Sometimes in the course of restoring a very old luminaire it becomes necessary to recreate components. These are spinnings used to cover the lower mounting assembly. The one on the bottom left was at some point used as a replacement part. Can you tell which one is the brand new replication part?
Top! You can tell because the one on the bottom right, the original, was slotted at the pipe hole. With more modern technology we can make a pretty perfect fit without having to slot the spinning.
The upper mounting assembly decorative element before and after.
The cages were in serious need of attention. It seemed nothing was square or in round.
Here’s one post sandblasting. The scroll work has to be completely redone.
This gives you an idea of the shape that the caps were in when they arrived, after sandblasting. Only two of the four caps were vented like this one. The other two were smooth. Note the rivets attaching the vent covers.
We replaced the rivets to clean up the look.
Here’s how the welds looked after sandblasting. And after our team worked its magic.
