This is a pendant light laser cut from 1/4" Mahogany wood and 1/4" ivory acrylic. The assembly involves no cutting or gluing and the light is entirely put together from flat interlocking and snap-together pieces all cut on the Universal PLS6.60 laser.
The Illustrator file used for cutting two sides of the lamp - each stack was cut twice for a total of four sides.
After cutting the wood each piece was then sanded, to remove the carbonized cut edge, and finished. The first part of the assembly involves fitting together the top and bottom wood sections as shown below.
These sections are then snapped into the four acrylic interlocking sides.
1/8" anchors, shown at the top of the illustrator file, are used to support the lamp socket to the top of the light. The lamp socket is attached to the anchors using the circular gasket in the top left corner of the file. The socket and bulb then twist into the assembly and are held in place by friction.
The lamp is then hung from its cord as shown. For comparison, the Maxwell rendering of the lamp used during the modeling process is shown below.
