Make A Rustic Wood Iron Pipe Vanity Light DIY
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- čas přidán 30. 10. 2018
- How to make a rustic rough barnwood and metal iron pipe vanity light yourself diy. For vanity lights I love the look and simplicity of rustic barn wood and iron metal pipe combined. This is the best way I could find to make a video to show how to make it yourself.
Here is the list of what I used for this project.
bit.ly/FloorFlange 4 - 1/2" floor flanges
bit.ly/ReducingElbow 4 - 1/2" - 3/4" reducing elbows
bit.ly/3InchNipple 4 - 3" nipples or 4” if you rather
bit.ly/LightHolderSocket 4 - Light Sockets with pigtails
bit.ly/GorillaSuperGlueGel 1 - super glue gel
bit.ly/BlackWoodScrews 1- pack or 16 black wood screws
bit.ly/ElectricalWire14 1 - each black and white wire
bit.ly/SpliceConnectors 1 - pack yellow splice connector
bit.ly/WireCrimpingTool 1 - wire crimping tool
bit.ly/DarkStainMarker 1 - dark stain marker
bit.ly/TrimHeadScrews 1 - pack trim head screws
bit.ly/WireStrippers 1- Wire strippers
Also Rubbing alcohol which you probably already have.
Hopefully you enjoyed this video. Let me know how you did building your own light.
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I hope this video helped you. Thanks for watching. - Jak na to + styl
👍It’s the type of presentation that all DIY’s videos should be!👍
Thank you! 👍
Thank you so much for this tutorial. We had a 90s builder grade medicine cabinet with a hollywood style light bar and thanks to your video we were able to make it look so much better.
Awesome nice job! thanks.
Great project will definitely be building a few of these. Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome! Have fun making some.
Excellent instruction and very easy to follow! Will definitely make one. Thank you
You’re welcome! I’m glad you like it. Let me know how it goes.
Looks great! Love the trick of putting 45s to make the edges rough cut. Almost video, keep it up!
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. 😊
Good tip about the hard knots! I’m going to make this for my cabin I’m finishing by myself! Thanks great video!🙂❤️
Awesome thanks! Sounds like a fun project!! Good luck
Thanks, well done! Just what I was looking for!
Awesome thanks so much! 👍👊
Excellent video, craftsmanship and attention to detail. Very impressed by your work. Great project, easy to accomplish, looks awesome. Going to do this with my son to introduce him to tools, woodworking, basic electrical and just plain craftsmanship and work ethic. Video is great length as well, can't thank you enough for sharing this.
Thank you I really appreciate the kind words! I hope you enjoy doing this with your son. Thanks
I LOVE it
thank you for this video
Awesome thanks!! 👍👊
Looks great, easy to follow instructions and tips
Glad it helped. Thanks
Well done.
Thank you! 👍👊
awesome man!
Thanks! 🤗
We use black glue sticks the same stuff used for dent repairs. We don't use butt splices but solder with shrink wrap. As to hanging the light you could use several french cleats. Nice job.
Awesome thanks for the tips. Good job!
Ron, I'd hate to live next door to you, you are one of those annoying people who interfere and say " WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS ",,,,,,,,, just leave the guy be, he did it his way and you just stick to your way and not impose your criticisms on other people
That's beaut!! Thanks
Thank you!
Great job!. Just some additional safety improvements, since this is wood, the wiring should always be incased in metal or some kind of conduit. Especially the crimped joints. A simple solution is to cut small pieces of 1/2" pvc pipe and push it in the drilled holes. Also I would add in a metal back panel, could be a piece of sheet duct work and attach a ground screw.
Yeah you could do that. Thanks for sharing the ideas.
daven maharaj I was worried about doing this and not having a ground wire do you need to have one
@@lisakamphues4089 no ground needed. Just like any lamp, just a hot and a neutral.
@@turdferguson12 in a wet/damp location my understanding is that you absolutely want a ground. Absolutely.
Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome!
Awesome👍
Thank you!
No real need for a ground folks. However, if you've just got to have one, do this. Use a small bolt and nut in one of the flange holes for each of the 4 lights. Connect a ground wire behind the nut of each and wire it to the ground in the box. All a ground does is help prevent shock if you get a short to metal.
Magnifique 🇨🇵👍👍👍
Thanks Marie!
Love the DIY! Is it possible for a diy light fixture like this to cause an accidental electrical fire?
Thanks. I think as long as your connections are made well and safely there should be no problems.
Like it. I Love industrial lamps so .... i'll make it! I prefer a "Vintage" 2000 K LED .
Wow that is really yellow but it’s all about personal preference. Thank you so much!
Excellent idea!! Can you imagine if you bought something like this from Restoration Hardware?? They would charge some ridiculous price. Great work!!
