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re: Any way to get my pulleys to hang straight down?
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:36 pm to Neauxla
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:36 pm to Neauxla
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It's a vintage cloth cord and it is tied off on a cleat at the base boards before it runs to the plug.
I hope this is a temporary set up
for the amount of money you spent on that chandelier and how your place looks, you should spend the money to have some wire installed so it can be installed overhead
NVM so you're edit
This post was edited on 5/8/15 at 1:38 pm
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Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:37 pm to Neauxla
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I have no overhead outlet and I wanted overhead lighting. It's a vintage cloth cord and it is tied off on a cleat at the base boards before it runs to the plug.
It's weird that someone would build such a large expanse with no overhead wiring anyhere.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:37 pm to Neauxla
Now that's an ugly light fixture.. The pulley is the highlife ...
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:37 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
quote:no, it's a chandelier I converted to a plug in.
Is that a plug-in accent lamp you are using as a chandelier?
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:38 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:I agree
It's weird that someone would build such a large expanse with no overhead wiring anyhere.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:38 pm to Neauxla
Is that a modern day swag lamp..?
Didn't know you were from Chalmette...
Didn't know you were from Chalmette...
This post was edited on 5/8/15 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:38 pm to rilesrick
quote:agree to disagree
Now that's an ugly light fixture..
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:39 pm to Neauxla
if you don't plan on moving it up and down, do what I suggested earlier in the thread..
wire the cable to a stationary position on the small pulley, then you can let off the slack and the pulleys will hang straight.
wire the cable to a stationary position on the small pulley, then you can let off the slack and the pulleys will hang straight.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:39 pm to Hangover Haven
quote:It's a knockoff:
Is that a modern day swag lamp..?
from restoration hardware
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:39 pm to Neauxla
I would have went with a light colored "vintage" wire and sprayed painted the pulleys white
the would have meant the eyes are immediately drawn to the chandelier and not the wire/pulleys
the would have meant the eyes are immediately drawn to the chandelier and not the wire/pulleys
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:40 pm to MapGuy
quote:
wire the cable to a stationary position on the small pulley, then you can let off the slack and the pulleys will hang straight.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:40 pm to Neauxla
Is that the look you were going for?
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:42 pm to Salmon
This is the wire:
the pulleys are natural steel. Small pulley has some black paint on it. I just removed the rust.
the pulleys are natural steel. Small pulley has some black paint on it. I just removed the rust.
This post was edited on 5/8/15 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:42 pm to Neauxla
Gianni Versace just rolled over in his grave.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:43 pm to Neauxla
Yes, you need a fixed support on the pulley. right now you have a pivot point
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:43 pm to Neauxla
you aren't understanding me?
make the wire going from the chandelier to the small cable non movable (wrap it around the pulley and then figure out a way to stop the action of the light moving up or down)
once the light is stationary, you can set the amount of slack to the larger pulley and then run the remaining wire to the cleat.
make the wire going from the chandelier to the small cable non movable (wrap it around the pulley and then figure out a way to stop the action of the light moving up or down)
once the light is stationary, you can set the amount of slack to the larger pulley and then run the remaining wire to the cleat.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:43 pm to Neauxla
right
I just would have made everything else lighter so that it kinda blended with the background so that the chandelier stood out more and was what caught the attention of the eye
I just would have made everything else lighter so that it kinda blended with the background so that the chandelier stood out more and was what caught the attention of the eye
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:44 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Affix them to something rigid and not a hook
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:45 pm to Neauxla
I like the fixture and can appreciate the pulley concept. The hooks take away from the whole look. Also, it appears to be the only rustic note in the two rooms which seems odd. Maybe it isn't, as we are only getting a small picture.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 1:46 pm to MapGuy
quote:that's one solid cable. Maybe I could add a thin steel cable that goes from the light to the hook which takes all the weight.
make the wire going from the chandelier to the small cable non movable (wrap it around the pulley and then figure out a way to stop the action of the light moving up or down)
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