Arthur Jacobs designed many interesting and unusual lamps for Modeline in the 50's and 60's. This particular floor lamp design has always caught my eye, Model 1525. I had been getting the itch for another lighting project, and I chose this lamp to try to replicate. I was in the middle of another project at the time (evidenced by the horrible bench clutter below), and I didn't have time start another large-scale project. However, I did have time to work on a scale model. I used 1:6 scale to match the scale of the Dolphin chair model I built a while ago. Building a model does help you work through some (not all) of the challenges of building full-scale, so the time is not wasted.
Here's an example of an original Modeline 1525.
After modeling the base and staves, I cut out the scaled-down pieces using some scrap Alaska Yellow Cedar I had left over from a birdhouse project.
Base with a fender washer glued to the underside for weight.
Aligning the staves at 120 degrees to one another and vertical in their respective planes will be one of the challenges of this project. The edges are square on the staves where they're meant to join, so I fashioned a tiny center core piece with an equilateral triangle cross section to provide flat surfaces for the stave joints. This is a dry fit below. (you can't see the core in the photos)
I made some alignment discs to help hold things in the correct position while gluing. I don't think I'll need to go to this extreme in the full-size lamp, but it certainly helped with the fiddly 1/6 size model parts.
With the staves glued together, I could attach them to the base with tiny drops of glue.
I fashioned a "lampshade" from some heavy-stock writing paper, and hooked-up a little strip of LEDs for some realistic lighting.
