Cool CNC-friendly desk lamp design

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Pedro Mealha was inspired by those 3D plywood dinosaur kits when he designed this lamp, called rhizome, the armature of which is a great example of the emerging "router aesthetics" Bruce Sterling wrote about back in MAKE Volume 11. I also like the wooden race and exposed ball-bearings that let it pivot at the base. Now if we can just persuade him to post the DXF files on Thingiverse... [via Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories]


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Posted by: gyziger on December 29, 2009 at 9:25 AM

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Possibly the coolest desk lamp I've ever seen


Posted by: PatrickIV on December 29, 2009 at 2:03 PM

Flammable Much?

Would it be possible to laser cut this out of sheet metal?


Posted by: Kieran on December 29, 2009 at 7:32 PM

Many desklamps are made of wood, also the fact that the wood didn't ignite when being cut by a laser (which is of course much hotter than any lightbulb) shows that it's perfectly safe.


Posted by: Alan Parekh on December 29, 2009 at 7:19 PM

That is one great looking lamp. It is a bit creepy though since it looks a bit like bone.


Posted by: jeff-o on January 4, 2010 at 7:45 AM

I love it! I'd love a set of plans - be sure to let us know if they're ever made available (for free or for a price!)


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