| Project by Dick, & Barb Cain | posted 08-09-2008 11:04 PM | 2543 views | 1 time favorited | 25 comments |  |
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I had this small 4 light ceiling fixture, that had a broken globe that couldn’t be replaced.
It sat in a box for quite awhile, so one day I decided to make a small lamp with my lathe.
I glued up two pieces of a Pine 2×6, & cut a starter disk for the lathe.
It has a Walnut Watco finish.
The base is 4 1/2” in diameter, the total height is 9 1/2” tall.
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I tore the cover off of the bottom, to show the wiring.
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TedM
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#1 posted 08-09-2008 11:12 PM
Cool! A great new use for an old light!
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#2 posted 08-09-2008 11:17 PM
beautiful lampe.a great job
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#3 posted 08-09-2008 11:21 PM
Great job!
Thanks fror the post
Callum
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#4 posted 08-10-2008 12:40 AM
HI Dick;
As always, very nice. Creative too.
Lee
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#5 posted 08-10-2008 12:43 AM
Really nice you can never tell it was something else once and it is beautiful. Are you going to make more out of the other globes left?
Diane
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#6 posted 08-10-2008 01:00 AM
Diane, They’re sitting on a shelf, while I attend to my long, long list.
Thanks All!
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#7 posted 08-10-2008 01:02 AM
Great lamp Dick!
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#8 posted 08-10-2008 01:16 AM
Great use of materials, Dick!
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#9 posted 08-10-2008 02:07 AM
Would make a nice night light for finding your way to the bathroom! Nice job Dick.
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#10 posted 08-10-2008 02:26 AM
Nice save of the old light. Nice work.
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#11 posted 08-10-2008 02:40 AM
Great re-purpose of materials Dick. I bet your wife is pleased. Thanks for sharing.
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#12 posted 08-10-2008 09:55 AM
that is truly unique…great idea and workmanship
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#13 posted 08-10-2008 11:40 AM
Great job Dick.
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#14 posted 08-10-2008 03:48 PM
Thank you,
Les, Charlie, Dadoo, Brian, trifern, Dusty56, & Grumpy
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#15 posted 08-10-2008 04:10 PM
Pretty cool, Dick. I sometimes wish I had a lathe so I could do some projects like this. Is the shaft for the switch a piece of tubing or something? I can’t quite tell how you did that.
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