K’nex Lamp
On Thanksgiving I had my family over and my nephew was mesmerized by my K’nex end table. I think he loved the idea that a grown-up had used toys to make something so functional and had it proudly displayed in the house. He asked if I had any more K’nex left over because he wanted to play with them. I dug my box of K’nex parts out of the closet for him, and it got me thinking about building with K’nex again. The table was the only thing I had made with it, and that was over ten years ago.
The light element
used in the lamp.
A few nights later I found myself sleepless again and in the mood for some good old fashioned pen-on-paper writing and illustration. Normally I’d do that during the day at a coffee shop, but it was late and I found myself without a desk lamp! I rummaged through my lighting box looking for something suitable and came across a little IKEA-style accent light.
Immediately I thought of rigging up something with K’nex to hold it in the air so that I wouldn’t get long shadows when writing. A few hours later the first version of the K’nex lamp was complete. Of course, by then the mood to write had passed. The next day I spent a few more hours refining and improving it. It’s stands about two feet tall. Like the table, it uses no glue.
Thats one AWESOME lamp!
posted on December 3rd, 2007 at 1:31 am
That is totally rockin! Your creativity amazes me!
posted on January 15th, 2008 at 2:13 am
Very cool mod! You should make the lamp adjustable with hinges.
posted on November 20th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Omg thats so cool!
posted on February 14th, 2011 at 7:27 am
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posted on April 25th, 2012 at 8:26 am