Repurposed Simplex Factory Timeclock / Punch Clock Lamp

by GadgetSponge Design House

I recently finished a lamp that I've been wanting to put together for quite a while so I knocked it out the other day so satisfy the long urge.
It started with the wood base. I pulled some board from some scraps and did a paint and distressing session on it. Cleaning up the timeclock and crack it open came next. It's pretty heavy and there's a good bit of gears inside. It still has the original ink ribbon in there!
I knew I wanted to pair it with a vintage flashlight for the stem. I've had this copper flashlight for a while -- just saving it for just the right project. It was finally time. To top things off, I used a large, vintage hand valve handle and a black plastic on/off valve.

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Kelly S on Dec 22, 2013
You are so creative! This is another awesome job. Your creations make me smile every time I see one of them.

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- GadgetSponge Design House on Dec 22, 2013
  @Kelly S Thanks so much for your continued support Kelly!
  
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Connie Lindenbaum on Jan 16, 2014
This is so very properly thought out. What a wonderful creation you have there. Would love to see it in it's new habitat. When we built our home nearly 20 years ago my first comment on what kind of house I wanted, was the reply, "I KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A NEW HOUSE, BUT RATHER I WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE AN ESTABLISHED HOME". We managed that to the point that when the carpet layer arrived we saw him drive in and then drive back out. He later told us that he thought it was a beautiful, well kept, family home when he first drove in so didn't think that he was at the right place. He said he returned when he had rechecked the address and he knew it was where he was sent to a new house to do the job. He also said that he had never seen a newly completed home before that had finished the landscaping before the carpet was laid. That was the moment I felt the joy of knowing that we had accomplished our goal of a Home, Not a house. Our home contains many ancestral possessions, family heirlooms, and auction treasures. I hope as my husband say that this home will take us on out. I for one truly appreciate your creativity and ability to find ways to make older items so useful again.

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- GadgetSponge Design House on Jan 16, 2014
  @Connie Lindenbaum Thanks so much Connie. Your home sounds like a wonderful place. I would love for one of my creations to find it's way into your home! Haha.
  
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