Burton - Crafting wooden lamps

CRAFTING WOODEN LAMPS

KEN BURTON

READ THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE

To prevent accidents, keep safety in mind while you work. Use the safety guards installed on power equipment; they are for your protection.

When working on power equipment, keep fingers away from saw blades, wear safety goggles to prevent injuries from flying wood chips and sawdust, wear hearing protection and consider installing a dust vacuum to reduce the amount of airborne sawdust in your woodshop.

Dont wear loose clothing, such as neckties or shirts with loose sleeves, or jewelry, such as rings, necklaces or bracelets, when working on power equipment. Tie back long hair to prevent it from getting caught in your equipment.

People who are sensitive to certain chemicals should check the chemical content of any product before using it.

Due to the variability of local conditions, construction materials, skill levels, etc., neither the author nor Popular Woodworking Books assumes any responsibility for any accidents, injuries, damages or other losses incurred resulting from the material presented in this book.

The authors and editors who compiled this book have tried to make the contents as accurate and correct as possible. Plans, illustrations, photographs and text have been carefully checked. All instructions, plans and projects should be carefully read, studied and understood before beginning construction.

Prices listed for supplies and equipment were current at the time of publication and are subject to change.

crafting wooden lamps. Copyright 2011 by Ken Burton. Printed and bound in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by Popular Woodworking Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc., 10150 Carver Rd., Blue Ash, Ohio 45242. (800) 289-0963 First edition.

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Acquisitions editor: David Thiel
Designer: Brian Roeth
Production coordinator: Mark Griffin
Photographer: Ken Burton
Illustrator: Jim Stack

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ken Burton has been working with wood professionally for the past thirty or so years. After more than a decade of playing in his fathers basement shop, he got his formal start through the Fine Woodworking program at Bucks County Community College. From there he collected a Bachelors degree in Industrial Arts Education at Millersville University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Fine Arts in Woodworking and Furniture Design from the School for American Crafts at the Rochester Institute of Technology. At this point, he is pretty seriously over-educated for a woodworker.

Currently, Ken operates Windy Ridge Woodworks in New Tripoli, PA where he designs and builds studio furniture, custom cabinetry and accessories.

In the summer months you can often find him teaching woodworking workshops at the Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Warren, Vermont or at Peters Valley Craft Center in Layton, NJ.

Ken is father to two girls: Sarah, and Emma and is enjoying sharing his love of making things with them. One of Emmas latest projects is a balloon popper which she designed after seeing one in a picture in one of her books.

Despite a huge backlog of projects, Ken generally answers his e-mail in a timely manner. You can contact him through his website: www.wrwoodworks.com.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The roots of this book run deep, so allow me to say thank you to those people who have encouraged me along the way. I have been quite fortunate to have been taught by some of the finest craftsmen in the country: Jon Alley and Mark Sfirri of BCCC; George Hauber of Millersville University, Bill Keyser, Doug Sigler, and John Dodd of RIT among others.

Thanks too, to the women in my life who have put up with me while I was pulling this whole project together: daughters Sarah and Emma and my partner Janet who has come to mean so much.

And a special shout-out to the crew at F+W Media including David Thiel who managed to put together a great looking publication despite my efforts to miss every deadline.

And finally thanks to Susie Thibodeau and the Asheville-Schoonmaker Mica Co. for being kind enough to supply me with Mica and walk me through the process of how to use it.

DEDICATION

For Emma Janelle Burton who has brightened my life more than any lamp ever could.