I think lots of manufactured items have a beauty about them. I have a high flange bicycle hub, a gear from a table saw and the tuning mechanism from an old receiver as decorative pieces in my living room.
Fastest lamp on the site! (so far...)i love lamps. Some great ones in this thread!
I made this from a 1940s-50s Harley Davidson 45 ci cylinder.
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Needs a little EPI logo at the bottom.And another thrift store lamp. Oak and covered in blue velour. Maybe a shop class project?
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Where do I get one?You can’t really call it a lamp but it throws enough light to keep from tripping over stuff on the floor. Basically a mood light. Its 8 inches in diameter, levitates and spins too
Where do I get one?
Picked up one exactly like this at Goodwill today (photos lifted from Etsy listing):
It's an orange Heyco atomic age dual gooseneck bullet lamp. I had to look hard to find it, but the Heyco name is stamped in the small white plastic grommet around the cord opening in the base. Very heavy, and well made - like most everything made back then, before the days of planned obsolescence. The chrome plated goosenecks still shine like new, with no signs of corrosion. They still hold the lamps firmly in place, with no sagging.
Mine is missing one of the little 8-sided plastic on/off knobs - like the one shown in the far left of this photo:
The 8-sided plastic knob just screws on to the threaded brass shaft of the on/off rotary switch. Anyone know a source for a replacement?
Sorry but you knew this was coming from someone.....there's a lovely lady out there somewhere with a pretty exaggerated limp!!!
I think she now works at the I Hop
I have good news!! a number 93 bulb is a 6 volt tail light bulb. I buy em by the box for my Tensor lamps. (place called 1000 bulbs or something)
I’ve posted a pic of this inside a longer post in the MCM thread, but it fits here too.
This is the most recent lamp I’ve got (tho another is in the way from Hungary).
It was originally a lucite and chrome pendant, but I had an idea when I bought it to turn it upside down, mount it on a base, and use it as a desk lamp.
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The cheapest lamp I could find on amazon served as the base/cord/switch/socket. Took about 1/2 an hour to creatively assemble. Once this other lamp gets here, this lamp will be used as an accent lamp. It’s awesome, and it turned out way better than expected, but it’s not a great height for a desk lamp.
That's the "Symfoni" (also known as the "Priest's Collar") pendant Claus Bolby designed for Cebo.
https://www.danishvintage.design/designers/claus-bolby/