Shop lighting upgrades

Before polishing the guitars, I decided to upgrade some shop lights.  I have very poor natural light in my shop unfortunately.

I stole two task lamps from above one of my benches.

I had a thrown together lamp that I would roll around.  I made a new base and added the two additional task lamps.  I even made the center one on a height adjustable pole.

Over the bench, I made some new pendants from some old high bay lighting fixtures that were destined for the scrap yard.

Now just to experiment and find the right bulbs, especially for the portable lamp.  I’d like it bright enough to do surgery if I turn them on. 

Improvised task lamp for the shop

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The makeshift task lamp I’ve been using at my bench got a quick improvised articulating arm.

Task lamp

My latest finished lamp.  Misc parts from a shoe factory.  The bakolite lamp socket was broken, took some thought, but retrofit with a g4 lamp base which happened to just fit inside the socket.  Love that cloth covered cord.  I just bought more in two colors for upcomming projects.

Parts for a task lamp

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Parts for my latest lamp.  Finished pic to follow.  Most of these are from an old shoe factory.