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In this video I make a dinosaur shaped LED lamp out of plywood.
I begun by designing a vector template of my dinosaur. I then printed it on actual size and glued it on a piece of plywood with spray adhesive.
I cut my plywood to more manageable pieces with my circular saw. I then cut around my template on the bandsaw. I couldn’t reach a few spots on my small bandsaw so I used the jigsaw to finish the job.
I then sanded the piece on the belt sander. I don’t have a spindle sander so I made an arrangement to use the lathe as a spindle sander.
I then cut another piece on the bandsaw. This acts as spacer and also provides the space for the LED Strip.
I then glued and nailed the back piece in place.
I drilled the hole for the eyeball with a forstner bit and turned the eye on the lathe.
Using the router I added a roundover on my edges.
I added a coat of sanding sealer and then used my airbrush to spray paint the piece. I used latex paints. I thinned them really well with water so the airbrush could spray them.
I protected the paint job with clear water based varnish.
I then hot glued my LED strip in place.
And that was it. My little dino lamp was ready. I hope you liked this project, because that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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