490 days ago
by Sman |
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So around here there are numerous old stumps that look old and weathered, had one on the corner of my property so I cut it up for turning stock. It was very pitchy and sticky and def. not ideal wood for much. but after making a small dish from a nice swirly root clump I noticed the fine intricate grain and subtle orange translucence.
So I made several small lampshade prototypes. Pitch bled out of the wood with warmer bulbs obviously. But I am about to start a kickstarter.com project involv...
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565 days ago
by Blackie_ |
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I am so glad I optioned to build a custom mobile base for my Grizz G0555P, it has allowed me to do things I would not have been able to do with the standard metal base that comes with it, First it allowed me move the saw where needed, second it allowed me to add an out feed table and third by doing so I was able to add a light as well.
I took a typical desk lamp that had a flexible rod and stripped it from it’s desk housing using a dremel tool with a cutting wheel.
I then off the ...
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739 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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I was very excited when I got to the post office yesterday and found that the light for my new saw had arrived. It was supposed to be sent to New York last month and either it got lost (gotta love the post office!) or just plain didn’t go out. In any case, I needed to reorder it and it has finally arrive.
In all the years I have been scroll sawing, I have never had a “proper” light. At one time I had the swing arm type of desk light, but I found that the vibration from...
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825 days ago
by souichiro |
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Well, today was a great day for this project :)
I was able to get the lenses and hoods mounted, and the entire circuit mounted on a temporary base for testing. It all works! One change is that I will make the base “box” as a light controller only for now. I am afraid that I won’t be able to complete it by his birthday (a week away from delivery). So what I plan on doing is making a box for the base that has the light control circuit in it. And then I can make a ̶...
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829 days ago
by souichiro |
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Here is the final (as of this point) wiring on the light controller circuit. I’ll get the power controller for this part added shortly.
This is a really simple circuit with only two IC’s. One is a 555 timer chip that will create a pulse at an interval determined by adjusting a potentiometer (from about 2 a second all the way to about 4 or 5 seconds). This pulse is sent to a 4017 decade counter chip that will cycle outputs after each pulse received. So it basically counts fro...
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829 days ago
by souichiro |
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Today marked two days in a row of progress on my light project. This, after over a week of beating my head on the bench with the electronics on the lighting. But….. finally I have the basic light circuit wired and working, and tested with the actual lights that will be mounted in when it’s complete. Now I’m waiting for the paint to dry, and assembly of the “lamp” portion tomorrow. I’ll post as soon as I can get it together, and post a video as soon as I...
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872 days ago
by Dave Owen |
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As a young Architect about fifty years ago, a seminar speaker surprised me with the statement that ‘within limits, light can substitute for sight’. Although the principle is obvious, I’d never thought about it quite that way, and it influenced my lighting design throughout my career.
Many years later when I laid out the lighting for my shop, I used that principle along with good advice from an article in “Fine Woodworking’ magazine. My rather odd shaped shop with an area of 530 square fe...
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1251 days ago
by cmckerliesr |
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<div class=”hreview”><div class=”item”>Originally submitted at WoodcraftBuy Both and Save! Includes the LED Dual Power Shop Light and the LED Dual Power Shop Light with Magnifying Glass.WoodRiver® Shop LightsThese are Great!By cmckerliesr from Aberdeen,NC on <abbr class=”dtreviewed” title=”20091214T1200-0800”>12/14/2009</abbr><div class=”prStars prStarsSmall”> <div>5out of 5Pros: Attractive Design, Easy To ...
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2145 days ago
by cheller |
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The baby is nearly a month old – little boy cute as a button – so it’s time to deliver the nightlight. All that’s left to do is add another coat of wipe on poly and add the electrical parts.
The design for this is from Woodsmith, published a bunch of years ago (at least 6 probably more). I’ve made two of these before, both in cherry. For this one I decided to do it in Walnut. I also customized 3 of the light panels (there are 4) on this rather than use the...
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2189 days ago
by Mark A. DeCou |
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Dimming Eyesight:A hard topic for some of us, but as we enter our 40-something years, most of us notice some changes in our eyesight. Not the usual stuff we have seen happen in our 20’s and 30’s, that was easily repaired by a little stronger prescription glasses, but some serious changes.
The first signs, are obvious, the inability to see clearly up close. After we deny the problem for several months, we are faced with the reality that we need more light to see, and we need m...
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