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In my blog world, I was most recently challenged to 'knock off' something. I'm not big on copying anyone, so this was more challenging than I care to admit!
Regardless, I found a lamp I liked, collected a bunch of components and emailed Dan for advice.
He refused to let me go anywhere but his shop. And until I get some welding lessons, I was only allowed to help 'art direct'. (tell him what to do... I could get use to this!)
"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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the bolts are just for show Craig, They have felt underneath so the floor does not scratch. Donna thinks of everything.
-grampa dan
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-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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Super cool...I check out your page now and then just to keep up...great looking web site...you've got a wonderful eye for composition in your photos...and of all the other ladies that you link to on your site...what they do...doesn't hold a candle to the creativity of your work.
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Yes, Donna's got the magic touch. Really cool looking. (I tried doing some funky junk myself but it turned out looking more like "junky" junk. )
-------------------- Jean Shimp Shimp Sign & Design Co. Jacksonville Beach, Fl Posts: 1266 | From: Jacksonville Beach, Fl. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Like my Hillbilly Engineered butt catcher, which is a rube Goldberg invention of mine....a complicated series of rods and levers that resides next to my swing on a pedestal. Press the side button and the rods and levers make the lid of a quart solvent can open to deposit a cig butt. Kinda like a rat rod version of an ash tray.
I love making useless mechanical things like your lamp. Junkyard or Hillbilly Engineeeered all the way!
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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Farout!! i remember Dentists used to have a set up kinda like that, for their drill!! chain derive or pulleys…;o) That's Not in LampsRUs!
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
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Beautiful, but what would you do if you got a order for two dozen?????????????
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Classic Chair Duncan, the fabric would distract you from the Pain of that hand crank drill!!
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That is a cool lamp... all except for the bulb when it lights up.
quote:Bill, if I got an order for ANYTHING over one, I'd quit! [Smile] I just can't do production work... kills me.
That reminds me of an account I read of a tourist somewhere in Central America who bought a hand crafted item and then inquired about the price for many more. The unit price went way up and he asked, "Why?" The answer he got was, "The first one was fun."
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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