Make A Rustic Wood Iron Pipe Vanity Light DIY

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5 жыл бұрын

How to make a rustic rough barnwood and metal iron pipe vanity light yourself diy. For vanity lights I love the look and simplicity of rustic barn wood and iron metal pipe combined. This is the best way I could find to make a video to show how to make it yourself.
Here is the list of what I used for this project.
bit.ly/FloorFlange 4 - 1/2" floor flanges
bit.ly/ReducingElbow 4 - 1/2" - 3/4" reducing elbows
bit.ly/3InchNipple 4 - 3" nipples or 4” if you rather
bit.ly/LightHolderSocket 4 - Light Sockets with pigtails
bit.ly/GorillaSuperGlueGel 1 - super glue gel
bit.ly/BlackWoodScrews 1- pack or 16 black wood screws
bit.ly/ElectricalWire14 1 - each black and white wire
bit.ly/SpliceConnectors 1 - pack yellow splice connector
bit.ly/WireCrimpingTool 1 - wire crimping tool
bit.ly/DarkStainMarker 1 - dark stain marker
bit.ly/TrimHeadScrews 1 - pack trim head screws
bit.ly/WireStrippers 1- Wire strippers
Also Rubbing alcohol which you probably already have.
Hopefully you enjoyed this video. Let me know how you did building your own light.
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I hope this video helped you. Thanks for watching.

Пікірлер: 97

@superspecialty5169 2 жыл бұрын

👍It’s the type of presentation that all DIY’s videos should be!👍

@SmartEasyDIYer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 👍

@dmfulton7170 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial. We had a 90s builder grade medicine cabinet with a hollywood style light bar and thanks to your video we were able to make it look so much better.

@SmartEasyDIYer Жыл бұрын

Awesome nice job! thanks.

@fudge9262 10 ай бұрын

Looks great, easy to follow instructions and tips

@SmartEasyDIYer 10 ай бұрын

Glad it helped. Thanks

@edwinbarreto58 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent instruction and very easy to follow! Will definitely make one. Thank you

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! I’m glad you like it. Let me know how it goes.

@eddiewethington1224 4 жыл бұрын

Great project will definitely be building a few of these. Thanks for sharing

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Have fun making some.

@HubbysCreation 5 жыл бұрын

Looks great! Love the trick of putting 45s to make the edges rough cut. Almost video, keep it up!

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. 😊

@thepressedpig5397 4 жыл бұрын

Good tip about the hard knots! I’m going to make this for my cabin I’m finishing by myself! Thanks great video!🙂❤️

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks! Sounds like a fun project!! Good luck

@Blade_Sm1th Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, craftsmanship and attention to detail. Very impressed by your work. Great project, easy to accomplish, looks awesome. Going to do this with my son to introduce him to tools, woodworking, basic electrical and just plain craftsmanship and work ethic. Video is great length as well, can't thank you enough for sharing this.

@SmartEasyDIYer Жыл бұрын

Thank you I really appreciate the kind words! I hope you enjoy doing this with your son. Thanks

@janarcher1253 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, well done! Just what I was looking for!

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks so much! 👍👊

@talibkanaan4759 5 жыл бұрын

I LOVE it thank you for this video

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks!! 👍👊

@pearleelife 5 жыл бұрын

Well done.

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 👍👊

@RonConsumer 5 жыл бұрын

We use black glue sticks the same stuff used for dent repairs. We don't use butt splices but solder with shrink wrap. As to hanging the light you could use several french cleats. Nice job.

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for the tips. Good job!

@brynleylewis7390 4 жыл бұрын

Ron, I'd hate to live next door to you, you are one of those annoying people who interfere and say " WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS ",,,,,,,,, just leave the guy be, he did it his way and you just stick to your way and not impose your criticisms on other people

@crappo8459 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@SmartEasyDIYer 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@AdventuressAli 3 жыл бұрын

That's beaut!! Thanks

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@turdferguson12 2 жыл бұрын

No real need for a ground folks. However, if you've just got to have one, do this. Use a small bolt and nut in one of the flange holes for each of the 4 lights. Connect a ground wire behind the nut of each and wire it to the ground in the box. All a ground does is help prevent shock if you get a short to metal.

