One day, Brynne Delerson saw the lamp of her dreams and lost her appetite and sleep.
Then she decided that she could do it herself. For several months she carried this idea in her head, carefully drew up the diagrams and gathered courage.
Several times, she convinced herself that she was fearless, but her creative side was always outweighed by perfectionism. She was frightened by the process itself, the tools, as well as the lack of skills that are needed to translate the idea into reality, so she thought, wrote down and put the project on the back burner. She did not want to dive headlong and hope for the best, her goal was to work out all the scenarios in order to avoid the zombie apocalypse.
And the project of the century was waiting in the wings. Then one fine day, the girl felt extremely brave and decided to take part in a competition for making lamps with her own hands. About 300 people took part in this competition and only 12 projects were selected. This project, unfortunately, was not selected. And Brynne shed many tears over this. For this project you will need:
Step 1: Mathematics. The heroine of our plot drew a circle, divided it into 5 parts using a protractor, each section of 72 degrees. By simple calculations, the size of each pipe was 19 cm.
Step 2: spray paint your lampshade. We are lucky that black lamps are sold in the Russian Ikea, so we skip this step.
Step 3: cut the pipe
We mark the place of the cut with a tape measure, 7.5 inches or 19 cm.
Cut off.
Step 4. We clean the pipe. After all 30 tubes were cut, take the steel wool and polish them, polishing took 15 minutes.
Step 5: Build. We start it with a triangle, when you run out of wire, you need to fasten the new wire to the old one so that the connection is inside the pipe. Do not forget to immediately fix the wire from the lamp with wire at one of the points.
How to assemble an icosahedron can be found here:
Step 6: hang the lamp
As an afterword: I really liked the idea of making an icosahedron lamp from copper pipes... But instead of the Photo lampshade, I would screw an Edison lamp inside the icosahedron. See how beautiful they are. Then there would be beautiful shadows on the wall, the lampshade prevents the light from scattering.
It might look something like this:
Master class: pendant lamp icosahedron made of copper pipes was last modified: March 4th, 2017 by Elena Lakeeva
One of the tools to help create a comfortable home environment is a beautiful lamp. The stores offer a wide variety of models. The better and more beautiful the device is, the more expensive it is. Therefore, many craftsmen decide to make lamps from pipes with their own hands. There is nothing complicated in such a process: having simple details available, you can make a unique design. Plumbers will be able to make such devices with particular ease.
In this article:
Ordinary chandeliers are chosen as the main source of light in living rooms, in the kitchen and in the bedroom. A device made from scrap materials will help to diversify the design of the room and stand out against the background of friends and acquaintances.
To collect a lamp from polypropylene pipes and fittings, you will need the following components:
First, disassemble the plafond by removing the grill and the cartridge, if a lamp with a grill looks good in your interior, then leave it. Screw the metal flange on the outside of the chuck. Be careful not to damage the wires.
Screw the plastic pipe to the metal flange, then attach the elbow in sequence, then another piece of pipe, the tee, and finally finish with the flange again. Remember to pull the wire with each new piece.
Make several of these structures, and after everything is ready, they can be screwed to a wooden base. Remember to route and connect the cables to central system... The finished product can be painted in any color so that it matches the interior of the room. Be sure to lay some paper down before doing this to avoid staining the floor. Screw in the lamp and, flipping the switch, check the performance of the PVC pipe lamp.
By eliminating the corners from the design and lengthening the plastic pipe, you can make a floor lamp. The main thing is to prepare a stable base.
You can independently assemble wall lamps from water pipes with rotary lamps. To change the angle of incidence of light, it will be enough to turn the lighting device in the desired direction. During work you will need:
At the base, we make holes that coincide in diameter with the pipe. Cut out the place for attaching the cartridge from a small block, do not forget that with back side a metal-plastic case will be supplied. Pull the wire through the flexible base and solid wood or plywood.
Insert the plastic pipe into the base and fix it with screws or glue. We fix the cartridge in the prepared bar, and isolate the circuit with a sealant. We paint the finished structure made of plastic pipes in a pre-selected color and, after drying, hang it on the wall.
You can make or buy a beautiful floor lamp for the cartridge - then the lamp made of pipes will look more attractive.
Let's go back to the loft style, only now we will make a table lamp with one light source. It is suitable for a study at home or office. Depending on the selected light source, such a product will help you either focus or relax.
Required tools and materials:
Prepare metal parts by first cleaning them from greasy stains with white spirit. Since the halter will need to be pulled through the narrow holes, cut out the derailleur. Screw the lamp into the socket and insert it into the first square, before pulling the wire through the part. Fix the lighting fixture in the design position with glue.
Make a hole in one of the tees for the cable outlet. In order not to be mistaken with the place of drilling, imagine how the lamp will stand.
