ChrisT
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Mar 27, 2021 18:34:30 GMT
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Vintage LED bulbs in an industrial lamp holder seem to be a thing at the moment, saw one using chain and though I'd have a go at making one..... About 3 meters of rusty chain... Cleaned in the blast cabinet.... A bit of 100mm tubing..... Cut down and a bit of 40mm tube welded to the top to make a former.... Wrap the chain round another bit of tube and weld links together.... Remove and put on former with weld to the bottom..... Wrap round evenly spaced..... And weld links together.... Wrap artily round the top tube and weld together... Remove from former, easier said than done but it came out eventually... Turns out a spring shape is actually quite springy when out of the former, so added a support.... Did the trick but didn't like how it looked, so plan B, use some more chain welded together... Didn't like how that was going to look either, so plan C, just added some chain loosely up the back and welded it in place.... Original idea was to thread the lamp cable through the chain all the way round but realized this wouldn't look so good and as there's now a spine to it the cable can run up that. Bought a 300mm LED test tube bulb with the twisty 'filament' and some vintage twisted braided cable/lamp holder..... Turns out the holder is lightly bigger than the one I based my measurements on so it doesn't quite fit properly, can't seem to pull it open enough to get it in so might have to run a holesaw or the powerfile down it for clearance. Finished off with a bit of satin black it doesn't look too bad.....
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Last Edit: Oct 15, 2022 14:13:57 GMT by ChrisT
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ChrisT
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Club RR Member Number: 225
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Spent an hour or so with a round file trying to make enough clearance for the lamp holder to fit in the top during the week but progress was very slow so went down the workshop today. Was going to use this handy tool.... That's a length of steel with an M14 bolt welded to it and a couple of angle grinder flanges with a worn down grinding disc between them, when put in a drill it's very useful for taking burrs off the inside of tube, thought it might work with the lamp but it wasn't the best of ideas. Went with the powerfile and that made short work of it. Lamp holder now sits higher up as I originally planned... Camera doesn't really pick up how it look with it on, it's not as bright and the filament can be seen.
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Nice, I built one in about 1983, but just a straight length of chain. I got a piece of pipe, welded 2 large nuts to it about 150cm apart. Cut a length of chain slightly shorter, welded 2 bolts to the end links, popped those through the nuts, washer on & a nut threaded on the bolt. I could then tighten the nuts & stretch the chain tight, thus straight. Weld each link & then cut the ends off. I made 3 S’ scrolls from flat bar for the legs, it looked great & everyone mentioned it that saw it. Obviously way before phones etc, so no pics
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ChrisT
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Sounds good, nice idea with the pipe, I just clamped either end to the bench to make the straight length.
Currently looking for more inspiration as chain is something we do have plenty of in the workshop....
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ChrisT
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Apr 10, 2021 15:59:41 GMT
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Mrs said the bulb was too bright for her so fitted a cheap ebay inline dimmer, camera captures it better now....
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ChrisT
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Apr 10, 2021 18:30:10 GMT
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Have had a few ideas for more chain lamps but they're on hold - decided to make something else..... Taking inspiration from rattlecans method of getting straight chain I welded a couple of opened links to some bent steel, clamped each end to the bench and hammered one of the ends along until the chain was tight..... Found some big nuts and bolts, welded them to the straight lengths of chain..... Can you tell what it is yet? Made an upright with a nice curve at the top but neglected to take pictures of it, then welded that to the base... This will be attached to the top of it..... and something I've yet to design attached to the nut at the bottom I should have a half decent guitar stand, as long as there's not too much flex - may have to weld both sides of the chain if it does......
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Apr 11, 2021 20:10:52 GMT
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Like it, show us what looks like with a Gibson SG, (obviously a Tony Iommi rep 😀) or Les Paul in there 👍🏼
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ChrisT
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Apr 13, 2021 18:01:42 GMT
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Like it, show us what looks like with a Gibson SG, (obviously a Tony Iommi rep 😀) or Les Paul in there 👍🏼 Might have trouble with that, you'll have to make do with one of my basses in it, but not yet.... Finished the support, had trouble getting both legs the same shape for some reason, it's not perfect but I think there will be foam over a lot of it so doesn't matter too much. Welded the neck support on too and opened up one of the links on the lose bit of chain so it can be hooked across It's coming together.... Trying it out at home it definitely needs the links fully welding as it's not very stable, also the legs need shortening by a couple of links as they stick out too far and doesn't look right.
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Last Edit: Apr 14, 2021 16:16:49 GMT by ChrisT
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ChrisT
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Apr 24, 2021 14:25:40 GMT
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After a bit of primer and satin black paint.... Needs some kind of rubber round where the guitar neck will rest and where the base of it sits to protect it, probably under the feet too.
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ChrisT
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Got some self adhedive neoprene rubber strip to go on the contact areas and on the feet, not ideal but isn't noticeable with bass in place.
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ChrisT
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Oct 15, 2022 14:12:38 GMT
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I've been branching out from hand chain and using drive chain as well, not as easy to work with as it all needs properly degreasing before it can be welded. These will be industrial looking tealight holders once they've got a base welded in.... Problem is the tealight does not quite fit into the centre and because of the number of sides it doesn't sit squarely in the three jaw chuck on the lathe, so made this collar..... Which just fits over and allows it be clamper up nicely..... Decorative stars seem to be in at the moment so why not knock up a few in various sizes.... To get the corners right, rather than making a jig for the whole thing, I welded up a couple of bits of flat bar for the external and internal angles... Which fit like so and allow me to weld the corner links together and gradually move round the whole thing, as long as I've marked the correct links to join it holds shape and I can do the inbetween ones. Welding from one side keeps the other side looking neat but does cause a bit of distortion but not too much to worry about. Bringing the two things together results in this, which I'm sure my sister was overjoyed to receive as a birthday present.....
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ChrisT
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Oct 15, 2022 15:21:24 GMT
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Also made this simplified version of the original lamp for a friend...
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Davey
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Oct 21, 2022 14:14:14 GMT
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I love all of this.
I have a similar guitar stand but 3 sided for all my money wasting toys.
Giving me ideas!
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