ditchman Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 you may remember...above my linishing machine i had an old lamp.....it was a genuine angle poise lamp...i bought it at the village hall sale years ago for a fiver....i stripped the paint off it and brought it in the house...she didnt like it so it went out to the shed..........welll now she aint here no more i have rewired and polished that sucker up and its in da house now ...i luv it also got to work on the old mule chest mending the crack.....heat gun and wire brush to get the animal glue off.......gone together half decent and will leave it like that for a couple of days then i will glue it and i will make up 4 steel plates to bridge the join on the back and fix them whilst the plank is still in the clamps..... thats for another day the for sale signs go up tomorrow......so i have to get these things done before i move.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 The lamp looks great and the mule chest will too. Good luck with the house sale. Onwards and upwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 A double thread! Drew PRICKard would love the lamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdadphil Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 As always quality work 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 Lamp looks very nice, hope the oak top bonds ok 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 Good work all round. Cracking looking lamp What glue you going to use for the repair? Boiled up bunny skins for historical accuracy, or Cascamite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaferret Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 Love that lamp, it's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, saddler said: Good work all round. Cracking looking lamp What glue you going to use for the repair? Boiled up bunny skins for historical accuracy, or Cascamite? think i will go for something modern.........all the glue is off now so it will be wood to wood .........the glue will hold it together and the steel plates i will make will give it the strenghth on the underside...............took some victorian metal work off and underneath were the original hand made nails....so left it like that.........it dosnt have hinges it has 2 loops of iron as hinges....i will have to do the p-lank to plank join in situ as to remove the lid/plank i would have to dig the loop hinge out...which i dont want to do.... i dont want it to be perfect ...as it will loose its history......just want it to look well kept and functional and looked after.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 fantastic work as ever simon , that lamp is a pretty as a piece of jewellery . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 Simon , that lamp is beautiful . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 That lamp is stunning. If you ever thought of selling it I’d be very interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Medic1281 said: That lamp is stunning. If you ever thought of selling it I’d be very interested. nooooooooo......................im very taken with it.......the engineering of it and the style and the proportion are all just right....you can see why it is a real syle icon.....i used hammerite smooth on the case cover of the base.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 39 minutes ago, ditchman said: nooooooooo......................im very taken with it.......the engineering of it and the style and the proportion are all just right....you can see why it is a real syle icon.....i used hammerite smooth on the case cover of the base.......... Exactly the reasons I like it. Absolutely stunning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Hello, nice work Simon, interesting that items such as your lamp are very in vogue now and seen plenty at auctions over the years, always think if only I bought this or that, same with old oil lamps that granny used, church fete for a shilling, who made that lamp and what year ? and good luck in impending move 👍cheers Edited September 8, 2020 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 most off the stuff i bought 30years ago are only worth half of what i paid for them at the time.oh dear . thats the story of my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, dodgy dave said: most off the stuff i bought 30years ago are only worth half of what i paid for them at the time.oh dear . thats the story of my life i can relate to that.......................you are definatly not alone.......... glued and screwed the split plank together...........seems to have worked well....will leave it for a couple of days and then take down a small high spot in the join....will post up some pics of it then......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Has your work on the old mule chest been in keeping with its age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 40 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Has your work on the old mule chest been in keeping with its age? yes............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 I may nip over and check! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I may nip over and check! Love it 😀 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 got the first plank done...have done it sypathetically....dont want to hide it just make it nice .....have removed the battons from underneath...(maybe victorian mend)...so the wood is wanting to sit in its own way...i will do the 2nd plank on the weekend...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 It's all been said so just agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Watch this space.. update coming today........im taking my time as im in limbo waiting for the house to sell...so im getting all my nice bits up to stuff and have started to take 200 years of grime of the dower/mule chest so it starts to "bloom" again as if it was only 100 years old...........lots of dirty pics coming soon ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Loving those authentic cross head screws! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Loving those authentic cross head screws! there is a reason i have used them......"those" cross head screws have a parerlell thread....so when i wind them into the very hard oak they go in like a bolt in a predrilled hole...i dare not use wood screws that close to the edges as a wood screw is tapered and would act like a wedge and introduce a split.......but you are right what you say....they are a bit modern...but they are the solution... anyway ...who do you think i am Arther bloody Negus.... Edited September 26, 2020 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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