Big Brother Conduit Lamp

[RWJ]

The missus was watching Big Brother and remarked how she liked a light they have in the house, I had a look and it's just a bit of conduit and some boxes.




£294!!!!


Project next week to make one for £0 in bit's I've got in the shed!!!

 

[thekingiam]

my missus a while back saw some conduit in one of those glossy mags and wanted it in our kitchen haven't got around to it yet!

 

[ferg]

my missus a while back saw some conduit in one of those glossy mags and wanted it in our kitchen haven't got around to it yet!

Daft as it sounds I'm pricing a domestic job where they want conduit in certain places.
They must have seen the same magazine

 

[Mr Hehound]

Must admit, I prefer conduit in conservatory installs over t&e in YT2 where chasing cables in is not practical.

Just looks better/neater - maybe I'm a trendsetter. (Lol)

 

[Engineer54]

The missus was watching Big Brother and remarked how she liked a light they have in the house, I had a look and it's just a bit of conduit and some boxes.

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£294!!!!


Project next week to make one for £0 in bit's I've got in the shed!!!

I'd use a good thread lock compound to any threads you don't want to move!! lol!!

Think i'd be mounting it on a wood/metal plinth or whatever with a felt base, ...if you're not keen on the thing as it stands, scratching surfaces. Id use the plain cast box lids for the outrigger boxes, instead the spouted box lids shown...

Who's selling these things at a very cheeky (to say the least) £294???

 

[RWJ]

Tony Miles Designs | Industrial Style Lighting | Naken Interiors

 

[GLENNSPARK]

its just half an hour with the diestocks innit...

perhaps i should knock some up and set up a stall in the new proposed craft fair in the 1976 hall at Leeds city markets....

do my bit for the existing install...

 

[ipf]

its just half an hour with the diestocks innit...

perhaps i should knock some up and set up a stall in the new proposed craft fair in the 1976 hall at Leeds city markets....

do my bit for the existing install...

Craft fair, probably sell none. Interior designer for £100 each may be more interesting........dipsticks.

 

[ipf]

The missus was watching Big Brother and remarked how she liked a light they have in the house, I had a look and it's just a bit of conduit and some boxes.

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£294!!!!


Project next week to make one for £0 in bit's I've got in the shed!!!

Looks like it's wired in pyro.... but.... I bet it's not! :wink5:

 

[davethsparky]

Where's the pyro? Looks like black flex in a brass stuffing gland to me, pyro glands don't look like that normally.

 

[ipf]

Where's the pyro? Looks like black flex in a brass stuffing gland to me, pyro glands don't look like that normally.

:wink5::wink5::wink5:......honest ?

 

[davethsparky]

I've missed a joke here haven't I?

 

[ipf]

Thinking about it, dave, there was a pyro gland that did look quite like that, in the 70's. It was crimped to the cable rather than screwed. Didn't last for long, rubbish idea.

 

[davethsparky]

I think I've heard about them, referred to as wedge-pots and fitted with a tool that was a bit like a pair of mole grips?

 

[ipf]

I think I've heard about them, referred to as wedge-pots and fitted with a tool that was a bit like a pair of mole grips?

Them's 'em. I'll have a trawl in the stores sometime, see if I can find out tucked away. Probably binned 'em, though.

 

[Guitarist]

But...."many of his bespoke table designs incorporate hand bent steel tubing", so gotta be worth the money

 

[Dcf]

It's a pity the Internet wasn't about when the old hands were making sledges at Xmas.
"a hand made bespoke toboggan built with traditional craftsman methods using industrial grade tubing price £450......
could have made a fortune instead of selling them for a fiver

 

[Andy78]

But...."many of his bespoke table designs incorporate hand bent steel tubing", so gotta be worth the money

This explains why it's worth the money. I have to use a conduit bender to bend mine.

 

[ian.settle1]

I have had my brain removed or sad enough to watch this load of rubbish supposedly called entertainment

 

[ayjay]

regarding the micc glands they also brought out pots that were shrunk on using a gas blowtorch as the pot was warmed up it shrunk onto the micc all you then had to do was slide on the sleeving
they were withdrawn too altho i thought they were great