Mason Jar Edison Lamp

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This year, for Christmas I decided to build the presents by myself. I like woodworking, I'm not an expert or a professional, but I keep trying =). That is why I chose to start this project by building a wood box as a base for a lamp. I chose a 40W Edison light bulb, it isn’t the greenest, eco-friendly way but tungsten filament is very decorative and it provides a warm golden light. To protect the light bulb and have a better diffusion of the light, I looked for glass dome. The solution I find was using Le Parfait Mason jar.

The wooden box

I don't have so much time for DIY because of my job, so I decided to buy cheap wood box and adorn them with pyrographied glued laminated pine wood. I’ve bought them on buttinette.com.

The electrical part

I bought light bulbs on Amazon and wires, plugs, switches and light bulb mounts at Leroy Merlin (a French DIY shop).

Mansion jar

The Light bulb is big that I selected 2L Le Parfait Mason jar. I bought it at Mr Bricolage (another French DIY shop), but you can get them on internet.

Tools

I used soldering iron, drill and jigsaw. These tools can be dangerous: SAFETY FIRST

I cut different parts of glued laminated pine wood with jigsaw to
totally cover the box. I drill screws holes to prevent the wood from splitting. Then I assemble every part into a box except the top. I drill a hole on the side of the box and another in the center of the top part to pass the wire.

On the top wooden part (not fixed to the box yet) I place the Mason jar lid and drill 3 screws holes and one big hole in the centre to pass the wire and put the light bulb mount. I put on the wire through the “side hole” and through the “top hole”. I connect the wire to the light bulb mount and now I can fix the top part to the rest of the box. I drill screws holes on the lip and screw the light bulb mount to the box. Then I just have to put a light bulb and screw the Mason jar to the lid !

I had previously prepared different drawings and had printed them in the size needed. I used adhesive tape to wedge my printed drawings on the box and I moisten the paper with water to prevent the paper from burning. Now I just have to follow the printed lines with my soldering iron. When pyrography is completed, I sand the edges and the sides of the box, then I apply teak oil to protect the wood. It's done !

My English isn’t perfect but I'm doing my best ;)

Thank you very much for reading, I hope I gave you some homemade gifts ideas !

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