Posted by Seth Boyer on March 09, 2012 at 19:36:00 from (72.161.230.104):
When I started tearing into my F-12 I was excited to pull out this oil filter. It cleaned up really nice and I hated to toss it. I've had it sitting on the bench in the garage since last summer and one day I thought about making a lamp out of it. I tried fitting it with some different copper fittings on either end and keeping my eye out for something to use as a base. Nothing ever seemed to work just right and I didn't want to spend any money so it just sat. So this past January when I was moving back home from NY I was in an accident and rolled my truck. Other than my truck being totaled this lamp that I had just bought became a pile of scrap. About a week ago I saw the filter sitting on my work bench and was reminded of my plans for it and I thought of the junk lamp that I had yet to throw away. Tonight my wife and youngest boy were busy while my oldest boy Gabe stayed at home with me. I told him my plans and with a huge smile on his face and big bright eyes he was immediately excited to help!!
One of the light sockets was beyond repair and I didn't really want a really tall floor lamp so we cute one off. This was one of those lamps that screwed together in 3 different sections. I cut one down and made it to fit inside the lower part of the filter. We then drilled and riveted it to the filter. A piece of 1/2 in copper fit perfect over the top part of the filter and I found that a 3/4x1/2 fitting reducer fit nice and snug inside the tube sections of the lamp. As you see in the pictures I soldered that all together then riveted it all together.
I must say it turned out very nice. It was so nice to spend a few hours with Gabe working on something together after me being away from home working so much lately!!
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