3rd world arm lamp (2007 model)

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

Contents 1 Outer-arm part 1 2 Outer-arm part 2 3 Small arm parts 4 Outer arm assemble 5 Shortest-arm 6 Medium-arm 7 Large arm 7.1 Arms assemble small parts 7.2 Arms assemble 8 Body-part 8.1 body small wooden part 8.2 Body plywood part 8.3 Body assemble parts 8.4 Body assemble 9 Body-arms assemble parts 9.1 Rope 9.2 Body arms rope assemble 10 Metal-Bar 11 Feet-center 12 Simple Feet center 13 Weight plank 13.1 Tube for weight plank 13.2 Tube-weight plank-rope assemble 14 balance the weight parts 15 Weight protection box 16 Brick-weight 17 Body-feet-weight plank assemble 18 Batterie weight 19 The stand is finished 20 More simple with one straight arm 20.1 bamboo stick 21 Connecting the fluorescent or LED stick lamp 22 Connecting a pivot-joint 23 Connecting a E27 socket 24 Connecting a stick lamp 25 Links

[edit] Outer-arm part 1

You can use less quality wood for this part.

Outer arm part 1

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P251	04	L	25	25
P251	06	L	450	670
P251	30	L	20	20
P251	32	L	20	20
P240	36	Ø	21	21
P251	41	L	20	20
P251	42	L	20	25
P251	43	L	30	30
P251	44	Ø	5	5
P251	46	Ø	5	5

[edit] Outer-arm part 2

Use beech-wood-quality for this part.

Outer arm part 2

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P250	02	L	10	10
P250	05	L	30	30
P250	06	L	30	35
P250	07	L	15	15
P250	08	L	30	45
P250	09	L	15	15
P250	13	Ø	5	5
P250	32	L	20	20
P250	41	L	20	20
P250	42	L	20	25
P250	43	L	20	30
P250	44	Ø	5	5
P250	46	Ø	5	5
P250	50	Ø	6	6
P250	52	Ø	14	14
P250	54	L	2	2
P250	60	Ø	6	6
P250	62	Ø	14	14
P250	64	L	2	2

[edit] 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.

small arm parts

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle,large	material
P230	01	Ø	10-15	metal
P230	02	L	20-25	metal
P252	01	L	30	wood
P252	13	L	5	wood
P254	03	L	10	Rubber
P254	04	L	8	Rubber
P254	13	Ø	5	Rubber
P256	11	L	40	wood
P256	15	Ø	5	wood

[edit] 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.

Outer_arm_assembled

Part	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
D1	L	20mm	20mm
D2	L	580mm	900mm

[edit] Shortest-arm

Use beech-wood-quality for this part.

Shortest-arm

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P240	02	L	20	20
P240	05	L	32	40
P240	06	L	32	40
P240	07	L	15	15
P240	08	L	35	52
P240	09	L	15	15
P240	70	Ø	8	8
P240	72	Ø	14	14
P240	74	L	6	6
P240	80	Ø	6	6
P240	82	Ø	14	14
P240	84	L	2	2

[edit] Medium-arm

You can use less quality wood for this part.

Medium-arm

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P260	02	L	15	15
P260	04	L	520	780
P260	06	L	20	30
P260	08	L	20	20
P260	09	L	20	20
P260	50	Ø	6	6
P260	70	Ø	8	8

[edit] Large arm

You can use less quality wood for this part.

Large-arm

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P280	02	L	15	15
P280	03	L	520	780
P280	04	L	100	150
P280	06	L	25	25
P280	08	L	20	20
P280	09	L	20	20
P280	10	Ø	6	6
P280	10	Ø	5	5
P280	60	Ø	6	6
P280	80	Ø	6	6

[edit] Arms assemble small parts

Use smooth steel metal bar for this part. please, do not use screw thread. So the holes does not wear out.

Arms assemble parts

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle,large
P290	01	Ø	12
P290	01	L	40
P290	03	Ø	6
P292	01	Ø	12
P292	03	Ø	-

[edit] Arms assemble

Put the wood and the ring around the bar and hammer the out ends of the bar thick.