@MarieMM0663 3 жыл бұрын

Magnifique 🇨🇵👍👍👍

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marie!

@bjohnson3104 5 жыл бұрын

awesome man!

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🤗

@davenmaharaj1212 4 жыл бұрын

Great job!. Just some additional safety improvements, since this is wood, the wiring should always be incased in metal or some kind of conduit. Especially the crimped joints. A simple solution is to cut small pieces of 1/2" pvc pipe and push it in the drilled holes. Also I would add in a metal back panel, could be a piece of sheet duct work and attach a ground screw.

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah you could do that. Thanks for sharing the ideas.

@lisakamphues4089 3 жыл бұрын

daven maharaj I was worried about doing this and not having a ground wire do you need to have one

@turdferguson12 2 жыл бұрын

@@lisakamphues4089 no ground needed. Just like any lamp, just a hot and a neutral.

@LechNaumovich 2 жыл бұрын

@@turdferguson12 in a wet/damp location my understanding is that you absolutely want a ground. Absolutely.

@iamZairul 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome👍

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nelsontriana8499 2 жыл бұрын

GREAT JUB IAM MAKING ONE TOMORROW

@SmartEasyDIYer 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@aroojfatima8666 4 жыл бұрын

Love the DIY! Is it possible for a diy light fixture like this to cause an accidental electrical fire?

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I think as long as your connections are made well and safely there should be no problems.

@andreaernestoreani9599 3 жыл бұрын

Like it. I Love industrial lamps so .... i'll make it! I prefer a "Vintage" 2000 K LED .

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that is really yellow but it’s all about personal preference. Thank you so much!

@davidmichaelvara 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent idea!! Can you imagine if you bought something like this from Restoration Hardware?? They would charge some ridiculous price. Great work!!

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you David! Yes I’m not sure what it would be but I can imagine they would charge a lot! I’ve seen some similar looking ones online that weren’t even as big and they wanted hundreds of dollars.

@davidmichaelvara 4 жыл бұрын

@@SmartEasyDIYer Most welcome! Yea, Restoration Hardware used to be a great place to shop at! Now they charge absurd prices for stuff that is built with low grade materials. Shameful.

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never shopped there but I can believe it.

@bonnieinrapson7890 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Only one question how or where did you run the ground wire? Working on very similar to yours

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I didn’t do one since there’s not really a good way to attach one.

@Mike_Neukam 3 жыл бұрын

Replace one screw in each flange with a machine screw long enough to go through the wood and attach a ground wire with a ring terminal under the nut.

@fiveslotmag 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome project! Where did you get your lamp sockets? They look like a near perfect fit. I looked online and I don't see any that look like they would work as well as the ones you found.

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I ended up getting some at Lowe’s that worked out well. The online ones that I found looked similar like they would work the same but maybe they are a little different sized typically.

@fiveslotmag 3 жыл бұрын

@@SmartEasyDIYer sounds good thanks again. I'm about half done with my light as we speak. 👍

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome good for you! Email me a pic or send one on insta or fb if you care to share when you’re done.

@davenezz 4 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t see how you attached it to the wall. Did you just screw into the top edge of the wood at an angle, or did you use a hanger?

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I screwed it in the top at an angle. If nothing else you could use like a French cleat or a mirror hanger kit and use something like that too.

@toobadd85 4 жыл бұрын

So you used screws to go into the studs but what was holding them to the fixture?

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

I just angled them through the top of the board. Could also use a French cleat might work pretty well.

@kim.hadassah 3 жыл бұрын

How much did this project cost? I know this fluctuates with time, but it is always good to have a starting point. Thanks and keep up the good work.

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kim. I’m not sure on the price I’ll see if I can do a little digging. I should’ve kept track better. I’ll update if I find it.

