John Hart
04-13-2011, 7:10 PM
I have spent so much time in the dark, that I'm afraid I'm turning Amish!!
When I first moved out here, I was amazed how they could see in the dark. And it's funny, nowadays, I find myself walking through the shop in total darkness and I turn stuff with nothing but a 60 watt bulb in my little articulating arm lamp. Don't get me wrong, I have full shop lighting, but it really doesn't light up the lathe area that much, and I rely on that one lamp anyway.
ENOUGH!!
At work, they are throwing out a bunch of 4ft florescent bulbs that work fine but they're not "the right type" for some of the office workers who need certain bulbs or a revolt is certain.
Anyway...I don't care about the right bulbs...I just need light. So I scarfed up the throwaways.
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Then I came home and dug out some old 4 ft light thingies that have been in a pile of junk for 1000 years.
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Then I went through another pile of junk and found an old transformer with a long cord...and cut the cord out of it.
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Then I cut some computer network cable out of a 1000 ft spool that I had laying around. Nailed some big ol' staples in the ceiling....wired it up....and wahoo!
I have light!!
191436
I know....this doesn't seem like much of a gloat, but it only took 40 minutes and it's the little things that just light me up. ;):)
When I first moved out here, I was amazed how they could see in the dark. And it's funny, nowadays, I find myself walking through the shop in total darkness and I turn stuff with nothing but a 60 watt bulb in my little articulating arm lamp. Don't get me wrong, I have full shop lighting, but it really doesn't light up the lathe area that much, and I rely on that one lamp anyway.
ENOUGH!!
At work, they are throwing out a bunch of 4ft florescent bulbs that work fine but they're not "the right type" for some of the office workers who need certain bulbs or a revolt is certain.
Anyway...I don't care about the right bulbs...I just need light. So I scarfed up the throwaways.
191434
Then I came home and dug out some old 4 ft light thingies that have been in a pile of junk for 1000 years.
191433
Then I went through another pile of junk and found an old transformer with a long cord...and cut the cord out of it.
191435
Then I cut some computer network cable out of a 1000 ft spool that I had laying around. Nailed some big ol' staples in the ceiling....wired it up....and wahoo!
I have light!!
191436
I know....this doesn't seem like much of a gloat, but it only took 40 minutes and it's the little things that just light me up. ;):)