Wiring Upgrades....

 

 Progress....

It had been a Very Long time, Dear Readers, since I had actually made any new "torches" for my castle! I had to research the methods I used when I first constructed them twelve years ago, digging back into my ancient blog posts. And I dug around in my boxes for all the likely jewelry findings to see which ones would fit together the best. The sculpey was still in good condition and didn't take long to bake up into a couple of "sticks" with a good hole down the middle to run the wire through. (This was made by wrapping the sculpey around a piece of coat hanger wire to shape it, then carefully sliding it off being careful not to collapse the central hole while baking.) Then the "sticks" got a coat of paint and the base jewelry finding "caps" glued in place. The bulb and socket piece needed to be threaded through the "torch" piece and into the "stick" before the "torch was glued in place without getting glue on the wire.

 

This is so the wire can be slid through the torch when needed to change bulbs.

 

Here it is getting tested in the Lord's Council Chamber. It works!

 

 

And both the new torches!

 

And in case you needed to "see" them... here with the flash...

 

Meanwhile, Dear Readers, the inside of the entry to the stables needed

 to be painted to resemble "rocks".

 

Sorry, I have to use the flash or you can't see much!

It is drearily dark here on a cloudy afternoon!

 

If you look carefully you will see all the wires are just temporarily "twisted" together.

 They all needed their joins "shrinktubed" to protect the joins.

 This took an entire day!

 

But it got done!

Notice all those wires with the shrinktubing at the joins!

The only light that is still in need of attention is the lantern in the Stables.

It has problems and will need to be completely dismantled.

 But considering that it was among the first lights in this Castle,

 I'd say that's not too bad!

Progress has been made, Dear Readers,

with the Wiring Upgrade!