Man Lamp or Robot Lamp

First made by Ross Leidy and Dutchy.
My desk lamp died or the fluorescent tube in it did. It was old, and bought in Hong Kong when I lived there, and so the fluorescent tube was no longer commercially available. A good reason to build this cool little lamp.

Made of American maple the head proved interesting. I managed to glue uo the head prior to inserting the nut to attach the neck..... oops! Some creative techniques and we got the job done.

Neck and shoulders done next. I also learnt the idea of inserting the nuts into large round timber aka dowels was fraught. So an order was placed for some contrasting black plastic dome nuts. Enroute from China and due at the end of Jan.

Time to get creative and add an insert. Here I've routed out the channel for the insert. The was just to tidy up a bit the router missed.

Forearms and hands made, with the legs and feet in the background. The back or spine also shown top right.

Some of this timber is American cherry and some I'm not clear on what it is.
Watch this space as they say.....
The head I've burnished and the body is all stained with Danish oil.

Finally finished. Very surprised how strong the little nylon nuts are, excellent. Not totally satisfied with the stability of the whole lamp. It improved once I'd tightened the nuts but still not to my liking. I recall Ducky making a comment on that or wasI hallucinating again....ha ha.
Pretty happy though it's a cool project. 
Thanks Duchy and Ross for the help and the plans.