I'm looking for a light socket with a multi-size fitting to go into a 35mm aperture. Can't recall what such a gadget might be called. Have googled sans success. Ordinary BC light socket with a plastic extrusion beneath that can be pushed into an aperture and the plastic extrusion deforms to the correct size/shape. SWMBO has acquired this oddball porcelain thing and wants to turn it into a lamp. I would turn it but I recently knackered the motor on my (woodturning) lathe. This project of course takes priority over all else. Hope that makes some sense Thanks nick.
What's it called? Electric light socket thing
Aug 09, 2005
6 Replies
Bottle lamp adapter
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try what's left of the electrical section in Woolies.
Owain
On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:05:10 +0100,it is alleged that "NickP" spake thusly in uk.d-i-y:
The only similar thing I recall seeing is a table lamp adapter to turn empty winebottles etc into lamps. Usually sold as a kit called 'bottle adapter lamp kit'. Not sure of the correct name of this device.
"NickP" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net:
*Do* try not to break itmike
Hmmm.... tricky
Ah yes! A Rawlbolt. Do it up good and tight.
No.. that would scratch the interior surface.
Far better to bandsaw it in half, do the wiring inside, fill it with resin and stick the bits back together.
HTH
Could try a homebrew shop for a suitably sized bung, and use one of those light fittings that screws onto a threaded metal tube. Or you could probably turn a piece of wood using a drill to rotate it and an angle grinder with a coarse sanding disk to shape it after you'd roughed it out with a saw.
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