Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Lamp in progress for this coming Pecan St. Festival in Austin Tx.

This is the new lamp now in progress.  The base is an old gas pump meter I bought at a garage sale.  I bought a rotisserie from the grill department at Home Depot, took it apart and used the motor to turn the numbers.  I had to weld a housing together and custom make a shaft to go from the motor to the meter's input rod.

From here I will run some super bright led's to light the numbers on the front and wire in a 12" long Edison replica bulb into the glass tank.  This should be a neat one when it is finished.  

After this lamp I have another one planned, and will have it available at this upcoming Pecan St. Festival.