Ox Yoke Light
I found this reproduction ox yoke and later found these small parchment shades. I wanted to make an ox yoke light. Old ox yokes are used in many ways for home décor. Here it is used for a support on a table. Here is an ox yoke coat rack and there are many styles of ox yoke lighting. When I bought the shades, I didn't think about the fact that this clip-on style wouldn't work with this fixture, so I improvised by unlacing the shade and taking out the ring and clip. I cut the clip from the ring and braised on a plate. Not pretty, but it works. Now I can screw the shade onto a threaded tube, which is commonly used in lighting. I used my wood burning tool to etch running horses and a longhorn on each end. I used rustic 1" Hammered Nails to decorate the yoke. I drilled holes into the yoke for the tubes and screwed the socket and lamp shade on the bottom end. A nut is screwed onto the top end of the tube to hold it ...