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Floor Lamp on ShopSmith

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Floor Lamp on ShopSmith

#262824 by KyBill » Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:26 pm

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Hello All,
I started small on the lathe and now want to make a floor lamp. How do you make a tall lamp post with the wire in the middle in segments that will last?
Yes I'm still green.

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Re: Floor Lamp on ShopSmith

#262828 by BuckeyeDennis » Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:32 pm

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BuckeyeDennis Platinum Member (3106 Posts)
Location: Central Ohio

I’d run a long piece of lamp pipe up the middle. It can serve as both a conduit for the wire, and as an end clamp for your turned lamppost segments.

This place seems to have a good selection of them.

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Re: Floor Lamp on ShopSmith

#262846 by nuhobby » Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:22 am

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nuhobby Platinum Member (2139 Posts)
Location: Indianapolis

Hi,
Just commenting here... You'll possibly be challenged on keeping the thing "bottom heavy" enough to avoid tipping.

Here was an alternate Shopsmith-assisted way I did a lamp base:

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Best Regards
Chris

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