Fun with old car parts-worlds heaviest lamp.

[Steve@Tasca]

So here it is, a lamp I built using the flywheel, crank and cam from a 1961 Austin Healey 3.0l inline six. The crank had been under my dads deck for years and when we tore out the deck I had the idea to repurpose the old crank. I media blasted the crank and then welded the cam to the crank. I also performed a little patina magic to the cam and the black and galvanized pipe I used for the lighting fixture to give it a more uniform appearance and it's using 40 watt Edison bulbs.

 

[SID297]

That thing is awesome.

 

[busta]

That's really cool well done sir

 

[Steve@Tasca]

Thanks, I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I forgot to put it in the OP but my guess it it weighs around 130lbs.

-Steve

 

[AustinSN]

I like it.

 

[DaBigBone]

That's sweet!

 

[Steve@Tasca]

I also forgot to mention that the reason it has the dark, somewhat shiny finish is that I treated it with Penetrol which will preserve the metal as is so it shouldn't change over time.

-Steve

 

[DHG1078]

Very cool! We actually just weighed the crank out of my dad's 67 gt500 the other day, and it weighed about 65 pounds.

 

[BlksvtCobra01]

That is cool as shit.


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