@dwayne4630 5 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the pipe materials? Did you buy the pipe pre- threaded?

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s prethreaded ready to go. I put links in the video description for any of the parts and tools that I used. Some of it you can check at Lowes or Home Depot as well if you live close to one.

@dwayne4630 5 жыл бұрын

@@SmartEasyDIYer oh ok yes i live close to both lowes and home depo. My wife and i really like the light and want to use it in our bathroom as we are remodeling it. Thank you for replying and i will check out the links you provided.

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks I had a lot of fun building it! Good luck on your project.

@scuffedvegeta2756 3 жыл бұрын

This video is good to demonstrate how to build the structure, didnt show much electric work though leaving me clueless. Example, not sure how you wired it up to the wall (a viewer with no knowledge of electrical).

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I tried to explain about that part. It was hard to show actually hooking it up in the box because I couldn’t just let the light hang but I thought I mentioned how to do it. White wires to the neutral white wire in the box and and black power wires to the black wire in the box. There is no good way to ground each socket so I didn’t do a ground otherwise that would go to the bare or green ground wire.

@kxewws7681 3 жыл бұрын

I like it. What about a ground wire?

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. There really isn’t a good way to ground it that I could find.

@clifffrank2407 3 жыл бұрын

You could replace one of your four wood screws on each base plate with a machine screw. Put a washer and a nut on the back side and attach your ground wire(s) to the back of each base plate.

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

That is an idea. The head would look a little different but it could work without much trouble. Thanks for sharing

@mikeo3589 4 жыл бұрын

Question, is a ground wire needed?

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve had no problems not having one since the sockets don’t come with one, there’s not really a good way to do one with this design.

@annissanicola6056 6 ай бұрын

Now could I do this and just add a plug-in to the end of it instead of hardwiring it to the wall

@SmartEasyDIYer 6 ай бұрын

Yes you could wire in a plug in tail.

@farongreenough5108 4 жыл бұрын

Still not sure exactly how you hung it. Did you happen to capture that with photos?

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t get pics of that part. I just angled some screws through the top part where you can’t see it into where there was a stud. I think a better option for most cases probably would be to use like a French cleat made for hanging a picture. You may have to install it just below the top edge so it can’t be seen but shim it out so it’s even with the top edge if you build the light the same way where it has a 3/8 inch difference. If you understand what I mean.

@farongreenough5108 4 жыл бұрын

@@SmartEasyDIYer thanks for the reply

@nennyes 3 жыл бұрын

what size wood screws did you use?

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

You mean to hang it? I think like 2 1/2 in.

@SmartEasyDIYer 3 жыл бұрын

Or maybe 3 inch.

@binogomez6429 5 жыл бұрын

Can I use 12 gauge wire instead?

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah sure. Heavier won’t matter. It’s just harder to work with cuz it’s harder to bend.

@binogomez6429 5 жыл бұрын

@@SmartEasyDIYer ok thank you. Thank you for making this video

@binogomez6429 5 жыл бұрын

@@SmartEasyDIYer ok. Is there anything you can suggest about the grounding. The wire I'll be using has a grounding wire as well

@SmartEasyDIYer 5 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. I don’t really know of a way to ground this. The light sockets only come with 2 wires. Some light have grounds some don’t. I just capped my ground and left it in the box.

@binogomez6429 5 жыл бұрын

@@SmartEasyDIYer yea I think I'm going to do the same

@superspecialty5169 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll solder the wires to lengthen

@SmartEasyDIYer 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good. You’ll probably want to wrap them in something to protect them from touching anything

@superspecialty5169 2 жыл бұрын

@@SmartEasyDIYer TY 4 reminding me of what I already know !

@SmartEasyDIYer 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@BradHagler 3 ай бұрын

@@superspecialty5169youre a jackass

@screwballsquirrel4473 4 жыл бұрын

I dont like the word China on the 90.

@SmartEasyDIYer 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s hard to find some sometimes that don’t. I have a link in the video description below the video where you can get some that don’t. There’s some options to choose from.