Shop office light

Thanks all. I grew up in a near ghost town. There was a John Deere agency/lumber company/bulk oil agency in that town. The office/shop/parts department was in one building. It had the beaded paneling. I liked the look. I saved the front door from the building before it was demolished. It sat an angle in the building, I replicated that. Also have a cement sign with company name on it. The shop side of office walls are covered with split cedar siding from a couple of old homestead houses that were succumbing to the ravages of time.
 
Als48 said:
I remember seeing a light at the early V8 museum at Auburn. It was made from a rear end housing with maybe gas globe or some such glass lens. Pretty unique! Does anyone else remember seeing that?

Al Hook
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There was a fellow selling opaque V8 signs on the HAMB a few years ago. They were just the right size to put on a rear axle in place of the bells. Wanted 2 for making a light using banjo/torque tube. But I wasn’t done with my shop, and didn’t need more stuff to trip over. So darn…
 
And then there are these creations > https://no.pinterest.com/pin/560205641127264670/


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Very clever use of 'on hand' materials! And like so many of us, you are proud to display the ford script in your work.
 
No photos but I built a coffee table with a '29 "A" running board, the legs are the stamped running board brackets with a brake rod for bracing.
 
There are lots of drilled camshafts for making table lamps with hidden cords but it seems very few want to do a crankshaft. From experience, I will tell you it is hard to hide the holes.
 
38 coupe said:
Pete, I would love to see a picture of a crankshaft lamp if you have one to share.
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I made it out of a model A crank when I was in high school and did not own a camera back then but it was basically the same as petehoovie's pics.
The teacher helped me figure out how to drill it to hide the cord.
All we had was a flat belt drive drill press to work with.
 
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