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Warning: metal content.
This is about a dirt-simple cheap way to make a ball swivel for a little single-LED aimable task light. About a 1.5 meg download with photos. http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/tiny-swivel-lamp/ |
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You have way too much time to do nifty things in the shop. I seem to get
to mine only when something is broken and needs to be fixed 10 minutes ago. Don Foreman wrote: Warning: metal content. This is about a dirt-simple cheap way to make a ball swivel for a little single-LED aimable task light. About a 1.5 meg download with photos. http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/tiny-swivel-lamp/ |
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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:16:25 -0600, RoyJ
wrote: You have way too much time to do nifty things in the shop. I seem to get to mine only when something is broken and needs to be fixed 10 minutes ago. Retired and lovin' it. Kurt Vonnegut, in Timequake, wrote: "Make no mistake, we're put on Earth to fart around." If we do anything useful enough that anybody'd want to pay for, the gummint taxes our earnings and docks our social security ... and this after wanting FICA and FUTA if self-employed as a subS corp. Make saleable soup as a senior, the gimmement is there with four spoons. Tawk about incentive! |
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RoyJ wrote in
: You have way too much time to do nifty things in the shop. I seem to get to mine only when something is broken and needs to be fixed 10 minutes ago. snip Amen to that brother, Amen. Bill |
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A file and some sandpaper would pretty that up real nice.
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Don Foreman wrote: Warning: metal content. This is about a dirt-simple cheap way to make a ball swivel for a little single-LED aimable task light. About a 1.5 meg download with photos. http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/tiny-swivel-lamp/ I did essentially the same thing using a pre-focused penlite bulb held in place with modeling clay. Been working for years with no trouble ![]() Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ |
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