Well, this post has been sitting in draft for a year now. It's fully fermented. Let's get it out there so everyone can taste it's smooth single malty goodness.
We start off with the fully assembled lamp being given a final sanding to 220 grit. The next step is to cut the paper shades.
The green tape on the crafting counter is the measured length the paper will be cut to.
A thin scrap piece of the Jatoba makes a decent straight edge since I don't have one long enough. A paper cutting wheel will be used for the slices.
The Mulberry paper came from
Curry's.
The paper gets taped to the bench to hold it flat.
It's adjusted to be square.
Rip cut!
Double sided fabric tape is used to secure the Mulberry paper to dowel rods.
The paper can then be rolled up like a scroll. All of the rods are custom fit so they labeled T or B for top and bottom and numbered for a corresponding side of the lamp.
The dowel rods fit into the slots cut at the top and bottom of the lamp.
The paper rests in the routed channels on the verticals.
The dowels can be twisted to tighten the paper and remove the slack.
The thought was to make the paper replaceable so when tiny dogs or children chew holes in it, the screen can be repaired.
Boiled linseed oil and shellac are applied for a smooth finish.
Now for delivery. This lamp barely fit in the back seat of the truck. If it was one inch taller it would have had to ride in the bed.
-G!
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