How to Make Miniature Electric Lamp Sockets
Wire Socket
A socket for a miniature lamp can be made as shown in the sketch. A brass spring wire is wound around the base of the threads on the lamp and an eye turned on each end to receive a screw and a binding-post, as shown in Fig. 1. A piece of metal, preferably copper, is attached to a wood base as shown in Fig. 2 and the coil-spring socket fastened across it in the opposite direction. Bend the wire so that the spring presses the lamp against the metal. If the wire fits the lamp loosely, remove the lamp and press the sides of the coil closer together. The metal parts can be attached to any smooth surface of wood without making a regular base.
Contributed by Abner B. Shaw, No. Dartmouth, Mass.
Imitation Arms and Armor-Part V
