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<p>[QUOTE="KingofThings, post: 141830, member: 468"]How about showing us the whole lamp so we can help you better at the top and bottom of your lamp?</p><p>~</p><p>The 'bolts' are 'studs'. Providing their mounting, which is surely in the base casting, is not ruined, you can replace them with 'allthread' or bolts that are long enough to cut to length. These would probably be 'Carriage' bolts.</p><p>However.... There is a reason these were/are brass, if they are...</p><p>~</p><p>Electrolysis could be an issue in replacing them with something else but if they were oiled or greased before setting them in place this should stop that from occurring.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KingofThings, post: 141830, member: 468"]How about showing us the whole lamp so we can help you better at the top and bottom of your lamp? ~ The 'bolts' are 'studs'. Providing their mounting, which is surely in the base casting, is not ruined, you can replace them with 'allthread' or bolts that are long enough to cut to length. These would probably be 'Carriage' bolts. However.... There is a reason these were/are brass, if they are... ~ Electrolysis could be an issue in replacing them with something else but if they were oiled or greased before setting them in place this should stop that from occurring.[/QUOTE]
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