Wow, expensive lighting!

[Thomas]

Brass is not magnetic.

[dpb]

Don't suppose they've discovered that yet, do you?

Suppose _just maybe_ they've got some structural/the magnets inside the brass tubing?

It isn't well written at all, but they didn't say it was _only_ brass nor that the brass was a solid bar; only that the brass itself is solid brass, not plated.

Clearly, although the pictures are contrived to not show, the brass has to be tubing that covers the structural components which include the magnets and all...

[Commander Kinsey]

Er.... baths are made of plastic. I can pick mine up with one hand (before fitting it obviously).

[Cindy Hamilton]

Not all baths are made of plastic. I get a bunch of hits when I google for cast iron bath tub.

I don't have a bath anymore. My 152 cm by 81 cm shower base is cast acrylic and weighs a lot. Maybe close to 50 kilograms; I can't quite remember how much effort it was to fit it. A lot, but my husband did most of the work.

Cindy Hamilton

[Fredxx]

You need to get out more and receive some education.

Not all baths are plastic.

[Commander Kinsey]

That's hardly education, knowing what idiots buy.

[Commander Kinsey]

You'll get a bunch of hits for vintage cars too, doesn't mean they're a good idea.

I have a bath but not for bathing in.

[Rod Speed]

Yeah, you poms have always kept the coal in it.

That's why you are so smelly.

[Snag]

Jumpin' in here ... our cast iron tub was made in 1911 , and could probably be busted up with a sledge hammer . If you could get past my wife ! As far as the lighting , I could fabricate that in my shop . The light segments might be problematic , but I think if one could string the segments together in series and use a current-limited voltage variable power supply it would work just fine . Would have to use dimmable LED's ...

[Snag]

It has small rare earth magnets glued into the ends .

[Snag]

I could fabricate the structural components in my shop . The hardest part would be slotting the brass tubing .

[Commander Kinsey]

Which aren't made of earth.

[Commander Kinsey]

Go for it. At the stated price, you' could make a fortune.

It does confuse me when Americans say shop - I assume that's short for workshop? In the UK a shop is where you buy things.

[Commander Kinsey]

All education is a waste of resources. People should learn on the job. Then they'd learn what they really need to know, and could start work far earlier in life.

[dpb]

Nothing exotic there construction-wise, certainly...at least from appearances.

One gathers these are done one-off from the description to justify the pricing structure and sell as art rather than lighting fixture.

[dpb]

Which is why they're so rare...

The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbium (Er), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), holmium (Ho), lanthanum (La), lutetium (Lu), neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), scandium (Sc), terbium (Tb), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), and yttrium (Y).

[dpb]

On 8/4/2020 6:56 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote: ...

I don't think I'd want my heart surgeon training that way, sorry...

[rbowman]

Now, if you had a Bridgeport...

[Snag]

Are you dissin' my RF45 clone ? Gear head and dovetail column with plenty of space under the spindle with the head cranked all the way up . And it only weighs 800 lbs . The problem would be keeping the tube still under machining forces . Probably take a custom milled clamp fixture ...

[Jim Joyce]

Rare earth metals and magnets aren't actually rare. 60 Minutes did a segment on that in their latest season.