Often i look at stuff with a geeky appreciation of the design, lamp posts are the current thing.
there are some nice looking clam like lamps on the lamp posts on my street, so i set about finding something on ebay.
I ended up buying one thinking it was about 1ft long with the intention of mounting it on something and making a house lamp from it.
the one i bought turned up an was 3x the size i thought it would be! awesome!
so here is a pic with an idea of size, the coffee table is about 4ft long. its a 60s GEC lamp used on a motorway
it was pretty filthy when i got it, these pics are after about 3 hours cleaning the worst off and freeing bits off.
its all dismantled - just need to take off the scabby half moss/half seal seal and replace it, paint the inside white, polish the back up and rewire in old cloth cord.
that will sort the lamp part out. i will use a pole to mount it on.
but the base... this is the bit i'm stuck on.
needs to be fairly nice to look at or at least in keeping with the lamp, so round and plain would be ideal, not too big and needs to be heavy.
anyone got any ideas on what to use or where to look? salvage stuff would be ideal.
would ke to hear your thoughts on it too, so far no one has really got it
there are some nice looking clam like lamps on the lamp posts on my street, so i set about finding something on ebay.
I ended up buying one thinking it was about 1ft long with the intention of mounting it on something and making a house lamp from it.
the one i bought turned up an was 3x the size i thought it would be! awesome!
so here is a pic with an idea of size, the coffee table is about 4ft long. its a 60s GEC lamp used on a motorway
it was pretty filthy when i got it, these pics are after about 3 hours cleaning the worst off and freeing bits off.
its all dismantled - just need to take off the scabby half moss/half seal seal and replace it, paint the inside white, polish the back up and rewire in old cloth cord.
that will sort the lamp part out. i will use a pole to mount it on.
but the base... this is the bit i'm stuck on.
needs to be fairly nice to look at or at least in keeping with the lamp, so round and plain would be ideal, not too big and needs to be heavy.
anyone got any ideas on what to use or where to look? salvage stuff would be ideal.
would ke to hear your thoughts on it too, so far no one has really got it
