Built a desk lamp from an old elevator pulley | Elevator Mechanics - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals

Eric Jackson · 2026-03-05T03:10:59.847859+00:00

Found a retired pulley on a job last week. Cleaned it up, attached a LED kit. Now it lights my workbench at home. Any of you make stuff from spare parts?

alice8177mo ago

Nice, but seal that metal before grease stains your projects!

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eric_gonzalez267mo ago

Honestly, how did you attach the LED kit to the pulley itself? Was it hard to wire through the old metal?

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hugo_bell897mo ago

Actually getting the wires through was the real pain.

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kai_ramirez386mo ago

For my old gear lamp, a two-part epoxy putty held the socket rock solid. Ran the cord through the center hole with a simple rubber grommet to keep it from rubbing. That grease stain warning is real though, a clear matte spray coat stopped all that.

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