Channel: frank howarth

Category: Howto & Style

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Description: I have finally made a dining room light for our house. I started this project two and a half years ago by modeling a star fruit in the computer with photogrammetry. In that project, I sliced the starfruit model into sections, cut those sections out on the CNC, and made a scale model of a dining room light. The intention was to build a larger version of this and put two 4 ft light tubes in the structure of the star fruit. However, I could never find a good material I was happy with to make such a large light fixture out of. So I took a step back and now I have made three panels that are made of sections through the landscape of the moon. I used height maps of the moon to make three small sections of the lunar surface. Then I sectioned that surface to get a contour I could cut out on the CNC machine. Next, I stacked these pieces vertically to make a light panel that I could put two 4 ft LED light tubes in. The wood I made the project from is salvaged pine that I got at auction recently. I left the wood with just a clear lacquer finish. We now have plenty of light over our dining room table and it makes a nice definition for the space to have our meals. Transforming a Star Fruit: youtu.be/C3dCSzBeF9E Making Our Dining Table: youtu.be/l2EgxiMTvI0 Making A Plywood Panel Lift: youtu.be/bcnn3sIf9rI Tools used in this project can be found at frankmakes.com​ CNC: cncrouterparts.com​ To see upcoming projects follow me on social media Patreon patreon.com/user?u=16151185​ Instagram instagram.com/frank.howarth​ Twitter twitter.com/FrankHowarth​ Facebook facebook.com/FrankMakes