Industrial lights

Check out our industrial light collection. We love to blend the wood and metal to make the perfect combination of nature and machine. 

Stay tuned for more to come. "bringing memories to light" 

Heavy duty tractor piston lamp

The flicker flame bulb makes this lamp look like this piston is in the power stroke of the cycle.

This piston was found in a tractor junkyard in central Texas and spent many years in the barn before I found the perfect lamp set up for it.

bringing memories to light 

Vintage gas can lamp with custom Shell Gasoline shade

Vintage Admiration leak proof gas can, manufactured by the Burkhead mfg, Co. Houston Texas. 

  The vintage gas can is a 2 1/2 gallon size and the custom shade was made with an older Shell Gasoline image. 

Bringing memories to light 

2 Barrel Carburetor Lamp

2 barrel carburetor turned into a lamp. With 2 flicker flame bulbs to simulate the backfire we all experienced working on older cars and trucks.

The oak base adds that extra heft to make this a strong piece for any mans desk or man-cave decor.

  

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Farm implement parts lamp

These parts are from a John Deere implement (not sure what the exact parts are, let me know if you do).

This pair of John Deere parts are the perfect man cave bling.

A set of Cultivator wheel lamps 

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Wooden pulley lamps

This wooden industrial pulley has been transformed into a pair of accent lamps.

We wanted a minimal look for this pair, which was accomplished by using the two haves of the wooden gear, pipe and Edison bulbs.

 

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Industrial gauge lamp

Industrial pipe and gauge lamp

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Spool top table with treadle base

30" industrial spool top table with vintage sewing machine treadle base.

We took a 30" spool top and cut off one side to make it fit against a wall better. The cut off piece was re-attached to the back, creating a back splash. The treadle base is a vintage very rare Farm and Ranch branded base. The two pieces just go together so naturally.

 

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Country chic kitchen table

Country chic kitchen table 

This garage sale find got the full treatment, striped down top and legs. Added vintage Farm Fresh Eggs image, stained and polyurethane on top. The legs got sanded and painted antique white, lite distress and finish sanded, then waxed. What a difference alittle  alot of work makes.

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Fan or kindred spirit?

Sometimes the things that catch you off guard are the best. That is what happened to us last weekend, we were caught completely off guard by what happened.

We had been out picking all morning at the local city wide garage sale. We filled the truck and in fact had to go back with the trailer to pick up a really big piece. We should have stopped and cleaned up before taking our latest creations to the shop, but we were just going to be in and out, right? 

We had brought a new chandelier and a small piece of furniture. While making sure that the new items looked good in our space, someone stopped by our booth and informed us that he was very excited to meet us. So starts the off guard part, and this is just the beginning. Joe, introduces himself and informs us that he has purchased several of our lamps and that he has them prominently displayed in his house. We talk about the lamps that he purchased, one is the Curtiss Wright R3350 radial engine master control rod below.

Another is a cultivator wheel lamp and he commented on the pleasing shadowing that it cast on the wall, as pictured below.

During our conversation it is revealed that we have in fact purchased items from Joe also. Without knowing we had been buying items that Joe has been letting go from his collection. The small world starts to come to mind, or is it that kindred spirits of the junkers tribe are drawn to the same flame?

What happens next is definitely a first and caught us off guard the most. Joe actually asked if he could take a picture with us. What? Who? With Us? Of course we agreed, even in our been picking all day look, what an honor to have someone want to have a picture of the artist that created his lamps. (joe is in the middle) 

So back to my original question. Does this make Joe a fan or kindred spirit?

We like to feel that the junker family members are all kindred spirits of a sort. We might have different approaches, and the junk might have different meanings to each of us, but we all can see something more than what it might be, we see what it can be.

Did I mention, someone asked to take a picture with us? How cool. Someone gets what we do and likes it enough to want it in their home. I will say it again, How cool is that. 

     

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Aluminum table with tractor image

Vintage aluminum table with butcher block top, with antique tractor image on top.

The perfect table for the man cave, and guys poker night. 

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Tractor grill wall lighting unit

Vintage tractor grill with LED lighting.

This is the first tractor grill from an awesome pick that we did at a vintage tractor graveyard. The lighting was accomplished with 4 single LED bulbs, all connected to a remote controller that comes with a credit card sized remote for easy control. As you can see there are lights in each headlight bucket and there are 2 lights that are aimed down to back light the whole grill. The whole thing is sealed with clear coat to seal the patina in place and not allow rust to rub off. 

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Windmill Chandelier

A Chandelier made from a weathered windmill head and vintage glass crystals 

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Cake Pan Chandelier lamp 2013

Repurpose cake pan, wooden pulley, milk glass shade, antique chain, turned into a chandelier. 

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Cultivator Wheel Lamp

Repurpose cultivator wheels into lamps with piping and wood base.

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Tractor Grill lamp 2014

Vintage Tractor grill turned into table lamp

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How to Heat Transfer onto Furniture

We will be showing you step by step the way we paint and heat transfer our furniture.

We found this beautiful coffee table at a garage sale perfect for the heat transfer.

First we did was take it apart for a better sanding, this is optional.

We use 150 grit sand paper, also 220 grit sand paper for that smooth finish.

Ones I cleaned the piece with a damp cloth I proceed to paint a Turquoise color, and then distress with 220 grit sand paper to give it that aged look and that smoothness.

Then I proceed to stain and wax with Howard Citrus-Shield Mahogany Premium Paste Wax it is a two in one product, which I like.

(Note: The other option is using stain and Minwax Paste Finishing Wax to seal it).

Heat transfer onto wood tops

First thing I do, I go to my favorite vintage image website The Graphic Fairy to choose my images.

(Note: The image needs to be mirror image to do the transfer, you can use Microsoft Paint for it).

Using Microsoft paint I have scale the image onto pages

(Go to page setup then onto scaling you can choose Fit to by pages)

I then print the vintage image using a laser printer.

Chocolat Paris image from The Graphic Fairy

Rose Engravings – Godey’s image from The Graphic Fairy

Then I trace the lines using a ruler and a pencil  make sure they are straight, then cutout with scissors.

Ones I have the image together I proceed to tape it with Scotch Blue painters tape, cutting small pieces of it making sure I don't tape over the image. 

Then I centered the image taping the edges of the paper as you can see below,this will prevent the heat from separate my image.

I get my heat transfer tool using the pattern transfer tip.

 (I use Weller it's a 15-piece wood burning and hobby kit).

I then began to heat my image in a circulation motion lifting the paper to make sure it's transferring right, it takes time but believe me it's worth it.

Below is the transfer of the images.

I then stain the wood using Early American 230; also I gave it 3 coats of polyurethane to seal it. 

Ones it's dry I use P1500 sand paper using a little bit of water to smooth the top.

And here is the final product.

Before and after pic.

                                  Below I am posting other heat transfer projects we have done.

One of our projects was featured at The Graphic Fairy it was this Pig heat transferred on wood top. The graphic fairy is the best site for vintage images and one of our favorite stops. So you can imagine how proud we were when they chose our project to be featured on the site. "Some Pig"