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Thread: Lighting A Lathe
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6th March 2013, 09:22 PM #31Skwair2rownd
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7th March 2013, 02:07 PM #32Jim
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7th March 2013, 10:09 PM #34Senior Member
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Bought an LED lamp from Bunnings that has a clip at the base. Attach it wherever I want. Works well on both lathes.
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7th March 2013, 11:34 PM #36Retired
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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/
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8th March 2013, 05:53 PM #37Jim
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That's unpleasant . I have to work in short bursts.
Cheers,
Jim
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8th March 2013, 09:15 PM #38SENIOR MEMBER
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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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8th March 2013, 09:26 PM #39Senior Member
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10th March 2013, 08:41 AM #41
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11th March 2013, 01:44 PM #42
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.
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