Soo i thought I should probably stop blowing up the post whoring thread so here we are.
Idea started when a buddy of mine gave me a stock cam and a l67 and l32 piston and rod.
This was the general idea to start using a wood base but nah, i had some spare rotors so i hit one with a wire wheels and some $.50 black spray paint. I'll add clear probably before I finish it completely. Gonna be the heaviest fuggin lamp evar.
After some thought I settled for a finial design like this with some sort of line to run the cord through because 3800 cams aren't hollow.
Decided to use the threaded end of the cam and some washers to secure it to the circular wood base in the bore of the rotor and then having some lug nuts bolting the wood base to inside the hat of the rotor. Probably going to use loctite on the threads of the cam bolt and lug bolts so nothing loosen's up over time.
After a minor drill press incident of the peice of wood going for a ride on the end of the bit its looking good. I also found a spare braided hose to use to put the cord in to the base.
Cut the nut off the end of the hose and pushed it snugly into one of the holes in the wood base, and it works really good.
Picked up a lamp kit and figured out how to mount it, drilled a small hole in the base of the bulb holder thing to route wires out the side and not the bottom. I then filled the other hole in the top of the cam with jb weld and stuck the little threaded shaft in it hopefully as level as possible and Hopefully it holds or I have plans for a 2nd design.
So far everything is coming along nicely, maybe I'll have it done before fathers day. I'll be updating as I go.
Originally Posted by bandook
