Lighting upgrade to Proxxon band saw

[Kevin Kenny]

As we get older “like me” light becomes an essential part of my modeling productivity. I added this LED spotlight to the saw. It’s an Easy upgrade. 

[Jaager]

Kevin,

Same idea for the same reason:

I opted for the long gooseneck LED - with an  ON/OFF magnetic base.  It is not low cost, but it is bright, the magnet is a strong one, and it can get close but  not in the way.

[Kevin Kenny]

This cost me $15 and I was able to hook it up to the saw switch so it comes on when the saw is turned on.

[Captain Vader]

I like the repurpose of your MacPro....

[wefalck]

Such LED flood-lights are useful for eyes getting older - I installed one above my workbench a while ago as well. One can never have enough light ...

[Maury S]

I put these in my garage / workshop and the amount of light is significant.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=led+garage+lights&ref=nb_sb_noss

Maury

[DaveBaxt]

Kenny . Great idea and something I need to get sorted with .As Welfalck says you can,t have too much light and LED seems to be the way forward. Thanks for the reminder as its about time a upgraded my bedside lamp.

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

On 4/4/2022 at 12:07 PM, Maury S said:

ttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=led+garage+lights&ref=nb_sb_noss

 

I saw some advertisement on tv from these kind of light showing 15,000 lumens. They take a reading very close to the light and it is probably true.

 

In comparison in the photography world where they also have LED lighting, they also rate the lumens. To give a true reading, you also need to give the distance because 15,000 lumens at 1 foot or 3 feet is completely different.

 

Still to compare with one of these photography LED light at twice the price, I measured one: 3 times more lumens: 45,000 lumens.

So the distance is a major factor and price is also an indicator.