I wasn't sure if it would be possible to create a touch switch for my lamp but I thought it would be really cool if I could! I wasn't sure how the mechanism would work but I bought a cheap old touch lamp off Gumtree and asked an electrician friend to take it apart for me and see if I could salvage something from it.
With a few small hiccups we managed to put something together that works. It has a bit of a quirk because the original lamp had three brightness settings, and my LEDs are not designed to function that way, so it turns on with one touch like normal but to turn it off you have to touch it three times as if the other settings are still functioning. At this level I am happy to deal with a small quirk like this because it is just a prototype. I am sure with more resources it could be made without any problems.
Here is a video of the tech pack, not yet wired in, but working!!
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