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Step 8The support pole visited
As previously stated, I used a steel drape rod for my support. Depending on what you use you may use your hands to bend it to your liking.
I had to vise bend mine. And further, I wanted a spiral effect with my small candle base that seemed to defy gravity when the bulbs are placed on. I had to bend, rebend, bend some more, then bend again to get the effect I wanted.
Picture1 - This is a shot of the support pole before bending. You can slightly see the imprefection on the bottom. It was a good chunk of metal missing. So I did some filework, seen in photo 2, to mask that area.
Picture2 - The finished bend! Note the filework placed sporratically on the pole. That is where the bulb sockets will rest. To test it I simple clamped the pole to my desk and filled the bulbs with water to place them on. Small wood clamps held them in place while I played with teh weight load.
I had to vise bend mine. And further, I wanted a spiral effect with my small candle base that seemed to defy gravity when the bulbs are placed on. I had to bend, rebend, bend some more, then bend again to get the effect I wanted.
Picture1 - This is a shot of the support pole before bending. You can slightly see the imprefection on the bottom. It was a good chunk of metal missing. So I did some filework, seen in photo 2, to mask that area.
Picture2 - The finished bend! Note the filework placed sporratically on the pole. That is where the bulb sockets will rest. To test it I simple clamped the pole to my desk and filled the bulbs with water to place them on. Small wood clamps held them in place while I played with teh weight load.
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