Build A Tripod Lamp

How to make a tripod floor lamp.

Build a tripod lamp.

In just under 40 bucks make this perfect and super elegant diy tripod floor. It took two light coats and the rust was gone. Thread cord secure base. Clean the tripod then paint it.

The first step to making your diy wood floor lamp is to prep your tripod for the lamp kit. Next you insert the pole that comes in that comes with the extended poles. Make a wooden tripod floor lamp. First we simply screwed the top off and drilled a hole with a 1 2 in drill bit that fit the lamp kit.

Using a scrap piece of wood and hinges i attached the angled side of the wood to the scrap piece that will work as a base to attach the lamp kit. How to build the tripod lamp. Install the lamp kit. Tripod floor lamps are the ultimate splendor addition to your rooms.

If you don t have wood available head to your local hardware store to pick up a simple square piece roughly 6 x6 and an inch thick. When i got it the tripod was a bit rusty. 10 easy to make diy tripod floor lamps 1. Now if you want your cord to thread through one of your legs on the tripod in some.

Diy west elm inspired tripod floor lamp. Using the leather strapping secure the third post to the other two so it becomes a tripod base. We will wrap more strapping around the base soon to make it sturdy. These are hollow for the wires to be fed through.

This step is just to secure the three posts together until we can level the lampshade. I used rust oleum universal metallic spray paint in oil rubbed bronze.