Wife and I built a small wall next to part of the patio. Wanted to put a pair of lamps on each end so we went shopping. Junk was $40 each and there was nothing nice. We went online and found some stuff that was okay but they wanted up to $500 each for them.
So I decided to make my own.
The globe light was $9.95 each at Lowe's. The hat top is a squirrel guard for a bird feeder. They were $14 each. Some 1/4" allthread with nuts $$6 for all. The 1/2" copper pipe I pulled out of my junk pile, dipped it in muratic acid to remove the tarnish and polished it. The wood is Jatoba left over from another project. Wire I had laying around. Mounted them on 2" galvanized pipe also out of the junk pile. Total $27 in each light plus a couple of bulbs.
There was a 1 1/2" hole in the squirrel guard so I covered it with a piece of copper I hammered to fit the curve. I coated all copper with clear laquer.
I think they turned out nice.
Zulu
