Reel lamp ideas

Christopher M Songer · January 22, 2019, 07:58:34 PM

Found this lamp at a resale shop for $6. I have a few reels I will never use and thought I would be creative. Let me know which version looks good to you.
I do not think I will keep it but sell this at a sportsman flea market next weekend. I need to thin the herd anyway.

Christopher M Songer · January 22, 2019, 08:09:44 PM

I think I am leaning for the first two on this page but the second 2 pics are growing on me. Than again I might keep it.

gstours · January 23, 2019, 03:30:45 AM

I,m liking you ideas. adds a little country to any room. Sometimes i wish i was a kid again. very nice idea. thanks for sharing.

philaroman · January 23, 2019, 06:18:37 AM

you do know that's actually a Beer Lamp? ...more unusual & interesting than reel lamps, IMO
can't tell if it's a half-yard or shorter, but the glass itself is worth many times $6 (decades ago, the deposit on a full yard was $60 & I'm pretty sure that bar bought lower quality, wholesale)

reel mounted on main stem, leaving the yard-stand function as intended, gives you a unique Beer/Reel Combo

Christopher M Songer · January 23, 2019, 12:36:55 PM

Thanks for identifying this as a "beer lamp" the glass is just under 12 inches. We have a "Pub/game room in our home that might be well suited for this lamp as intended. I could use it next to my work bench for those long nights tinkering with reels. Not exactly the Alan whisky bar set up but hey.

philaroman · January 23, 2019, 02:14:23 PM

at least, my misspent youth is good for something

sdlehr · January 23, 2019, 06:19:06 PM

If you do end up with a reel on the lamp, use one of the conventionals, and fit the lamp switch with a pull-string switch connected to line on the reel. I don't think I can claim that as an original thought, I think it was discussed on Fred's thread on lamps a few years ago.