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Custom Weighted Bases for Swing Arm Architectural Lamps

In setting up my home workshop, work lighting is something I've given a lot of attention to. I really like the swing arm style architect lamps, but have never found a ready-made mounting base that is satisfactory. I have discovered over the years that I like these lamps with the "base" peg mounted up high, at eye level or above from my work surface. This allows me to bring the lamp high and direct above my head and work, and also pull it down low to the work surface, allowing for nearly unlimited positioning in between. This also has the benefit of moving the lamp itself far out of my way, giving myself even more work surface and not having to worry about smacking into the lamps themselves. Several years ago, I made a one-off swing arm lamp base using some plate weights, a wooden serving plate, and a cello endpin for my desk lamp in the violin shop, and tinkering with it over the years I found I really liked the functionality. The base was extra heavy and wide, and I used a counterweight so the lamp would not tip over when fully extended and remained very stable. Using what I learned and paring down my previous system, I gathered the parts to create a set of 4 matching swing arm lamps and bases for my home workshop. I used 10lb cast iron plate weights, 12" diameter wooden serving plates (which arrived in two different finishes, but that's okay), a set of carbon fiber cello endpins with 1cm diameter rods, and some wooden plugs I cut from a piece of oak. The plugs are not just cosmetic, but are a tight fit inside the cutouts in the plate weights (which I cleaned up the casting flash inside) and hold the plate weights in orientation to the wood serving plates without the need for adhesive. I'm pleased with how the bases turned out, and they are perfectly balanced allowing complete freedom of lamp arm extension without tipping, while also allowing my the flexibility to place the lamps anywhere I want on the desk surface.