[Shop-talk] Lamp nipple with wire holes?

[Pat Horne]

I Don’t know what it is called either but I found a trip to an old lamp repair shop was a lot of fun! What brought me there was nuts for that central tube, they are not standard!

I’d probably just drill a coupler. 

Peace,
Pat

Pat Horne 
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On Sep 17, 2022, at 4:41 PM, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:

I'm rebuilding a desk lamp where the top shade has broken off. The way the lamp is constructed, it has regular lamp nipple bringing the wires up to a 2-bulb "winged" socket unit, and another piece of lamp nipple to sandwich the shade and finial setup. It looks like those two nipples were connected by a coupler that had two holes in it for the wires to exit, and that is what broke. It wasn't a solid coupler that someone had drilled through; it was definitely cast with two...stanchions? connecting the solid threaded parts. Picture a hexagonal castle tower with 2 windows across from each other.  I've looked online for a picture to see what it's called and I'm coming up with nothing. 

Any ideas on a name for this thing so I can find a replacement? The lamp is worth about $5 so if I had a shop I would just drill holes in a coupler, but that amount of effort in my current setup isn't worth it.

thanks,
jim
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