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Title: PeterE - A simple C3 work light
Post by: PeterE on June 10, 2012, 11:01:14 AM

A work light is very useful, at least for me nowadays requiríng more light than before.  Machine work lights tend to be costly, but when finding a goose-necked LED-light at my local IKEA store, I got two since they very much would lend themselves to become useful work lights.  One for the lathe and one for the mill. The standard item looks as below.
(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss219/H0n3/Tooling/SimpleWorkLight/SimpleWorkLight-01.jpg)
I dismantled the foot from the stem - or rather avoided to assemble them - and then made a small alu bracket from a 10 mm piece from the scrap box.
(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss219/H0n3/Tooling/SimpleWorkLight/SimpleWorkLight-02.jpg)
Fitted the stem to the bracket ready for mounting on the lathe.
(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss219/H0n3/Tooling/SimpleWorkLight/SimpleWorkLight-03.jpg)
Then time to think, where should I attach the light to the lathe? I decided to put it on the splash back and at the far right end near the top. marked out for two holes.
(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss219/H0n3/Tooling/SimpleWorkLight/SimpleWorkLight-04.jpg)
... and fitted the light with two large shallow-headed M4 screws to the splash-back.
(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss219/H0n3/Tooling/SimpleWorkLight/SimpleWorkLight-05.jpg)
The light works very well and the goose-neck is long enough to reach basically to any desirable position for working.

The remaining parts of the foot was a plastic casing and a cast iron disc.
(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss219/H0n3/Tooling/SimpleWorkLight/SimpleWorkLight-06.jpg)
The cast iron disc will come in handy as a back plate for a small ER-16 chuck to fit the C3 flange. Nice when all bits can be used.

An afternoons work with a nice result.

BR

/Peter

Title: Re: PeterE - A simple C3 work light
Post by: krv3000 on June 10, 2012, 04:27:38 PM

well dun

Title: Re: PeterE - A simple C3 work light
Post by: PeterE on June 11, 2012, 03:28:40 PM

Thank you krv!

BR

/Peter

Title: Re: PeterE - A simple C3 work light
Post by: Stilldrillin on June 12, 2012, 02:15:55 AM

Thanks for showing, Peter. :thumbup:

I  like the idea of mounting a flexi light, on the splashguard. 

I keep on telling meself, I can see well enough........... Usually!

I'm going to keep an eye open for a flexi light.

David D

Title: Re: PeterE - A simple C3 work light
Post by: PeterE on June 12, 2012, 05:04:57 PM

Thank you David!

One of those uncomplicated fixes that still works a treat and delivers good functionality at low cost.

BR

/Peter