Lights, probably LED's

[Knot Competent]

Apart from general lighting in a workshop, is there a way of adding a small flexible LED spot to a bandsaw? That's one problem, and another is a freehand router - is there a small, fixed LED light that could be strapped/clipped/gaffa-taped to a router to illuminate the cutter? My eyesight isn't what it was, and anything that would help would be a plus.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I have one of these clamped to a block of wood stuck on with hot melt - it can be taken off easily if needed.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/ligh ... -40386302/

 

[galleywood]

+1 for the Ikea lamp.
There is also a bench top version with a heavy base.

 

[Knot Competent]

Thanks, guys!

 

[Sideways]

Led's don't take much power. Battery operated lights can give enough light and last for many hours. That would avoid the cord. There are quite a lot of "stick on" led spotlights available now. For the router, an led penlight taped to the side ?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Yes, except your saw is plugged in so it's neither here nor there really.

 

[Sideways]

:mrgreen:

 

[Brandlin]

I have a couple of magnetic based flexible arm lights with LEDs in them.
A bit like these... http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.a ... 49&p=71189

But i got mine from ebay for about a tenner, I think i amazon also have them.
I'm lucky (kind of) my workshop is a three car garage under my house the ceilings are low (7') but the structure is held up on RSJs that circle the perimeter and cross the centre so i have plenty of metal surface to attach magnets too. I also have mahnetic hooks for holding cables and extraction hoses out of the way and also holding tempoarry curtains to keep heat in one section or to make a tent for spraying in etc...

 

[hammer n nails]

I do lots of routing and use a head torch as my eyesight is not as good as it was

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I've a good head lamp as well - brilliant things (bad pun) - but that isn't always the plane you need the light to be on. I've a £35 (iro) magnetic based one but the little Ikea one is more easily adjusted.

 

[fezman]

Have you seen the £5 torches at aldi ?
Lamp or beam, magnets in base and back
https://www.aldi.co.uk/lightway-multifu ... 4194924301
Have 3 in my workshop and they work great for me

 

[Knot Competent]

Thanks, all good stuff! I've already got a headtorch, why didn't I think of that?

 

[Tasky]

I have several decent head torches from work... Pain in the bum, as I have to keep adjusting it.

Instead, I picked up a £10 flexi-clip on one from B&Q. Nice bright bulb with 'warm' light colour, really spreads the light around.

 

[hawkeyefxr]

Take a look here, http://www.woodart-products.co.uk/ . I saw these at a show, they are magnetic and have an extremely bright LED on the magnet, they can just be attached to almost any tool really close to the work piece. There are £20.00 and come with the tranny so the 2m wire leading to the LED is only low voltage.
I keep meaning to get one myself.