Lamp Hardware

I'll be using a spark plug that I'll attach to the pull chain to turn the lamp on or off. Why a spark plug? Why not!! Notice the end-cap. I've turned down the outside diameter slightly with my belt sander (arrow). This is the area where I'll crimp the pull chain to the spark plugs cap. With the diameter reduced, this makes it easier to crimp without the aluminum cracking. I found out this little trick on the last lamp.
 

I removed the small ball that came with the chain, then stuck the pull chain into the cap about halfway and crimped the top portion of it. By using my trusty multi-tool (that I'd normally use on spark plug wires) it worked great for this.
 

Now that all of the electrical components are finished, there is one more thing I want to do....polish all of the cam lobes. The reason for this is two fold: this give the camshaft a little more contrast and it looks like it was actually run in an engine. I really didn't want all that break-in coating on there, it made it look too plan....at least for me it did.
 

I used some 180 grit sandpaper for this and it worked pretty good. I had my lathe running at a slow RPM (about 190) and even with it going that slow it had my hands bouncing all over the place. However, there was still some hand sanding to do on either side of all the cam lobes as the sandpaper didn't remove all of the coating in that area. I also removed the coating from the outside of both cam gears.
 

Here is the finished project. If you look close you can see the black coating removed from both cam gears.