Thread: A portable workshop LED I like

That is a neat solution to provide some extra lighting where its needed,

The things that impressed me enough to post about this was the:

- generous length of the cord
- the fact it stays put when bent into place, without kinking back at all
- its quite stiff
- the light is unreasonably powerful with a small head for poking into small spaces or putting close to work without interference
- the hose is smooth, so dust won't build up
- the baseplate is metal as well as a clamp. This give excellent options for moving it around

I don't recommend too often, but this was impressive enough to do so.

Thanks Evanism for the heads up...I have a similar lamp that I use for my drill press & bandsaw BUT it has a larger heavy base with lousy magnet strength so it over balances & falls off.....will pop over to Masters and have a look at these.

BTW...you said it had a metal clip base...did you epoxy the earth magnets on or did they work OK just but placing them on the base.

Cheers

Originally Posted by skot

BTW...you said it had a metal clip base...did you epoxy the earth magnets on or did they work OK just but placing them on the base.
Cheers

Rare earth magnets, 30x10x3 N35's are used. About 50 cents each off eBay. I went mad and bought 50 and use them extensively around the workshop.

They are very powerful. They are used for holding tools and objects to the bandsaw (blades, Allen keys, now the torch), also on the lathe (the breaker bar, keys for chucks, etc) and the tablesaw (spanners, Riving knives...)... Also rulers to the metal shelves.

These are typical: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/20pcs-N35...-/171524162444

No epoxy, they snap with considerable force to the underside of the base. Two is more than enough.

barbeques Galore have an led light with a magnetic base for $29.00, has a flexable arm

pappy

Thanks to Evanism for the info on the light. Bought one today and very pleased indeed. Particularly like the fact that the head is so compact and can be brought so close to where its needed with out getting in the way. I am going to use mine with an old speaker magnet with a small piece of angle permanently affixed. That way the light can be used as is with the clamp base as designed, or attached to the magnet and angle when that is more effective. Cheers.

Also safety yellow, or workshop blue………….Err and pink


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the power of persuasion.. I bought one on the w/e... perfect for teh workshop! thanks for the tip Evan!

I'm grabbing 2 more. One for the lathe, another for my bench for fine work.

Seems I need heaps of light.

You wouldn't think so now those LED "fluros" have been put in. Workshops needn' be dull...they should be comfortable and full of light!

To the people who have purchased these lights....I was in Masters today & had a look at them. Maybe it was the strong lights in the store overpowering the area but the light didn't seem too strong...3watt LED.

Have you found they give good light in the workshop?

Skot, you won't be disappointed. A 3 watt led is roughly equivalent to a 25 watt halogen. Concentrated in such a small area, these lamps are more than sufficient to illuminate the critical areas when bandsawing, scrollsawing, using a drillpress, etc.etc I think if you take the punt, you will be well satisfied.

This new LED stuff is great!

I got one of these 5 Watt ones from Bunnings a while back for a bedside lamp , It solved my reading in bed problems with every light I ever had before I got this .

So then I went and got one for the workshop to be used over my bench , Great! Then another for the lathe.

http://www.bunnings.com.au/verve-5w-...-lamp_p4370829

Rob