The Crossroads of the Aether
Built my first Steampunk Lamp. What do you guys think?
Built this from other, older lamp parts and things found in antique shops. The old (guessing 40's-50's?) voltmeter still works and is wired with the lamp so it shows voltage when the lamp is turned on. The top section is an old Bausch and Lomb power converter housing - it originally sat horizontally and had a large wire-wound resistor element to convert 120 volts to 6 volts at several amps for an optical lamp of some sort, and would get hot when dropping the voltage, hence the housing. Wiring is fabric-covered vintage-style (found online), and a few brass features (mounting screws for gauge, grommets for wire entering top section and shaft). Had the center section (holding the gauge) machined. No plumbing pipe fittings here, wanted something elegant and clean. Everything is tapped / threaded to fit. The old inline power switch was also from the Bausch and Lomb power converter. Light bulb, although hardly visible, is an old Edison-style bulb - low brightness, many filaments... The picture does not do the bulb justice.
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Permalink Reply by Ephraim von RoseEngine on -
Noice!!
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Permalink Reply by Sidney, Wayward Saint on -
I think is beautiful. It's very elegant while maintaining a Steampunk quality to it. I love the fact that you can see the wires, and the gauge was an ingenious idea. When do these go into production?
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Permalink Reply by Zebulon Vitruvius Pike on -
I have some old meters. I must do this. That is, after all the other unfinished projects I have in the queue are completed.
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Permalink Reply by sylgard of the clockwork on -
subtle steampunk feal, i like it
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Permalink Reply by LeeLoo Dogert on
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Well done! Imagination triumphs!!!
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Permalink Reply by LeeLoo Dogert on
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Well done! Imagination triumphs!!!
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Permalink Reply by LeeLoo Dogert on
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Well done! Imagination triumphs!!!
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Permalink Reply by Fox And Dragon Emporium on -
I absolutely LOVE it!
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Permalink Reply by Miss Aetherly on -
Very nice!
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Permalink Reply by G.A. Jack Hammerquist on -
Well done John!
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Permalink Reply by D. Niles, Esq. on -
tres chic!
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Permalink Reply by Alexander Ulysses Pitt on -
Very nicely executed! Great job.
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