Making our cubic chandelier

There's a 6" globe inside for everything to hang from.

Some quick SketchUp work to make a model.

I had to design a gland to clamp onto the wire to hold the light in the centre of the cube.

Some little ribs on the inside to clamp the cable. A buddy hen 3D printed it for me.

My girlfriend spent a lot of time picking cubes and giving each side a coherent theme.

The sides are Chocolate (A1 - A5), Endgrain, Fire, and Bogwitch

Steel rods and acrylic tubing to hold the blocks in place.

Of course, how do I keep track of position and orientation when these all need to get sanded and painted?

Laser cutter for the win.

Lots of multi-coloured sawdust from drilling all the holes

So much varathane to apply. This was the biggest time sink for this project.

But a sprayer let me get very smooth coats.

So many pretty colours. And the varathane should keep them true.

Assembly.

A bit of welding was involved. Lesson learned: powerful magnets will mess with your MIG arc.

I had to redo this three times and take it out of the magnets to get a good weld. Not my best work.

Almost done.

Remember everyone: Safety 3rd! I added a stainless steel cable just in case the electrical one fails. You can also see the 3D printed part.

More images can be found here https://imgur.com/a/making-cubic-chandelier-1f9MVgn