Weather Station Steampunk Pipe Lamp ( Springfield Instruments )

This is a Steampunk Pipe Lamp made from a Vintage Springfield Weather Station. I used the plaque as a base for the whole thing. I sanded out the old finish and stained the wood with Red Oak 215 stain from Minwaw. I sanded between each coat starting from 225 grit, 500 grit, to 1000 grit.
The large straight water valve was a piece of scrap my Dad had from a old building he demoed. I hollowed out the inside so a Rotary Switch would fit snug inside. I used the brass tip from the switch to solder to the shaft from the valve. It worked perfectly. I did have to shave off some of the reverse threads on the shaft so it would spin freely. I used the 1in belt sander.
I removed the weather station instruments from the plaque and removed the backs. I replaced the backs with 1/2 inch floor flanges using hot glue. This way they would be able to screw rite in to any pipe fitting. I used scrap copper pipe and soldered copper presser cup male adapter fittings on the ends to add a nice contrast to the brass instruments. The copper coil is really easy too. you just wrap the 25 foot refrigerator copper coil around a 3 inch pvc pipe. Then cut to length. Then I used brass male connector fittings to attach the coil to the structure.
All the lamp stuff came from old lamps that I took apart and kept all the nuts, bolts, and any bass peaces that I might need for these types of projects. The back on the right side is connected using a Copper and Brass Union fitting.

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