A Camera Table Lamp

I am really enjoying upcycling bits and pieces to make table lamps and such like. After my coctail shaker lamp I remembered that I had an old Zenit SLR camera. So, armed with a small tripod and light fittings I set to work.

The first step was to strip down the camera. Have you any idea how many small (tiny) screws there are in an SLR? I wanted to reduce the weight of the camera case and it innards. I also needed to get all 3 lenses out of the screw on lense housing.

Two lenses came out after unscrewing every screw in sight. The third required another tool, a big hammer! The camera table lamp was taking shape!

The innards were discarded to make room for the electrics. All that remained then was to site the lamp holder (all? – took hours) route the wiring. drill a hole in the back. Et Voila!!! A Table lamp from an old camera!

One thing that really pleased me was that it turned out how I anticipated it. Most of the the other lamps made out of hurricane lamps, blow torches, etc. are fine, even good, but do not match the vision I had in my head when I started.

OK, where do I get more cameras? I weant to make more!!