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Old 11-21-2010, 05:35 PM   #1
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Default Had some parts laying around so............

we decided we needed a new lamp. This is what we ended up with.

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Old 11-21-2010, 05:38 PM   #2
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Old 11-21-2010, 06:16 PM   #3
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I like it.

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Old 11-21-2010, 08:04 PM   #4
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Old 11-21-2010, 08:14 PM   #5
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What's the really long skinny roller bearing from?

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Old 11-21-2010, 09:01 PM   #6
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Looks like a torque tube bearing. ???????
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Old 11-21-2010, 09:20 PM   #7
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Sure won't get blown over by a gust of wind! Neat Job!
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Old 11-21-2010, 10:28 PM   #8
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What's the really long skinny roller bearing from?

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It's a rear axle bearing from a "T"
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Old 11-22-2010, 06:31 AM   #9
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I showed my wife and she said No!
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Old 11-22-2010, 12:06 PM   #10
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I showed my wife and she said No!
I'll bet your wife is holding out for a floor lamp made from a torque tube with a brake drum base!
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Old 11-22-2010, 12:18 PM   #11
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I showed my wife and she said No!
Always give the wife a choice. Here's the other choice:
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Old 11-22-2010, 01:44 PM   #12
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Always give the wife a choice. Here's the other choice:
I've been trying to talk my wife into letting me buy one of these for years. So far she's gotten me a Christmas tree ornament and a night light, both about 4" tall, but no "major award" yet.

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Old 11-23-2010, 05:36 AM   #13
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Cool lamp, There is a guy on the HAMB, that makes clock from "leftover" parts like that. He displays them in the Friday Art show.
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Old 11-23-2010, 08:20 PM   #14
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My old steering wheel hangs in our front room with a clock in the center of it. Fathers day "present" from my wife and daughter.
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Old 11-23-2010, 09:34 PM   #15
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That's Awesome!


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