My lamp started life as some rusty car parts that I found in a barn. Some headlamps, two support arms for the front wheels, a prop shaft, gearbox, car horn and some metal tubing.

 I began the project by welding the two support arms together to make a base for the lamp. Then I cut the prop shaft I half and put the gears from a transition inn between the cuts with some metal tubing. Then I brought out some sheet metal and made a mounting bracket for the two headlamps. Then I disassembled the two headlamps. I found some bowl like shapes inside them that I could use to balance the proportions of the lamp, and make it a more open shape. I mounted the bowl like shapes with welding wires. Before I wired inn the lamps I sandblasted, polished and painted it. I painted it in black and kept some of the raw brushed metal to give it a rougher look. I tried to create a balanced contrast between the black paint and the brushed metal. When the paint dried I wired up the lamps.

I am not that pleased with the end result. The sandblasting devise I used wasn’t strong enough to get all the paint and rust of, so in some areas it’s rather rough. And the tape I used to mask was freezing tape. Not masking tape that I should have used (if I had any). So the masking is slightly uneven. im quite happy with the shape of the lamp. i tried to make the lamp in a mixture of organic and gemetric shapes. Though some of it is more geomtric than oraganic.

Step five

Step five was to sand blast of all the rust and dirt the angel grinder didden't get.

Step four

Step four was to shave of most of the rust.
This gave it a really nice shine

Step three

Step three was to weld the base structure of the lamp.
i dont have anny pictures of the actual welding.

its difficult to take pictures of somthing you cant watch witout getting blind.

Step two

Step two was mounting the gears

Step One

The first step was to chop the prop shaft i half.

I have managed to scavenge 1 gearbox, 3 front headlights, 2 support arms for the front wheels, one emergency button, one propshaft and a pimpin car horn.
My genuine idea for these parts is to make a grovy scrap lamp. I will accomplish this by shagging the parts together in a swift motion, creating a great tower of scrap. Then i will complete the lamp by putting some pimpin lights on the top.