Old work light

I had an interesting thing happen recently and decided I would like to share the experience. I have scrapped a good amount of old machine tools in the past and I usually pull off anything that is valuable or I might need in the future. Well, a few days ago I had some down time and decided to reorganize my work area and while "cleaning" I found a old work light I put away some time ago. I liked the look of it and decided why not play around with it since I am easily distracted. This is a old work light has 3 articulating(?) elbows which I thought could be useful on the bench. Right there I lost all motivation to clean up and decided I had a new project to tackle. I tore it apart and drew a diagram of how to put it back together. This light was painted 3 times it looked like so I threw the painted parts in a bath for a day.

I came back started to scrap the paint off then it peeled easily to reveal the manufactures painted "label". Sort of interesting i noticed USA Property at te bottom left and kept pulling off paint until I realized it. Here is the bummer, I could of sold the lamp as is for around $100! I think I'll just tape off the "label" and redo it as planned.