3rd world arm lamp (2007 model)

On the 3rd world arm lamp advantages link you have some information what kind of tools an material you need to make the arm-stand.

Outer-arm part 1

You can use less quality wood for this part.

Outer-arm part 2

Use beech-wood-quality for this part.

Small arm parts

You can use a eye-screw or hook-screw

Use beech-wood-quality for the three cylindrical pens.

The rubber part can be made out of car-tire.

Outer arm assemble

Glue the parts and the 3 pen together.

Put the rubber part around one pen end.

Dimensions of part P220 is on the 3rd world CCFL lamp (2007 model) page.

You can make the two big parts of the outer-arm, out of one peice of quality wood-multiplex.

Shortest-arm

Use beech-wood-quality for this part.

Medium-arm

You can use less quality wood for this part.

Large Arm

You can use less quality wood for this part.

Body-Part

You can use less quality wood for this part.

Small Wooden Body Part

You can use less quality wood for this part.

P315

Body Plywood Part

You can use less quality plywood for this part.

2x playwood plank

Body Assemble Parts

Use thin nails.

Body-Arms Assemble Parts

Use a bolt with only at the end screw thread. So the hole does not wear out.

Body-arms parts

Metal-Bar

You can use a metal steel bar or pipe because wood or plastic are not strong enough.

This part much move smoothly in the the body part.

Metal-Bar or Pipe

Feet-Center

The bar gives a big force on the center. Use beech wood quality for this part. The other parts can be less quality.

Feet Center

Weight plank

Possibility 2

This is if you want to use a battery for a weight. You can use some less quality plywood and drill some holes.

Weight-Plank

Balance the Weight Parts

Balance the weight parts on the weight-plank.

The counter balance should be in balance on both sides of the tube.

Otherwise the tube will not slide smoothly up and down on the Metal-Bar.

Weight Protection Box

A weight protection Box is made of two: (1) PE-HD or (2) PP plastic jerry cans bottoms.

This give's de lamp stand a better design look.

This Box give better protection to the the power supply parts like:

Batteries, Chargers, Transformers, and other electronic parts.

Saw or cut the top of the jerrycans.

Melt a hole 16mm from the inside out.

By melting from the inside out the edge of the hole is more thick curved to the outside to prevent rainwater to get in.

One can bottom to put the power supply parts in.

And the second to slide over first can.

Let the electric wires go in between the can-edges.

Brick-Weight

This is a more simple method to make a counter weight. You can use a brick in stead of the battery plank as weight. Very simple a brick with a drilled hole or Concrete with metal inside. Or two bricks in both sides of the bar.

This one must slide en rotate smooth around and metal-bar.

Brick Weight

Body-Feet-Weight Plank Assemble

Rope Length

The stand is finished

This is the lamp with motorcycle batteries.

The outer-arm haves this shape because: Otherwise your fingers can get trap between the arms.

The rubber part on the outer-arm is to keep the four arms parallel.

The shortest-arm haves a round shape, Otherwise there is to much forces on the hole and the hammered bar.

The shortest-arm haves a round shape, Otherwise your fingers can get trap between the arms.

The top of the body haves this round shape because: Otherwise human fingers can get trap between the arms.

More simple with one straight arm

It is possible to make a more simple stand with one straight arm.

Part P284 is for safety, without this part human fingers kan get trapped between the straight arm and the base.

one straight arm P282

Connecting the fluorescent or LED stick lamp

Connecting to the out end of the balanced arm lamp with the top of a Small PET-Bottel and fishing tread.

Easy, Simple, and Fast.

Replace_reflector for better one.

With the "Stef-pivot-joint" it is possible to connect a stick lamp.

Connecting a "Stef Pivot Joint"

For the middle sized arm length.

You need:

• bold M5x40mm
• Ring 5mm x 15mm x2mm
• Ring 10mm x 20mm x2mm
• Nut M6 (with Saw cut)
• Hex screw or hex bold M5x50mm
• Ring 10mm x 20mm x2mm
• Ring 5mm x 15mm x2mm
• Spacer
• Spring ring M5
• Wingnut M5
• metal or aluminium strip proximately 2mm thick 15mm wide, long 175mm

Connecting a E27 socket

To make a Edison-27 E-27 lamp cap you need:

• reflecting tinplate
• (energy saving)lamp bulb
• Bulb socket E27 or bayonet
• 2x Socket ring

External links

CCFL lamp cap for this stand 3rd world CCFL lamp (2007 model)