On 14 Feb 2005 12:50:31 -0800, wrote:

Pandora wrote:

Any helpful comments would be welcomed.

so would a helpful question to start with. Youre asking for supplies of
what we dont really know, just 'metal parts'. What do you want to make
it from, wrought iron, chains, sheet metal, hammered copper, cast white
metal, what?

Yes. If you want to build a chandelier, you must have some idea of
what you want to build, and be prepared to design and make "parts"
yourself, otherwise you're just using somebody else's ideas, a bit
like painting by numbers, or building a Meccano model to a given
design.

If you visit www.christopher-wray.com you can get a lot of ideas for
period/modern etc lamps which you might be keen to replicate - you can
buy "standard" parts from them.

Please note that I have no connection with them apart from buying a
couple of their catalogues!

One thing I would like to find is heat-resistant blue and brown
conductors to replace burned-out/charred wires in loads of
chandelier-type theatre-foyer installations, without bits of
silicon-rubber sleeving.

--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland