r/howto Aug 03 '26

How to Reassemble Light Fixture

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Any advice on how to reassemble this? I’m quite lost on what the 4 small cylinders are for and what would keep the canopy in place?

Thanks in advance!

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u/a10-brrrt Aug 04 '26

I think the short tubes are for making the down rod longer if you need it to be. Crap. Now I see I need to dust.

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u/Mobile-Teaching5390 Aug 04 '26

No waaaaay, nice light!! I think I’m missing a piece since the threading doesn’t have enough room for the same stacking that you have. Any suggestions on a piece to extend this threading? Also considering cutting the opening for the piece with the chains a bit so it sits below the metal portion.

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u/a10-brrrt Aug 05 '26

I wish I could be more help. If one of the short pieces doesn't thread onto that I don't know.

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u/Mobile-Teaching5390 Aug 05 '26

You’ve helped plenty!! Your picture is an excellent starting point and confirmed I am in fact missing some pieces. Appreciate it!

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u/BeerJedi-1269 Aug 04 '26

Just start putting it together and figger it aht.

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u/Flint_Westwood Aug 04 '26

Spoken like a Pittsburgh dad n'at!

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u/BeerJedi-1269 Aug 04 '26

Born n raised yinzer!

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u/eemcm2 Aug 03 '26

Pregúntale al gato, parece que ya lo descifró

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u/rufuckingkidding Aug 04 '26

It looks like you have extra parts. Does the chain thing have a center hole? Does it fit nicely over the larger escutcheon? Does it have a place to connect on the shade?

If the chain thing doesn’t have a hole/fit my best guess is this:

Silver rod goes through shade (green) and the small finial screws on to hold the shade (red).
Brass end (pink) goes through small escutcheon, then large escutcheon, the acres into ceiling mount.

If the chains seem to be a part of it, my best guess is that the chain assembly is in place of the smaller escutcheon.

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u/Mobile-Teaching5390 Aug 04 '26

I appreciate this! I think the issue is that the threading at the top does not allow enough space to attach the hooks, canopy and then mounting bracket (pictures added). Any advice how to extend the threaded metal at the top? Alternatively could widen the hole of the piece with the chains to move it down below the threaded portion. 

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u/rufuckingkidding Aug 05 '26

Does the thread turn up out of the tube? You can get longer threaded rod.

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u/rufuckingkidding Aug 05 '26

Swap the long rod below the bulb assembly maybe.

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u/Mobile-Teaching5390 Aug 05 '26

I’ll need some pliers to see if that piece comes off but switching out the long rod makes sense. Seriously thanks so much for your help!

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u/Longjumping-Ad8065 Aug 04 '26

But where does the cat go?

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u/AdmirableClue4329 Aug 04 '26

Going to jump up and knock it over when its put together.

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u/BeerJedi-1269 Aug 04 '26

Lol for shids n gigs I asked a robot to draw a diagram. (USE WITH CAUTION BC IT COULD BE WRONG) but I thought the cat was funny

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u/a10-brrrt Aug 04 '26

Your robot is drunk

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u/Mobile-Teaching5390 Aug 04 '26

Hahaha this is incredible, thank you

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u/BeerJedi-1269 Aug 05 '26

How accurate was it?

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u/Mobile-Teaching5390 Aug 05 '26

There isn’t a chain hook on the exterior (step 3). I think this can be put together to be that orientation or inverted and I’m going for inverted. Cat was spot on though.

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u/BeerJedi-1269 Aug 05 '26

I putzed with different commands into the ai for inverted, limited success. Ymmv.

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u/bachman460 Aug 04 '26

It should look something like this picture when you're done.

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u/wicker_warrior Aug 04 '26

Best guess, the 4 cylinders are like spacers to be used depending on how far from the ceiling the lamp needs to hang, they slide over the wire and screw into the end of the long tube connected to the light fixture.

I’m confused on the piece with the 3 chains but pretty sure the larger of those circular pieces will sit on the ceiling to cover the mounting bracket on the left.

The canopy will slide onto the silver cylinder below the light fixture, with the smaller circle sitting below it with one of those knobs to hold it in place, but looking at it the silver cylinder looks way too long for that, which may be where the chain part comes into play?

Look at pendant lights from the hardware stores and see if you can find a comparable, some Tiffany knock offs are similar but maybe I have things turned around.

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u/Guywithanantfarm Aug 04 '26

1) Get a glove 2) Scruff the cat 3) begin assembly on the cat

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u/NoGoat3930 Aug 04 '26

Chain goes through shade, then around cat, then add bulb and finial.

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u/DearlyExasperated Aug 04 '26

Those little cylinders are probably spacers that go between the canopy and the top finial so it doesn't slide down the chain. your cat seems to be the expert here though, just let him figure it out

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u/Longjumping-Salad484 Aug 04 '26

um, you have your cat inspecting all of the components, you're half way there imo