Making A Pipe Lamp

These lamps are functional and cheap.

Making a pipe lamp.

This cool easy to make pipe lamp will create a trendy look for your desk or table. It s made from lengths of steel pipe and fittings a light kit and a light bulb all readily available at your local home depot store. 6 open the rotary switch and note how the fixture works. Building the pipe light fixture.

Screw together the coupling and bushings then spray them with the matte black spray paint to match the pretty ldr pipe pieces. I mean what s not to love about a copper pipe l. We are going to show you some steampunk and industrial handmade pipe lamp ideas that you are going to fall in love with at first sight. Place the sockets inside.

At first sight they seem immensely complicated but once you realize that most of these lamps are made of steel pipes with simple joints you are. This time i decided to make a copper pipe table lamp. Massive rustic wooden beam. A few weeks ago on boing boing they showed off some pipe lamps being sold on etsy.

Make an industrial chic lamp from pipe fittings. 7 test to make sure everything is set up properly and get to work. Just follow the step by step tutorial and you ll have your new desk or table lamp completed in no time. Have you seen the industrial pipe lamps which seem to be one of the new trends.

Safe and almost plug and play. I made this lamp from plumbing parts a simple lamp kit and some scrap wood. Cut both your 10 ft. Build a light using a 1 1 4 x 1 2 reducing coupling and socket la1135.

Wires in fourths and attach them to their respective wires using your fingers or pliers. Yes they are so unique. Other examples of diy pipe lamps. They also have a hefty price on them but how difficult would one of these be to make at home.

5 then just assemble all the pipe lamp parts as desired threading the cord through where necessary. Copper pipe table lamp. My recent experiments with copper pipe projects like my reclaimed wood and copper pipe clock inspired me to experiment further with copper pipe. It s just the way they look.

How to make a spectacular floor log lamp. It cost 30 bucks to make one. Edit la1135 is a canadian distributed product so i. They have a steampunk look don t they.

It s just the way they look. Lamps can be one of the most rewardful diy projects in the world thanks to their extended functionality and often use.