Keep 1 mm space between the wooden parts so they can rotate easley.

[edit] Body-part

You can use less quality wood for this part.

Body-part

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P314	02	L	20	20
P314	03	L	20	20
P314	04	L	370	620
P314	05	L	10	10
P314	06	L	90	90
P314	07	L	10	10
P314	08	L	16	16
P314	09	L	16	16
P314	70	Ø	8	8
P314	90	L	16	16
P314	90	L	16	16

[edit] body small wooden part

Wood

You can use less quality wood for this part.

P315

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle,large
P315	02	L	110
P315	04	L	16
P315	90	L	16

[edit] Body plywood part

You can use less quality plywood for this part.

2x playwood plank

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle,large
P316	02	L	110
P316	03	L	8
P316	04	L	16
P316	08	L	16
P316	09	L	16
P316	90	L	16
P316	90	L	16

[edit] Body assemble parts

Use thin nails

P318

Part	Measure	tolerance	Shape	Size in mm middle,large
P318	01	%	L	30

[edit] Body assemble

Apply some wood glue and hammer the plywood with thin nails to the massive wood.

[edit] Body-arms assemble parts

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

Body-arms parts

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm small, middle, large
P412	02	L	20
P412	03	L	50
P412	70	Ø	8
P414	70	Ø	8
P414	72	Ø	14
P415	70	Ø	8
P415	72	Ø	12
P413	70	Ø	M8

[edit] Rope

Please, do not use to thin rope

Rope

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P608	10	Ø	6	6
P608	14	L	2100	3000

[edit] Body arms rope assemble

Bolt the arm to the base.

Put some ring and the wing-nut (bolt you can operate by hand)

Put the rope through the hole.

[edit] 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

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P505	02	L	650	800
P505	90	Ø	15	15

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[edit] Feet-center

Lamp Foot

Feet-center

Feet assemble

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

Feet center

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm
Part	01	L	20-30
Part	02	L	40-60
Part	03	L	300-400
Part	04	L	600-700

[edit] Simple Feet center

This is a more simple methode to make a foot out of plywood

There are many possibilities.

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[edit] 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

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P603	02	Ø	18	18
P603	03	L	20	20
P603	05	L	35	35
P603	06	L	200	200
P603	07	L	300	300
P603	08	L	75	75
P603	10	Ø	6	6

[edit] Tube for weight plank

Find some metal tube that fits around the metal-bar.

Tube in weight plank

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle,large
P605	90	Ø inner	16
P605	02	Ø outer	18
P605	04	L	120

[edit] Tube-weight plank-rope assemble

Hammer the tube tight in the plank hole.

Make the inner diameter of the tube a bit bigger, so it can move and turn smoothly around the metal-bar.

Put the rope through the holes

[edit] balance the weight parts

Balance the weight parts on the weight-plank.

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

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

[edit] Weight protection box

A weight protection Box made of two (leak) PE-HD or PP plastic jerry cans bottems.

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 of 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

[edit] 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

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P703	02	Ø	18	18
P703	03	L	60	60
P703	06	L	150	150
P703	06	L	200	200
P703	counter	weight	4Kg	4Kg

[edit] Body-feet-weight plank assemble

Rope lenght

Part	Measure	Shape	length in mm middle	length in mm large
P608	12	L	780	1050

[edit] Batterie weight

Batteries

This is the lamp with motorcycle batteries.

[edit] The stand is finished

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

[edit] More simple 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

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm middle	Size in mm large
P	01	L	1000	1600
P	02	L	150	200

[edit] bamboo stick

if you want to use a bamboo stick instead of the balanced-stand.

Plastic tube

Part	Measure	Shape	Size in mm
P211	01	L	20mm
P211	36	Ø	21mm

[edit] Connecting the fluorescent or LED stick lamp

Connecting to 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

[edit] Connecting a pivot-joint

For the middle sized arm lenght.

You need:

• bold M5x40mm
• Ring 5mm x 15mm x2mm
• Ring 10mm x 20mm x2mm
• Nut M6
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Connecting a stick lamp

with the same pivot-joint it is possible to connect a stick lamp

[edit] Links

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