About 10 hours later, when I finally had my pieces laser cut, I started the process to build my lamp. This was the fun part. I got to stain the wood and I had never done this before. I really liked the color that the stain imparted on the wood and I was excited about the end result. I had decided to used transparent acrylic without removing the protective film as I found that this diffused the light pretty well. The acrylic also added rigidity to the structure which helped make it feel more solid.