Stuck for a project idea?
Give the Project Maker a whirl to have an exciting idea chosen randomly for you. How you develop the idea is up to you.
There's 20,000+ combinations with material and tool restrictions for a twist. No time limits unless you want a challenge!
Share your chosen project with other makers to see what they create and add #m38project so that everyone can see your fantastic work.
Generated idea not a good fit? Simply generate another!
Most importantly, be safe and have fun!
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YOU'RE MAKING a...Desk lamp | |
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| Illuminate, deluminate. Design and build a desk lamp to shed light on your future projects. Pay attention to the materials and create something unique and beautiful but ultimately safe. If you feel confident enough then you could make it a "smart" lamp, but ensure all electrics are done by someone competent. Light fittings and cabling are in addition to any materials. Further ideas & starting points Shape is quite important here as is the type of light source you opt for. A single light bulb could be used, but you may well find that using an LED strip (or multiple) is a better way to go. You could go quite sculptural with your design. Think about angled and reflective surfaces to dissipate the light better unless you're going for moody low level lighting or want to try casting patterns and shapes by obscuring the light in some way. |
OUT OF...Single sheet | |
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| Doesn't matter what material or size, so long as it starts from a single sheet/slab that's no bigger than eight by four feet. |
USING...Four or five | |
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| You can only choose four or five tools, not including related fixings and nails, glue, etc. Measurement and marking tools don't count. |
Sharing URL: (specific to this combo)
https://maker38.co.uk/project-maker/?pid=019002064
Be sure to add #m38project to any online posts and tag @maker38uk if you can. Always great to see what gets created.
Further info
Most of these project ideas and options have been selected to be as accessible as possible to a wide range of people. They should be considered as starting points for your own ideas and plans to be developed from and are intentionally ‘open’ so that different makers will create different designs whilst overcoming the challenges of the material and tool restrictions that have been chosen for them.
Depending on the limitations of someone’s workshop the generated project might not always be suitable, so if that happens you can just generate another.
The above doesn’t limit you from sanding, adding polish or finishes, and above all else, make sure that however you’re working on a project that you do so safely and with supervision or help where necessary.
Top thing to remember, have fun with this. Be inventive, share the challenges you faced and also let everyone see what you created.
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I’m always looking to improve the Project Maker, so if you’ve got any suggestions or notice anything that needs updating, then please let me know.