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mickdundee
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I was using my new set up yesterday and realised that now my work is away from the existing light in my shed and wasn't great at all when hollowing out a bowl. My first thought was to put up extra lighting in the shed, maybe an LED strip light. But now I'm thinking some sort of poseable light could be mounted on the lathe so you can get the best light on whatever you're doing.

Has anyone else got anything like that. Was it a feature of your lathe or something you've cobbled together. Thanks, Mick

 

 

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Yes I use a adjustable lamp on my lathe and actually don't have the main lights on very much as I get to see the horizon of the piece when revolving better,if that makes any sense í*½í±

 

 

 

Yeah I get what you mean. Did your lathe come with it or did you add it. I've had a brief look on Screwfix and Peter Child's but haven't found anything yet

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mick, put the lathe next to the window if possible.

 

if not i have a 6' striplight above my lathe (thinking of changing it to led) and paint the inside of the workshop a brilliant white.

 

at the end of my lathe bed i have one of these.

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I bought a 10W LED floodlight mounted it onto a scaffold tube I had welded onto an old brake disk. So the brake disk acts as a base plate the scaffold tube is vertical, used an exhaust clamp on the tube to mount the light, works great and is portable if I need it for something else other than sitting behind my lathe.

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i got a superb industrial angle poise at a boot sale for a fiver, has a reach of about 4', with a 100w spot in it. it's mounted on a shelf behind my lathe and it's all i need, hollowing too. check out ebay and your nearest bootsales. p.s. industrial means sufficiently robust.

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