This lamp, initially used as a desk lamp, was built and partially designed by my grandfather.  I came up with the overall concept and dimensions but since I didn’t know (and still don’t) how to weld, he did all the manufacturing.  He was also really good at finding and repurposing parts designed for different applications.  The interesting thing about this lamp are the parallelograms at the base and elbow.  These allow to have 6 points of friction to maintain the angle and hold the lamp in place without having springs or counter-weights.

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