Hey thank you David! Yes I’m not sure what it would be but I can imagine they would charge a lot! I’ve seen some similar looking ones online that weren’t even as big and they wanted hundreds of dollars.
@@SmartEasyDIYer Most welcome! Yea, Restoration Hardware used to be a great place to shop at! Now they charge absurd prices for stuff that is built with low grade materials. Shameful.
I’ve never shopped there but I can believe it.
GREAT JUB IAM MAKING ONE TOMORROW
Awesome!
Awesome project! Where did you get your lamp sockets? They look like a near perfect fit. I looked online and I don't see any that look like they would work as well as the ones you found.
Thank you! I ended up getting some at Lowe’s that worked out well. The online ones that I found looked similar like they would work the same but maybe they are a little different sized typically.
@@SmartEasyDIYer sounds good thanks again. I'm about half done with my light as we speak. 👍
Awesome good for you! Email me a pic or send one on insta or fb if you care to share when you’re done.
Nice work! Only one question how or where did you run the ground wire? Working on very similar to yours
Thanks. I didn’t do one since there’s not really a good way to attach one.
Replace one screw in each flange with a machine screw long enough to go through the wood and attach a ground wire with a ring terminal under the nut.
I couldn’t see how you attached it to the wall. Did you just screw into the top edge of the wood at an angle, or did you use a hanger?
Yes I screwed it in the top at an angle. If nothing else you could use like a French cleat or a mirror hanger kit and use something like that too.
How much did this project cost? I know this fluctuates with time, but it is always good to have a starting point. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Thanks Kim. I’m not sure on the price I’ll see if I can do a little digging. I should’ve kept track better. I’ll update if I find it.
So you used screws to go into the studs but what was holding them to the fixture?
I just angled them through the top of the board. Could also use a French cleat might work pretty well.
This video is good to demonstrate how to build the structure, didnt show much electric work though leaving me clueless. Example, not sure how you wired it up to the wall (a viewer with no knowledge of electrical).
Thanks. I tried to explain about that part. It was hard to show actually hooking it up in the box because I couldn’t just let the light hang but I thought I mentioned how to do it. White wires to the neutral white wire in the box and and black power wires to the black wire in the box. There is no good way to ground each socket so I didn’t do a ground otherwise that would go to the bare or green ground wire.
Where did you get the pipe materials? Did you buy the pipe pre- threaded?
Yes it’s prethreaded ready to go. I put links in the video description for any of the parts and tools that I used. Some of it you can check at Lowes or Home Depot as well if you live close to one.
@@SmartEasyDIYer oh ok yes i live close to both lowes and home depo. My wife and i really like the light and want to use it in our bathroom as we are remodeling it. Thank you for replying and i will check out the links you provided.
Thanks I had a lot of fun building it! Good luck on your project.
Question, is a ground wire needed?
I’ve had no problems not having one since the sockets don’t come with one, there’s not really a good way to do one with this design.
I like it. What about a ground wire?
Thanks. There really isn’t a good way to ground it that I could find.
You could replace one of your four wood screws on each base plate with a machine screw. Put a washer and a nut on the back side and attach your ground wire(s) to the back of each base plate.
That is an idea. The head would look a little different but it could work without much trouble. Thanks for sharing
Still not sure exactly how you hung it. Did you happen to capture that with photos?
I didn’t get pics of that part. I just angled some screws through the top part where you can’t see it into where there was a stud. I think a better option for most cases probably would be to use like a French cleat made for hanging a picture. You may have to install it just below the top edge so it can’t be seen but shim it out so it’s even with the top edge if you build the light the same way where it has a 3/8 inch difference. If you understand what I mean.
@@SmartEasyDIYer thanks for the reply
what size wood screws did you use?
You mean to hang it? I think like 2 1/2 in.
Or maybe 3 inch.
Can I use 12 gauge wire instead?
Yeah sure. Heavier won’t matter. It’s just harder to work with cuz it’s harder to bend.
@@SmartEasyDIYer ok thank you. Thank you for making this video
@@SmartEasyDIYer ok. Is there anything you can suggest about the grounding. The wire I'll be using has a grounding wire as well
You’re welcome. I don’t really know of a way to ground this. The light sockets only come with 2 wires. Some light have grounds some don’t. I just capped my ground and left it in the box.
@@SmartEasyDIYer yea I think I'm going to do the same
Now could I do this and just add a plug-in to the end of it instead of hardwiring it to the wall
Yes you could wire in a plug in tail.
I’ll solder the wires to lengthen
Sounds good. You’ll probably want to wrap them in something to protect them from touching anything
@@SmartEasyDIYer TY 4 reminding me of what I already know !
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@@superspecialty5169youre a jackass
I dont like the word China on the 90.
Yeah it’s hard to find some sometimes that don’t. I have a link in the video description below the video where you can get some that don’t. There’s some options to choose from.