Steampunk-inspired lamp - Finished!

With the shade holders put into place, the steampunk-inspired lamp was finished!

A couple of pictures of it in all its glory:

if you are interested in following the story of this lamp, check out the full thread here.

Steampunk Inspired Lamp - shade holders

Since finishing the topper on the steampunk-inspired lamp. I am down to a single issue: holding the lampshades on.

It originally looked like this:

Lampshade holder issues

I originally thought about just pulling in the cord but I was worried about longterm "floppyness" so I tried using epoxy to glue the shade to the end of the pipe.

That worked but when I accidentally bumped it, it broke loose.

I do not have a welder and I think the bulb-socket housing is plastic anyway. So I wanted to create something in keeping with the steampunk spirit.

My solution was to spend $1 and get a piece of sheet tin. I then cut it

Cutting the tin

into short strips. Then popping them into the vice, I bent them into rough "S" shapes:

Bent tin holder

Using some screw-on pipe squeezers (there is probably a accurate technical term but I don't know it) I connected 3 of my strips to the pipe:

locking down the pipe strips

Another 2 on the larger end where the lampshade actually is, then some "hammered metal" paint and misted with black to get it down to the proper look and it is locked on and solid!

The lamp is complete!