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Posted by Moonraker on September 4, 2007, 10:00 pm
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>> Thanks to everyone who has posted on the subject. I've been polishing
>> my glasscutting skills. They were pretty darned rusty. I've got a
>> Worden Tulip mold coming. I was careful (I hope) to not get one with
>> too big of pieces like javahut suggested. I could just wait until it
>> gets here and read the directions first, but I do have question. A
>> book I was recently looking at showed the only thing supporting the
>> lamp as a metal cap soldered onto the top. Is that really enough to
>> support a lamp? I notice that the Odyssey lamps have got a cap, a
>> ring, and something else supporting the lamp.
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>> The people I ordered the mold from recommended that I get the 4" cap
>> for the top and support it from the bottom with a slightly larger cap,
>> and somehow squish them together. Does this sound valid?
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> Sure it will work, but keep in mind the forces on your lamp, that method
> will work IF you do some things similar to what they did back in the good
> ole days, that are brought forward with methods similar to what Odyssey is
> doing.
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> When you build your shade, at the aperture ring, or top opening, solder in
> a
> heavy copper or brass ring. of some kind. Years ago we used number 10
> copper wire, bent around a propane tank, or something similar. Use 1/8 in
> welding rod or brass rod from the hardware store, bend it around something
> slightly larger in diameter, and squeeze it into size just before
> installing
> it, and solder it in place.
>
> I want to emphasize this, but not be mistaken for yelling, ONLY TACK IT
> IN
> 3 PLACES equidistant around the circumference of the ring until the shade
> is
> off the mold. attach the bottom rim to the shade THEN level the shade by
> the aperture ring. If you run into trouble when you get to that point,
> post
> but DO NOT fill that gap between ring and glass before you post that you
> are
> confused. The solution is very simple, but if you fill the solder area in
> first, it is much more work.
>
> Once that ring is in place, if you want to use a "wheel" as does odyssey ,
> or use another cap under with one over it, you can do so easily without
> fear
> that the upward pull of the bottom cap, and the downward sucking of the
> earth,(gravity) along with the weight of those 3 lbs of solder pulling
> downward, won't pull the bottom cap right up thru your fine tight lines on
> the lamp shade.
>
> Is that detail enough? Feel like somebody asked what time it was and I
> told
> them how to build a watch, sorry about that, I must be "jonesing" from no
> activity on the board in so long!! not even a good catfight.
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