working on getting the lamp to have true stops and a self-limiting range of motion that would allow it to stand properly at all times--the rubber bands are also replaced here with hair ties, which work better as a result of the friction and limit it places on the elasticity of the band, allowing for a maximum length and reduction from that maximum.
Also starting to look at the wood itself as a live joint with spring tension inherently within the material: the joint for the base is made this way, with two pressure relieving slots cut in.
The base is also hinged into the lamp in two places: from the primary vertical member, and the lower diagonal member, allowing for counterweighting to happen both when the lamp's center of gravity is more forward and backward. The hinge allows the relative position of the base to the lamp head to change.
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