11-12-2013, 09:58 PM
Need lights out in the shop addition, (especially with the days getting so short). its not going to be heated so thought I'd just use 4 - 100watt light bulbs instead of florescent, tubes.
To direct the light down I need some reflective shades, couldn't find anything reasonably priced so we'll make our own. Bought 4 - 8 quart stainless steel bowls roughly 14 or 15 inches in dia for all of $6.95 each. The idea is to put a hole though the bottom for an electric box strain reliever, that will clamp to the wire above the socket, this way I can move the reflector up and down to get the best reflective pattern.
Any suggestions as to how to find the exact centre of the flat bottom? Need to get pretty close or the shade will hang crooked.
The center finder on my Starret combination square might work, but the slopped side isn't going to be easy to work off.
To direct the light down I need some reflective shades, couldn't find anything reasonably priced so we'll make our own. Bought 4 - 8 quart stainless steel bowls roughly 14 or 15 inches in dia for all of $6.95 each. The idea is to put a hole though the bottom for an electric box strain reliever, that will clamp to the wire above the socket, this way I can move the reflector up and down to get the best reflective pattern.
Any suggestions as to how to find the exact centre of the flat bottom? Need to get pretty close or the shade will hang crooked.
The center finder on my Starret combination square might work, but the slopped side isn't going to be easy to work off.
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Greg
Greg