We fasten small nipples to the central tee with a hole. We connect tees with nipples and corners on the sides to them. This will be the base of the product. The corner in which the lamp holder stands is screwed to the long nipple, then there is the corner and the short nipple. We connect the two parts of the lamp together. Don't forget to run the wire in advance. Put the switch back in and check it works table lamp.
Such lighting fixtures from parts of the pipeline will show your guests and family your resourcefulness. Seeing the finished result, you will experience great joy and pride. DIY lamps will last a long time and will never go out of style.
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Various interior items made from the most unexpected things and even scrap metal are increasingly becoming decorations for living quarters.
Lamps made of water pipes, both plastic and metal, cast iron are made by many craftsmen, turning a simple sanitary ware into designer items, unusual in appearance.
Lamp made of water pipeIt is very easy to assemble the lamp yourself from the remains of water pipes. This does not depend at all on the material of manufacture. Thinking through appearance and the purpose of this or that lighting device, the style of the room in which it will be located is taken into account. The properties of plastic are taken into account to give in to heat treatment, metal-plastic pipes bend, and cast iron - fold through adapters and connectors into the most bizarre shapes.
The main thing that attracts the creators is the cavities into which the electric wire can be easily passed. A variety of cartridges will allow you to choose the most suitable size and just stick the material in the right place.
The water pipe lamp is excellent suitable for the room in loft or country style. And the pattern cut in a large-diameter PVC pipe, illuminated from the inside, will decorate even the most sophisticated interior.
Making lamps from plastic pipes with your own hands is a very simple process. The material is easy to cut. It can be bent after heating. At the same time, it is not expensive, does not allow electricity to pass through and can serve as an additional insulator. But it should also be remembered that plastic is susceptible to melting and deformation, so lamps should be chosen those that do not heat up.
If you use small diameter pipes, connectors and tees, you can assemble a structure of any configuration simply by coming up with a suitable design and folding the components according to the type of constructor. For example, a tall floor product folded through tees with curved upper lines looks very impressive. Such a lamp can have 4 legs or a round wooden base. Quantity installed lamps depends solely on the wishes of the creator.
A floor lamp made of a large-diameter pipe, in which patterns are carved, will be able to decorate an artsy living room. Warming up its individual parts construction hairdryer, you can bend the material and make the drawing three-dimensional. By cutting off some areas, you can make them more translucent. If desired, paint the surface in any color. All that remains is to fix the light source inside, put everything on a PVC or wooden base and connect the electricity.
The connection of individual elements is strengthened with an adhesive layer, having previously passed the cable of the maximum length inside.
Making decorative items from old cast iron pipes very much in demand for use in the country. It can be stylish sconces with large shades or a loft-style chandelier, assembled in the form of fancy curving lines with several lamps at the ends.
Homemade lamps are also appropriate as street lighting installed on wooden posts and the facade of the building. The main thing to remember is that any metal conducts electricity, so you should take care of reliable cable insulation.
Homemade pipe fixtures are perfect for playgrounds. They can be assembled as a fence by inserting lamps inside large diameter areas. This design will reliably protect the light source from mechanical damage, and hidden cables will completely eliminate the possibility of injury from the effects of electricity.
By fixing the pipe along the perimeter of individual entertainment areas, drilling holes in it throughout the entire area and inserting an LED strip inside, you can turn the most banal site into a fairy-tale world.
Reinforced-plastic pipes have 1 significant advantage over PVC products - they bend. A light source with such a housing can be turned in any direction without worrying that movement will lead to breakage.
For assembly, you need a blank made of wood or thick plywood. A base is made from it, which is attached to the wall. In addition, the pipe should be prepared the right size, suitable socket, cable, electrical tape.
First, you need to draw the design of the future product, which will show how to make the main components. For work, you will need a drill, jigsaw, stationery knife and several self-tapping screws.
A workpiece of any shape is cut from a piece of wood or thick plywood. A hole of the appropriate diameter is drilled in the place of the intended pipe attachment.
For full functioning, a pipe of 20-50 cm is suitable (as much as possible). It is inserted into the hole in the base. Then they pass through the pipe electrical cable... On the back of the movable side, it is necessary to fix the cartridge. If necessary, you can use additional plumbing fittings.
When the wall lamp made of flexible metal-plastic is completely assembled, it is screwed to the wall with dowels or self-tapping screws, the LED element is installed and put into operation.
If cast iron products are more suitable for making loft-style lamps, then delicate white plastic is best used to create nightlights that will fit into any interior. They are decorated with openwork drawings of any stylistic orientation, from exquisite floristry to images of fairy-tale characters.
Making a plastic lampshade is very simple. To do this, you need a wooden or metal base with a built-in cartridge, a piece PVC pipes with a diameter of at least 15 cm and a length of 20-30 cm, a drill with a set of drills, a stationery knife.
