kgfinkel
826
13
2
Found it on Google
Apr 26, 2025 6:56 PM
kgfinkel
826
13
2
Found it on Google
GussDeBlod
That looks very cool. I kinda want one
LeoGrun19401
Make the whole mechanism live
L0rdinquisit0r
looked them up, wooden ratchet lamp are like $350 https://grandview-mercantile.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/23141213/ZBABE_149-5.jpg wire gos up the middle of the outer piece
CaptSchmidtGaming
that lamp has low aesthetic value.
or in otherwords, that lamp is rachet
skipweasel
Coiled flex.
LariCheltsy
Coiled flex bro, but okay.
L0rdinquisit0r
cart jack converted to lamp, put it on a loop?
Madchant
Run a solid cord to the bottom of the top moving segment where it passes thru a plastic peg (3/8" OD) that will slide smoothly in a 3/8" slot in the vertical base. The slot will be the length of designed travel of the upper, allowing free motion. The base will also have a round hole 1" to 1-1/2" diam. open at the bottom, in which a coiled power cord is attached to the wire on the moving top and secured at the bottom where it connects to a standard cord to plug into an outlet.
Madchant
Style of cord, better fit may be available: https://www.amazon.com/MMTC-4-20-2-Coil-Cord-Extended/dp/B00RO66RBO
terajack2048
Could use a small weight as well
KR1570F
If you're more comfortable with diy stuff you could skip the wire entirely and have a metal rail and attachment and electrify the whole thing. it should be enclosed but you get to decide how dangerous you want the pieces in your own home.
dancinshroom
Or if youre more comfortable in not dying then just run the cord up the middle..
Extra wire at the bottom so it can get pulled up and slots in the moving parts to keep the wire free
icanseethefnords
your morning coffee is more dangerous than 120vac.
KR1570F
They make light fixtures that have an electrified rail so that you can slide the lights around however you want. It's not THAT complicated and it solves all of the problems you ignored OP asking how to fix. https://www.lampemesteren.com/lighting-track/
dancinshroom
Yeah dude you didnt read what i said. You put the cord up the middle.... Hollow out the lower end so the flexible cord has room to compress, and cut a track for the cord to go up the middle of the top part. Not hard...
KR1570F
No I read what you said, and just think you're imagining a perfect world where the cord magically and smoothly moves back down and doesn't bind at all because gnomes live in the center and just push the cord down for you.
dancinshroom
Why would it get stuck going back down...... you only need like a foot of extra cord and if you have some extra flexible thinner wire it would have no problem falling down as you push the lamp back down.
There might be a issue if you were trying to shove 5 feet back in but not with a foot or 2.