

So I decided to make my own base out of a heavy brick: 4.5" x 3.5" x 8" solid brick. When making a selection below to narrow your results down. Pickup at Store Eligible (9) Ship to Home Eligible (35) Ship to Store Eligible (11) Price Discounts. When making a selection below to narrow your results down, each selection made will reload the page to display the desired results. However, I want one that enables me to stretch out the arm without the whole thing tipping and falling on my head. Desk Lamp (34) Table Lamp (1) Availability Options.


I need to install one of these lamps on my nightstand - which doesn't have a `lip' for a clamp to clamp on to - so I need to use the weighted base kind of stand. I have solved this problem in the past by using a steel drill press and making my own solid steel clamp to replace the plastic one (even the cheap cast metal clamps that some brands come with snap in two with very little effort and are thereby useless). One of the problems that I have always had with this type of lamp is that the clamp they come with is too flimsy and easily breaks, or the weighted base that comes with it is too light and easily tips over. In this instructable we show how to make a base for an arm style desk lamp.
