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Not wanting to hijack Sids post on the quill light I though I'd start a new one
I am really interested in this subject as the two old fashioned machine lights on the Bridgy are crap.
They are impossible to get into the right position and if you can, the arms get in the way.
I have looked at what various people have done but I'm not sure that these LED's will put as much light out as the old 24v incandescents.
24 volt Halogens are reasonably rare here as regards mainstream applications so expensive and the transformer on this and the other two lathes are 50 / 25 volt, not 24 / 12 so the cheap low voltage kitchen and household lights are out.
I got a 6 led torch and tried it on the machine at night and to be honest it was a waste of time although I believe you can now get really bright white LED's.
I can't use a quill mounted unit for a few reasons, because I often get in tight spaces where the quill catching on the work is a limitation and I have a horizontal and high speed attachment that bolts to the quill.
Something I have not seen at all, is in Sid's No #2 post, both lower pictures, has anyone else noticed the dead space between the back of the quill and the end of the sliding ram ?
All there is there on my machine is a dovetail bracket [ original ? ] that holds the coolant pipe.
I had thought about a couple of small lights fitted to this, one either side on adjustable rods like a dial gauge stand [ or even two magnetic stands to try it ] with the light on the end.
Comments, flames, flying bricks etc.
Question probably for Evan as he has more experience on the subject than I have [ thinking about it even our dog has
]
I can get 6 high powered LED's that run off 24v in series with it's resistor. I was thinking about making a small spot light like the halogen ones out of a lump of alloy.
Machine a reflector, drill 6 holes in it perpendicular to the face and put a plain, flat, Lexan cover / lens over it.
Looking 2" diameter or a tad above, what shape does the reflector need to be ? can do this on the small CNC lathe.
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I am really interested in this subject as the two old fashioned machine lights on the Bridgy are crap.
They are impossible to get into the right position and if you can, the arms get in the way.
I have looked at what various people have done but I'm not sure that these LED's will put as much light out as the old 24v incandescents.
24 volt Halogens are reasonably rare here as regards mainstream applications so expensive and the transformer on this and the other two lathes are 50 / 25 volt, not 24 / 12 so the cheap low voltage kitchen and household lights are out.
I got a 6 led torch and tried it on the machine at night and to be honest it was a waste of time although I believe you can now get really bright white LED's.
I can't use a quill mounted unit for a few reasons, because I often get in tight spaces where the quill catching on the work is a limitation and I have a horizontal and high speed attachment that bolts to the quill.
Something I have not seen at all, is in Sid's No #2 post, both lower pictures, has anyone else noticed the dead space between the back of the quill and the end of the sliding ram ?
All there is there on my machine is a dovetail bracket [ original ? ] that holds the coolant pipe.
I had thought about a couple of small lights fitted to this, one either side on adjustable rods like a dial gauge stand [ or even two magnetic stands to try it ] with the light on the end.
Comments, flames, flying bricks etc.
Question probably for Evan as he has more experience on the subject than I have [ thinking about it even our dog has
]I can get 6 high powered LED's that run off 24v in series with it's resistor. I was thinking about making a small spot light like the halogen ones out of a lump of alloy.
Machine a reflector, drill 6 holes in it perpendicular to the face and put a plain, flat, Lexan cover / lens over it.
Looking 2" diameter or a tad above, what shape does the reflector need to be ? can do this on the small CNC lathe.
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