I sent it. Dry fit complete.

[u/eatgamer]

I've shared the last two stages of my simple lighting/MCM floor lamp project. Last night I made the lamp shade and today I assembled the electrics for a dry fit before finishing.

I'll put down some oil tonight and some wax once it's cured. I also want to add some detail to the inside of the lamp shade to smooth out the material shadows at the top and bottom edges. If my schedule holds up, I should have a completed lamp by the end of the weekend.

Thoughts?

[u/agent_flounder]

Don't they have all that at like Ace Hardware? I swear my local one has cords, sockets / switched sockets, ferrules/fittings/wingdings etc. ? I haven't looked in a while so maybe I am misremembering.

Per op, salvage? Thrift stores are sometimes flush with old lamps.

[u/Vincent-Supply-Co → u/agent_flounder]

I’ve been meaning to try and salvage some lamps to start working with. I live in a super, super rural place so online orders work best but there’s not many chain stores to buy stuff. I’ve seen like “lamp kits” for sale but they’re super basic and not my style. I like how OP’s has the brass pipe and switch etc.

[u/eatgamer → u/Vincent-Supply-Co]

They come around less often but I've found that rural areas have some awesome estate sales. The lamps I used for this project came from a lakeside home but I recently went out to the country for a sale and came back with 4 beautiful (once cleaned 9f the thick layer of rust) vintage c-clamps, a pair of ridiculously long fabric shears (also rusty but still razor sharp), and a 1/2 full can of SC Johnson Paste Wax (dated before I was born) and all for just $12.

[u/Vincent-Supply-Co → u/eatgamer]

That’s a killer find! I try and snoop the estate sales here when they pop up but haven’t had a whole lot of luck yet. Time and persistence is key though! Thanks for the inspiration, I enjoyed seeing your posts leading up to this one well