MIG Welded Lamp (2023)

The lamp

Welds at the base

 

Motivation:

I used this project to run a class to teach people how to approach new projects.

Description:

This lamp is MIG welded from steel chain. It was then sanded down to make it shinier. If I had more time to work on this, I would have worked harder to hide my welds and taken some scotch brite to clean up the insides of the chains that the air sander couldn’t reach.

Lessons Learned:

Use the sanding disks on the steel first, not the angle grinder. Steel chain is also hard to clamp.

Half way through grinding

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