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Zach
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Home made portable lighting...

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I rigged up some lights after a friend described them, for spraying paint that might come in handy... as its hard to spray what you can't see.

A bucket, some concrete, a piece of 1 inch pipe and a T with some nipples to act as an anchor, a piece of 1 1/4 pipe (might have been 1 1/2 whatever size it takes to slip fit over 1 inch...) a 90 degree right angle, a close nipple, and a floor mounting flange. I also grabbed a 45 degree fitting, thinking it might come in handy for looking at the underside of the flare one day. A piece of scrap wood gets mounted to the back of the light fixture, and then screwed to the floor mounting flange.

The pinch bolt means you can raise and lower the light on the inner pipe, or let it sit loose and rotate the light as needed, with 40 pounds of concrete its heavy enough not to get tipped over like a halogen light set.

The pinch bolt is a 1/2 inch nut to the side of the outer pipe, and threaded in a 1/2 inch bolt tightening it up till it held steady, marking the top. I cut the head of the bolt off and welded a short piece of 1/2 inch stainless rod to the side, so that you don't need a wrench and you can hang something on the back.

The light is a sealed vapor proof fluorescent, as I'm painting inside the boat and bare bulbs in confined spaces aren't very safe...

Cheers,

Zach
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I like it. Might have to do the same.....though we are R&Ting....:)
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$7.00 at Northern:

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Or go crazy and for $38:

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Stick the pole in yer bucket o' crete.

I guess I'm just wonderin' ... eh???
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Zach
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The reasons why I don't use worklights for painting and sanding: You can't see the thin dry spots in the paint. Work lights are spot lighting and require that you can set them far enough away from the piece you are trying to light to get even lighting. Otherwise they show a bright spot, and harsh contrasting shadows as you get further away.

The bulbs have a tendency to burst when the go out, and in a confined space (or garage...) that is a recipe for a dangerous situation. At a boat yard close by there was some work being done on a steel boat, with a guy down in one of the holds doing paint work. A bulb burst in the shop light he was using, and the explosion killed him and blew a pucker in the side of the steel plated hull.
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