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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 2174 days ago
Cool! A great new use for an old light!
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#2 posted 2174 days ago
beautiful lampe.a great job
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#3 posted 2174 days ago
Great job!
Thanks fror the post
Callum
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#4 posted 2174 days ago
HI Dick;
As always, very nice. Creative too.
Lee
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#5 posted 2174 days ago
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 2174 days ago
Diane, They’re sitting on a shelf, while I attend to my long, long list.
Thanks All!
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#7 posted 2174 days ago
Great lamp Dick!
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#8 posted 2174 days ago
Great use of materials, Dick!
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#9 posted 2174 days ago
Would make a nice night light for finding your way to the bathroom! Nice job Dick.
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#10 posted 2174 days ago
Nice save of the old light. Nice work.
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#11 posted 2174 days ago
Great re-purpose of materials Dick. I bet your wife is pleased. Thanks for sharing.
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#12 posted 2174 days ago
that is truly unique…great idea and workmanship
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#13 posted 2174 days ago
Great job Dick.
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#14 posted 2174 days ago
Thank you,
Les, Charlie, Dadoo, Brian, trifern, Dusty56, & Grumpy
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#15 posted 2174 days ago
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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