To begin with, the edges of the future lampshade are polished and a pattern is applied. Then, holes of different sizes are drilled along the outlined lines. The oblong lines are cut with a knife. If you want to make the image more realistic, you can trim off some areas of the surface, making them thinner to increase the throughput. It is possible to change the shape and bends of some sections by heating them with a construction hairdryer and bending them.
After the pattern is worked out, the lampshade is attached to the base and the light bulb is screwed in. Now the whole structure is assembled and can be connected to electricity. If desired, the shade can be painted.
It may seem to many that when using pipes and plumbing accessories, the chandelier will look rustic and even clumsy, but this is not so. With the right approach and careful execution, they create a work of art even from such simple materials.
For manufacturing, you will need pieces of metal-plastic pipes, splitters, a ceiling socket, cartridges.
To begin with, they think over the design of the future product and the number of lamps that will be installed. A splitter will be located in the center of the entire structure, to which pipes are connected and bend them into the desired shape. Wires are passed through the resulting workpiece. Since the cord will pass through several end points, it is recommended to run parallel lines in each separate branch, connecting them only under the ceiling socket, excluding breaks inside the chandelier.
Cartridges are fixed to each pipe at the ends, having previously connected them to the cable. Through a small piece, connect the outlet to the splitter. Then the electricity is connected.
The finished product is painted and supplied with shades. The main thing is that the result should please the inhabitants of the house.
Today, the topic of creating all kinds of table lamps and lamps is quite popular, the main task their manufacture is, of course, uniqueness, so that this product is one of a kind. The "Loft" style is quite fashionable today, but designer items in this style cost a lot of money. It is quite possible to make them yourself, for example, the author made a table lamp from copper tubes, fittings, I made a stand of wood, connected the pipe sections through the fittings and stretched the wire, connected a socket with a relay and a lamb to adjust the brightness of the glow, screwed in an Edison lamp. The cartridge was pre-painted in a copper color to match the pipe. I covered the wooden stand with stain and varnish.
So, let's look at what exactly is needed to create a table lamp?
Materials (edit)
1.Copper tube 12mm
2.copper fittings
3.glue
4.wire
5.Edison lamp
6.Campholder with a relay and a wing to adjust the glow of the lamp
7.Spray paint (copper color)
8.board 13x25x5 cm
9.stain
10. varnish
Tools
1.drill
2.pipe cutter
3.pliers
4. screwdriver
5.brush
6.rule
7.sandpaper
Step-by-step instructions for making a table lamp from copper tubes with your own hands.
First of all, prepare all the listed tools and materials, so that you have everything at hand and in sight, so as not to miss the details during assembly.
Then you need a board with dimensions of 13x25x5 cm, it should be well sanded with sandpaper, and then covered with stain in several layers with periodic drying of the surface.
Then you need to drill a hole with a diameter of 19 mm, but only to the middle of the board.
We drag the wire through the end hole.
Screw the adapter into the upper hole using a wrench.
We cut the copper tube into pieces using a pipe cutter.
The length of the blanks should be as follows: 35, 15, 5, 6 cm.
Then we drag the wire through the long tube and connect it to the adapter. In this spirit, the whole base of the table lamp is assembled with the help of fittings.
We disassemble the cartridge and connect the wires.
We do not touch the paper spacer, because it serves as an insulator.
That's basically all, a lamp made of copper tubes is ready, you can screw in an Edison lamp.
Not every connoisseur of loft style can afford to live in a real former workshop - if only because there are not enough abandoned factories for everyone. But the decor in an industrial style is quite affordable. Moreover, you can do it yourself.
To write today's material, we went to the recently held in Moscow loft picnic Palletto and under the supervision of the craftsmen from The Sarai, they assembled their first lamp from pipes and sawn wood. We share with you the subtleties and secrets!
You will need:
Find everything you need for the rack. Make sure the parts match on the threads. Required elements: a flange to screw the structure to the saw cut, and a transition angle, into the wide part of which you insert a cartridge (we, however, used a coupling).
When all the parts are found, go in search of a suitable cartridge with wiring. Ideally, the cartridge should have a thread suitable for the angle / sleeve, but you can take a smooth one if it fits tightly enough into the cavity.
Prepare the base: drill holes in the cut for the wire (as in the photo): expand the vertical from the bottom with a feather drill and make horizontal outlet... Pull the wire through the holes.
Start assembling the lamp stand. Route the wire with the switch from the base side and the wire from the socket on the opposite side. Connect the wires and finally twist all the parts.
Important!Since the luminaire is metal, the wires must be connected and insulated as reliably as possible. Use heat shrink tubing instead of traditional electrical tape: first fasten each of the two wires with it, then insulate them together again. The tube is seated with a hot air gun, but at home you can try to get by with a lighter.
Place the light stand on the saw cut and mark where it will be attached to the screws. Use a thin drill to make holes in these places. Using a screwdriver or screwdriver, screw the pipe structure to the saw cut.
