Wood Turned Lamp With Shade
Wood Grain Lamp Shade
Click to expand.I agree with Douglas. NIP is the only species that I have seen used for lampshades and, as he said, it has to be soaked in oil to help it remain translucent. Most wood is translucent while still wet, but become opaque as soon as they dry. My presumption is that it needs to be a wood that has very oily heartwood. I know of several species of pine that meet that requirement, but getting one large enough to have sufficient heartwood is the challenge. The heartwood of Ponderosa pine an especially oily species, but I don't know if it would be good for making lampshades. Here is a link to some pine lampshades.
Each year I tried to 'outdo” the year before. Well this year I made lamps and lamp shades. The process I developed for making the lamp shades is a little different from all the bowl turning I have done. I will describe it the best I can. I want to start by saying that any form of wood turning can be dangerous.
Any light wood is likely to work. I agree with Douglas. NIP is the only species that I have seen used for lampshades and, as he said, it has to be soaked in oil to help it remain translucent.
Most wood is translucent while still wet, but become opaque as soon as they dry. My presumption is that it needs to be a wood that has very oily heartwood. Ex4_to_mq4_demo 4.0.469. I know of several species of pine that meet that requirement, but getting one large enough to have sufficient heartwood is the challenge.
Wood Turned Lamp With Shade Lights
The heartwood of Ponderosa pine an especially oily species, but I don't know if it would be good for making lampshades. Here is a link to some pine lampshades.