One of the projects that delayed the start of my 7th annual contest entry

Jaggy wee diffuser :smiley: :+1:

Really nice work MD. Love the grain shape on the end of the timber. :beer:

A perfectly contest-worthy project that delays the contest project :party:

Nice progress sofar!

Small progress.

Drilled holes to mount a clicky switch with a boot that will be glued in place.

Everything was just trial fitted and now placed back in the work-in-progress bin.

I think I mentioned that this light will have some legs to elevate it for proper airflow through the ā€œchimneyā€.

A tripod-like affairā€¦

Mounted temporarily to the main block

Itā€™ll look more or less like this when doneā€¦

The USB-C charge port (focus is a little off. Sorry but the phone camera seems to have a mind of its own)

Iā€™m using a Dremel with a mini router bit for some of the wood removal.

And a chisel

It fits in the main block okay

A recess carved into the bottom plate

There will also be a voltage meter readout. A momentary contact switch will allow activation just long enough to check. The driver has LVP of around 2.9 volts.

I chopped the mount ears off as they are useless in this application

The meter fits in the side of the main block. At times an ā€œoopsā€ becomes a design feature. The Dremel bit caught the wood and slipped, making a chamfer on one side of the notch. It being easier to remove wood, rather than replace wood, I did the same on the other side.

I dug through some switch adds ā€˜nā€™ ends the other day and found the momentary switch Iā€™ll use to enable taking a voltvage reading. Itā€™s 6 x 6 mm. I drilled a 1/4ā€ flat bottom hole, then squared it with a chisel

I also did some carving for wire channels

I drew a rough plan for the wire runs. I hope have not forgotten anything.

I more or less completed this project today.

Sorry, the focus is off and the lighting could be better. Soldering the twin color led to skinny wires was a PITA. No way around it as I needed more length than provided by the led leads.

The three leads were soldered and shrink wrap slid up to cover the joint. Then the leads were pressed into the speces between some fins. A test showed that this slight blockage of the fins has no effect at all on cooling the 2 amp charger. I could probably have done with a much smaller heat sink but this provides a nice spot for the led.

Just to be sure the led didnā€™t fall loose, I used some kaptan tape.

The charger board and heat sink assembly is cemented in place.

The USB port was cemented to the main block too. Here it is well hidden by the myriad rubber bands and a pencil used to hold it in place while the cement cured.

ā€¦ sans rubber bands.

The main led heatsink mounted to determine needed wire lengths.

Cells loosely placed and some more wiring soldered up. The cells are NCR18659GA.

More wires, more soldering. Kaptan tape to hold wires in place while the work proceeds.

Wires done. Scraps of foam cut to hold cells in place when the bottom plate is fitted.

Here we have the Ledil diffuser cemented in place

The on-off-mode switch is fitted witha black silicone cap. Thatā€™s the right front coener.

The charge indicator ledā€¦

The voltmeter, set in the rear of the block. My thumb is on the momentary switch that activates the meter as wanted. The yellow stick thing is a pencil. Not important to the picture, it was just there.

I said more or less completedā€¦ the glass shade is not fixed in place. I have though of using 3M double sided tape to secure it. I am also going the look for a large o-ring at the hardware store tomorrow. There is a gap between the glass and the wood base. If I can find a suitable o-ring or cut an o-ring and simlpy stuff the material in the gap it will (a) look better than having the trench around the glass and (b) that may be sufficient to keep the glass in place in normal use. Normal use being the light sits there on a shelf.

Yes, the block is stained black. It is quite a departure from the light and dark woods that were used. My reason is quite simple. The home where this is being gifted to, has ebony stained woodwork; the door and window casings are ebony, as is the base trim, bookshelving, etc. There is some rust stained wood and this light will be placed on a rust colored entertainment center top.

The wood I used just happened to be small pieces from the odds ā€˜nā€™ ends shelves in the shop. I did kind of like the light / dark but, itā€™s not mine and I know our son prefers the ebony.

Three illuminated shots

The first two on one of the low levelsā€¦.I forget which :person_facepalming:

And the last shot is high level.

High is 1400 mAh split between the 3 parallel XP-G3ā€™s (2700 K).

It wonā€™t fit the orifice of my lumen-sphere.

:face_with_monocle: :beer:

Awesome work! :person_with_crown: :+1:

This could very well be an entry for the contest.

Wow. Fantastic.
Things like this are why I enjoy this site so much. I wish I was 1/10 as creative.
Well done!

Looks great, truly inventive and nicely executed.

In lieu of an o-ring, cut a black wire the proper length then push the covering back slightly at each end and solder the ends togetherā€¦ voila! A copper wire re-enforced silicone o- ring! If you need it to have more expansion/compression simply remove the wire. :wink:

Good idea on the wireā€¦ weā€™ll see. Thanks.

Orsm light MD. turned out really nice and practical to boot. :beer:

This was awesome to see how you built it Don! :+1: your craftsmanship to details and building a very unique project is amazing. :smiley:

Thanks for the very kind and encouraging words. Much appreciated.

It took me a while to decide on how to heat sink the driver and the charger board. The answer was right in front of me but I didnā€™t see it at first. Weā€™ll be gifting it to our son this weekend and Iā€™ll take some photos of it in its new ā€œin situā€ location.

Nice gift :+1:

Well, he may suspect something as the glass shade is a spare leftover from his renovation that we are still working on a level at a time. He bought and we installed two hanging ceiling lights that use those shades. Then he bought an extra set of shades so we could use the same shades on some wall sconces. There was a leftover and I asked if I could have it. I didnā€™t say anything about what I might do with it; that was many months ago. But even he he suspected, he has no idea what sort of thing I created.

Perfect, will match in nicely :+1:

Here the light is, in itā€™s new home

ā€¦alongside some pottery, and a carved wood turtleā€¦ There is a Samsung 65ā€ TV on the wall above; one of the thin One Connect series

These two suspended lights are the ā€œfamilyā€ doners lights.

2700 or 2800 K ledā€™s in all fixtures