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!!!

 

[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they were withdrawn too altho i thought they were great

 

[Guitarist]

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

So yours would be "Andy's design's incorporate the highest grade steel tubing, lovingly hand-contoured using the finest British-made forming equipment from world-renowned forges..."

 

[davethsparky]

Were they definately withdrawn? I have to reterminate an imperial MI and something a little bit flexible like that would have been perfect.

 

[Andy78]

So yours would be "Andy's design's incorporate the highest grade steel tubing, lovingly hand-contoured using the finest British-made forming equipment from world-renowned forges..."

Thats got to add a ton at least onto each fitting !

My brother actually started making stuff like this not so long back. Not electrical, but making shelves and bathroom fittings from inch plumbing pipe. Looks pretty good when done right. He couples it with oiled chunky slabs of solid oak and elm and it looks right nice.

 

[Silly Sausage]

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!!!

Competition for Marvo's Cu tube lamp!

 

[trev]

I think this proves the old saying about a fool and his money. It's bloody hideous but if some knacker wants to pay a kick in the backside off £300 I might start making something similar

 

[Phil]

Competition for Marvo's Cu tube lamp!

thats exactly what i was thinking
watch out for some south african guy on ebay selling them now

 

[Guitarist]

I think this proves the old saying about a fool and his money. It's bloody hideous but if some knacker wants to pay a kick in the backside off £300 I might start making something similar

You'd have to do like they do on The Apprentice Trev. Hire a posh shopfront for the day, put on a suit, and offer "real" coffee to all your clients.

 

[trev]

Hey I can put a suit on mate, it's usually only for weddings and funerals mind but it can be done
Real coffee? naah Proper Beer

 

[kingeri]

I once made a light out of an old roadwork lamp (the ones that used to contain paraffin burners). Sold it for more than a hundred quid. Amazing what folks will pay for 'designer' accessories which are in fact just stuff made out of bin-material.

 

[Guitarist]

A bit like when "interior designers" take a perfectly nice oak dresser and go at it with hammers to give it the "distressed" look....