[Shop-talk] Lamp question

[Karl Vacek]

Lamps usually use a running pipe thread, like the 1/8" Iron Pipe (that's 
what the IP stands for) that is most typical today.

What you had sounds like it *might* be 1/4" pipe.  it has a major diameter 
of 0.540 - just over 1/2", though its pitch is 18 TPI rather than the 20 
pitch you tried.

There're also a (fairly rare) 3/8" pipe size that's occasionally encountered 
in lamps or elsewhere - like old electrical stuff.  Also 18 TPI.

An old hardware store or a good lamp repair shop should be able to fix you 
up - or Google it...

Karl



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948 at cox.net>
To: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:00 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Lamp question


> We have an old brass lamp, over 30 yrs old.  My wife wanted me to modify 
> it.
> No problem I thought.  But when I went to try and get a harp, yoke, and 
> new
> socket, I found that they had changed the standard for the rods and 
> sockets.
>
> The new standard is 1/8 IP.  Anybody know what that is or means?
> I know it doesn't appear to cross to any usual nut or bolt.
>
> The old rod was about 1/2" in diameter and a 1/2" x 20 fits very loosely.
> So next question, anyone know what the old standard was?
>
> My wife managed to find an adapter at an old lamp shop in town the other
> day.  It's like a union that has 1/8" IP on one end and the old standard 
> on
> the other end.  You won't find these at most of the local hardware
> stores though.
> We tried. :)
>
> TIA
>
> John
>
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