What are you using for spindle lighting?

[thriller007]

Lots of good lighting ideas. I ended up going with an Angel eye led light and 3D printed a housing for it. Magnetically mounted. Seems to work pretty good.

 

[Janger]

Is that an automotive light?

 

[PeterT]

That looks great. I've seen them made & sold by others. For sure its the most direct, localized light source orientation. I even bought an offshore strip LED kit & made some drawings for a fixture, its been sitting there since my old mill was around. One thing that gave me pause is I mount my indicator clamp on the same area. Not that I use it a ton but when I need it I need it. So it was enough to make me pause. I'm hoping my ceiling LED retrofit will come to the rescue (one day!). The lighting company I dealt with said no issues stringing more fixtures together so that's what I'l counting on (one day!).

 

[thriller007]

Is that an automotive light?

https://www.amazon.ca/Angle-100mm-A...+led+ring+drl+halo+ring&qid=1610212202&sr=8-1

I went with the 100 mm and designed around that.

 

[PeterT]

Wow, already in ring form. I wasn't even aware they made those.
I bought a linear strip (years ago). You can snip the strip every so often minimum number of LEDs & so hook up in different kinds of arrays. I've seen people make their own light fixture box panels like this. But much more work that what you did there with the ring. Good execution.

 

[Janger]

Did you just get a 12V wall wart for power?

 

[thriller007]

Did you just get a 12V wall wart for power?

yes I did. And started by measuring how much room I had and what size the light was to design around. As it worked out it was a bit tight. If I was to do it again I would increase the OD by about a 1/2 mm. It went in tight enough that no glue was needed. Also if I was to do it again I would print in a darker color so it did not look like a halo from the outside. Now I need to make one for my drill press.

 

[Desab]

Looks bright

 

[thriller007]

That looks great. I've seen them made & sold by others. For sure its the most direct, localized light source orientation. I even bought an offshore strip LED kit & made some drawings for a fixture, its been sitting there since my old mill was around. One thing that gave me pause is I mount my indicator clamp on the same area. Not that I use it a ton but when I need it I need it. So it was enough to make me pause. I'm hoping my ceiling LED retrofit will come to the rescue (one day!). The lighting company I dealt with said no issues stringing more fixtures together so that's what I'l counting on (one day!).

This one is just magnetic mounted so you can just pull it off if you need to do so.

 

[Chip Maker]

My Bridgeport is still sporting (with the exception of led bulbs) the original circa 1974 art deco lighting.