builds. I can’t wait to see this one completed :+1:

I am thoroughly enjoying watching this project. :+1:

I finished up the 3 other panels this afternoon. Here’s a progress shot.

Next the electrics…. But it may be a couple of days before I get there.

With such a beautiful contrast, it already looks lit up. :sunglasses:

So beautiful!