(Remove the small piece of plastic insulation from the end of the switch wires and the socket wires first.) Twist the ends of the wire slightly. Connect the black wire from the light socket to the wire from the switch, using a wire nut. Once you have something you like you can tighten the pipes together. No really, it’s amazing what some people have achieved with simple and easy-to-use materials such as steel and copper pipes. Insert the socket, wire ends first, up through the 1-1/4 coupling, and out the top of the 1 nipple. The info for the rotary switch and the rubber sheet can be seen on the.
This black rubber lamp socket is very simple and inexpensive, with two wires coming off the end. I ended up purchasing all the plumbing for this project from Home Depot. Basic plumbing supplies like iron flanges, elbow joints, and nipples (plumbers’ parlance for straight pipes) are sturdy enough to support shelves or bars-or even the bathroom sink! Just clean off any grease from your assembled projects with mineral spirits, add a layer of finishing wax to stave off rust, and they'll look appropriate in any room of the house.Īnd, as you’ll find upon perusing, a leading online plumbing and HVAC retailer, plumbing parts can be had for pennies, so you’ll get a major return on a rock-bottom investment. 1 candelabra bulb AC plug with in-line roll switch Heat shrink tools needed: Soldering iron Step 2: Bulid the Lamp Base first you want to build the lamp base and see what the final product will look like. This is my build of an industrial style lamp, using black-iron pipe and a wine bottle. Each light bulb needs to tighten into an actual electrical socket fitted inside the pipe, and the best type to use in a black iron pipe fixture is something called a pig tail socket. The Materials When planning out my DIY industrial pipe lamp, I decided that I wanted to go with a tree-style design with three bulbs, for no other reason than I saw something similar on Etsy and thought it looked cool. Even if you don’t consider yourself especially crafty, you can create cool stuff, because the threaded fittings join together easily. That’s right: Plumbing has emerged from behind the walls to star in all kinds of practical, great-looking designs. If you dig industrial décor-the edgy aesthetic that celebrates old-school utilitarian design-get psyched to discover some fun new do-it-yourself projects, all using black fittings.
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