Table lamp from Birch

<div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_lOyYizu8IuhhYjEUPNaPtsbErDeZSHlIYTlzoMvJHfJZ-F1myFLhOCNGpWuBXF6egzE0YDpoHxFwTR3j00dgXdeYA4iXpHEavKXEcrSYBLNMynl5N2hjKgVbiGWUOwwPuNoh13lmm4/s1600/_MG_6900-773545.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620024730915430242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_lOyYizu8IuhhYjEUPNaPtsbErDeZSHlIYTlzoMvJHfJZ-F1myFLhOCNGpWuBXF6egzE0YDpoHxFwTR3j00dgXdeYA4iXpHEavKXEcrSYBLNMynl5N2hjKgVbiGWUOwwPuNoh13lmm4/s640/_MG_6900-773545.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><b>Materials:</b> 3x GRUNDTAL halogen lamp and 2x DEKA cable<br /><b><br />Description:</b> I went to the forest to get myself a nice looking birch tree. After cutting it down, I took 1,70 meter from it and let it dry for 6 months.<br /><br />After this, the outside of the birch tree was dry, but the inside was not yet. I then cut the tree trunk in half. From one end to the other, so I had two half tree trunks of 1,70 meter each. <br /><br />Those two trunks I bound together but with some wooden bars in between them to create some space for air. This combination I have dried for 1 year. If you do not do it this way, the tree trunk WILL twist and turn and will not stay straight. <br /><br />The rest of the process just took me a half day. <br /><br /><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ78C8IHJH5Li41uAvATnIRn2hgVtJDZKGmyo_0OzfdiUj_O3K0BJ1xp7z9q98PkvdZ5IqQ8Z7mmvJ_6piFchvxy6EJYO_IRldGhBRZ1-1WS8GMheSLNajTuT3IrmNuw_e8ESZLGuWxv4/s1600/_MG_6896-765274.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620024695101130914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ78C8IHJH5Li41uAvATnIRn2hgVtJDZKGmyo_0OzfdiUj_O3K0BJ1xp7z9q98PkvdZ5IqQ8Z7mmvJ_6piFchvxy6EJYO_IRldGhBRZ1-1WS8GMheSLNajTuT3IrmNuw_e8ESZLGuWxv4/s640/_MG_6896-765274.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitSgF91SvR5OP_KGcLZwFxWUYd_OgxTH3WbeJbmNrK0O6mb2T5fx0Flj-CJfD54Nvj-hISmC1jCF8D-ROANknGilPJUBV57QL08CY-ddQNjXV4ku0DOlm8HCzKf6IXeguxiZAgEbT2kY/s1600/_MG_6899-770721.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620024719205803714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitSgF91SvR5OP_KGcLZwFxWUYd_OgxTH3WbeJbmNrK0O6mb2T5fx0Flj-CJfD54Nvj-hISmC1jCF8D-ROANknGilPJUBV57QL08CY-ddQNjXV4ku0DOlm8HCzKf6IXeguxiZAgEbT2kY/s640/_MG_6899-770721.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br />I took one half of the tree trunk. Cut out the inside of the trunk exactly the size of the Grundtal lamps. I then adjusted the electricity wires to go through the top of the lamp. Added the Deka cables and tested the lights. Worked. <br /><br />Last I hung it above the dining table and got is straight... That was a bit of tiny measuring. But it worked out fine. <br /><br /><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaM-kojxw0pwlmVEh0zMSBoX5VsSN2HXqTllSEQRghlrYF-fQVmIUybfs3hYOpLlETIP4VAPND0ktO2nklCCZ7mLLyMrhQx2_rvpezt5r8VoLOmicpBjttnX1B_C7aKDCJE1psL3AnN2U/s1600/_MG_6902-777072.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620024757370525138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaM-kojxw0pwlmVEh0zMSBoX5VsSN2HXqTllSEQRghlrYF-fQVmIUybfs3hYOpLlETIP4VAPND0ktO2nklCCZ7mLLyMrhQx2_rvpezt5r8VoLOmicpBjttnX1B_C7aKDCJE1psL3AnN2U/s640/_MG_6902-777072.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnmOF-6p5Pt5QGvSFUHUOau5yLBWcK40Dh3P_hURmd8xANUFpt58FGlZ10JTwO8Rgtpowtq30bdy1-5Sc-bUagt-IC04gWvADa1rIQGDUsJ4eR9z5eo5fh8mopmjfu1ZFny9X4FJHcuk/s1600/_MG_6904-782495.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620024761142525682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnmOF-6p5Pt5QGvSFUHUOau5yLBWcK40Dh3P_hURmd8xANUFpt58FGlZ10JTwO8Rgtpowtq30bdy1-5Sc-bUagt-IC04gWvADa1rIQGDUsJ4eR9z5eo5fh8mopmjfu1ZFny9X4FJHcuk/s640/_MG_6904-782495.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br />Good luck if you can handle the waiting...<br /><br />~ HJ Geel, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Table lamp from Birch

Materials: 3x GRUNDTAL halogen lamp and 2x DEKA cable Description: I went to the forest to get myself a nice looking birch tree. After cut...

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