{"id":1077,"date":"2019-02-17T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T13:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2019-02-17T14:40:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T13:40:57","slug":"copper-lamp-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/2019\/copper-lamp-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Lamp Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wanted a new challenge involving more than just carpentry, and I had a lot of copper pipe around from building a couple <a href=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/2018\/coffee-table\/\">tables<\/a>. I&#8217;d seen these pretty cool looking pipe lamps for sale using a lot of copper, and figured that it wouldn&#8217;t be that hard to make my own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_9014-e1550409375725-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1087\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1087\" class=\"wp-image-1087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_9014-e1550409375725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_9014-e1550409375725-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3823-e1550409403727-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1086\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1086\" class=\"wp-image-1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3823-e1550409403727.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3823-e1550409403727-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3822-e1550409420831-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1085\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1085\" class=\"wp-image-1085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3822-e1550409420831.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3822-e1550409420831-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3821-e1550409439408-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1084\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1084\" class=\"wp-image-1084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3821-e1550409439408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3821-e1550409439408-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3820-e1550409457104-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1083\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1083\" class=\"wp-image-1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3820-e1550409457104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3820-e1550409457104-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3807-e1550409470512-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1082\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1082\" class=\"wp-image-1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3807-e1550409470512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3807-e1550409470512-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3803-e1550409485303-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1081\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1081\" class=\"wp-image-1081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3803-e1550409485303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3803-e1550409485303-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3802-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1080\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1080\" class=\"wp-image-1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3802.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3802-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3802-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1613-e1550409508293-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1079\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1079\" class=\"wp-image-1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1613-e1550409508293.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1613-e1550409508293-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It didn&#8217;t go completely to plan in the end, as I underestimated just how long the lamp holder assembly was (pretty long &#8211; but maybe this was because I was using a switched one that I had around), so I had to change the final shape of the pipe to make it work (with the original design, the bulb was hilariously close to the base&#8230;). I tried out a couple different shapes for the lamp, but I think that the one I settled on worked super well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the parts were acquired from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lampspares.co.uk\">lampspares.co.uk<\/a>, but the hardest thing to find was the coupler from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lampspares.co.uk\/22mm-copper-pipe-stop-end-with-10mm-allthread-plu10140\/\">10mm pipe fitting<\/a> to the lamp holder (which didn&#8217;t have a 10mm fitting like I thought it did). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryness.co.uk\/stores\/old-compton-street\">Ryness lighting store in Soho<\/a> came in <em>super<\/em> useful here!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>22mm copper pipe (I had lots around from previous projects)<\/li><li>Wood for base (again, lots lying around)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lampspares.co.uk\/22mm-copper-pipe-stop-end-with-10mm-allthread-plu10140\/\">22mm -> 10mm pipe lamp holder fitting<\/a> &#8211; \u00a34.99<\/li><li>Old S Lilley brass switched lamp holder (I had it around from a really old school DT project)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lampspares.co.uk\/black-single-pole-in-line-switch-028321\/\">In line switch<\/a> &#8211; \u00a31.99<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lampspares.co.uk\/4w-led-crystalite-antique-g80-globe-bc-golden-filament-3170663\/\">Antique style LED bulb<\/a> &#8211; \u00a35.99<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lampspares.co.uk\/anthracite-grey-3-core-pvc-flex-round-0-75mm-4047732\/\">Extra cabling<\/a> &#8211; \u00a31.99<\/li><li>10mm to 1\/2&#8243; coupler &#8211; ~\u00a30.79<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all, a fun little project and I&#8217;ll definitely be making some more lighting in the future! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted a new challenge involving more than just carpentry, and I had a lot of copper pipe around from building a couple tables. I&#8217;d seen these pretty cool looking pipe lamps for sale using a lot of copper, and figured that it wouldn&#8217;t be that hard to make my own. It didn&#8217;t go completely &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/2019\/copper-lamp-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Copper Lamp Project&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}