Thread: Lighting A Lathe

Originally Posted by artme

The flickering can, in some case , induce a seizure.

It's a valid point. You don't have to be an epileptic to be affected by flickering. If you start to feel vague at the lathe (or any other machinery), it might not be advancing senility. Take a break and don't push yourself.

Originally Posted by jimbur

It's a valid point. You don't have to be an epileptic to be affected by flickering. If you start to feel vague at the lathe (or any other machinery), it might not be advancing senility. Take a break and don't push yourself.

Flickering - isn't that emerging bright ideas??

Originally Posted by jimbur

It's a valid point. You don't have to be an epileptic to be affected by flickering. If you start to feel vague at the lathe (or any other machinery), it might not be advancing senility. Take a break and don't push yourself.

I'll second that. Party strobes don't do me any favors. I've needed to clear the area a couple times when I wasn't even drinking.

And speaking of strobes, did this video make to you guys?

Bought an LED lamp from Bunnings that has a clip at the base. Attach it wherever I want. Works well on both lathes.

Originally Posted by jimbur

It's a valid point. You don't have to be an epileptic to be affected by flickering. If you start to feel vague at the lathe (or any other machinery), it might not be advancing senility. Take a break and don't push yourself.

Jim, whilst my remark was flippant I know only too well what flickering or strobing can do.

I suffer from Menieres disease so am very aware of strobing lights. Our fluoros are co phased to rectify most of the problems but every now and again a certain log will set up a strobing effect. To counteract I speed it up or slow it down.

There was actually a very lengthy thread on it a while ago, here:https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/wor...lathes-119892/

That's unpleasant . I have to work in short bursts.

Lighting a lathe eh?

With the vast amount of experience and expertise that you fellas and fellarettes have, I am surprised that none of you have stated the patently obvious.

Just chuck a lighted match in the pile of shavings, chips and dust under the lathe and up she goes.

Not that steel is going to burn very well, so why bother?

On the other hand, if you want to see what you are doing, illuminating your work and lathe is another boiling recepticle of piscatorial species. An experienced turner in my neck of the woods (boom boom) has a brace of lights around and over his work areas and reckons too much light is just enough.

Cheers,
"A".

PS. About 50ml of home made rum is enough, so I better shut up.

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I suffer from Menieres disease
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That sucks. I have bouts of BPPV.

Here are mine. Headstock mounted is a good solution for a swivel head lathe.

For looking deep into forms while hollowing, a head mounted LED lamp (like these) are a solution.

Originally Posted by Trent The Thief

That sucks. I have bouts of BPPV.

Sucks all right a relly of mine has it too.

Never too many lights for old age. Two smaller led ones are from Ikea that were on sale and the other is halogen as mentioned in other post. Also have a double fluoro billiard table light above and the white background to highlight. Got a flexible fibre optic light for seeing wall thickness for thin turning.