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Whisk Up a Little Ambiance!

November 18th, 2008 in blog, projects     

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Hobite Whisk Pendant Lamp             



Materials:
Vintage Hobite or other industrial wire whisk
Pre-wired pendant lamp with glass shade
Crystal
Light bulb

All the parts you will need, and a little bling, and you have a complete cast.

Tools List:
Wire cutter
Needle nose pliers

Method:

Step 1: Remove cap from wiring housing on bulb end of lamp. Push the two silver tabs, found on the bottom of the casing, in while at the same time pulling on the wires in the opposite direction. This will remove the wires completely from the plastic housing.

Don't be afraid to try this. Remember, your lamp is NOT plugged in at this point. Push firmly, but not aggressively, on the silver metal clips. Ok I'm fessing up, I used a fingernail cleaning tool to push these in, but a needle nose plier would work too.

Step 2: Thread the freed wires through the neck of the whisk from the outside.

 

Step 3: Thread the wires back through the plastic sleeve on the pendant lamp and insert the wires back into the metal clips. They should hold tight and not pull back out.

 

If your not too agressive in step one, the wires will simply snap back into place once thread through the neck of the whisk.

Step 4: Snap the plastic sleeve back over the housing for the cord.

Step 5: Carefully slip glass light cover through the whisk and secure to the housing with the screw cap provided with lamp. Insert light bulb.

An extra set of hands to pull apart the whisk would be helpful here so as not to marr the glass with rust. Even though we all love the rust!

Step 6: Add a bit of bling by wiring a crystal on the base of the whisk.

Step 7: Hang your lamp and enjoy the newly whisked up ambiance.

I love the beauty, simplicity, and usefullness of the whisk!

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posted in: blog, projects, metal, industrial, lamp

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