A side benifit of these 600 watt halogen work lights is that are great
hand warmers! Set one inside the engine bay and you can work without
gloves, or place it on the floor while you work under the car and it will
heat you so hot you will have to move.
...Art
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 tw@mcc.com wrote:
>
> This is a good idea - my father-in-law did the same thing in his shop, he
> found one of those two-light stands on sale somewhere really cheap and just
> took the two lights off and mounted them on a rafter so that one points
> toward the bench top and the other toward his anvil (he's a blacksmith). He
> has fluorescents in there but the extra supplemental light pointing right at
> the work surfaces makes a tremendous difference. The fluorescents help
> minimize the shadow problem. I do more or less the same thing except mine
> are still on the stand; they'll fold up and stash in a corner if I need, but
> I can point them right at whatever I'm working on or even take them outside,
> which I did last week when it started getting dark before I was done
> sandblasting. They are a lot more convenient than a trouble light (but not
> too useful working underneath something). If you are not permanently
> mounting them where they won't get vibration, go ahead and get the 'rough
> service' bulbs; like an incandescent trouble light they don't last too long
> otherwise. - Tw
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net
> > [mailto:shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net]On Behalf Of bob bownes
> > Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 9:41 AM
> > To: shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net
> > Subject: Lighting a garage... Was: Re: Heating Garage
> >
> > On the other hand, the 600 watt halogen work lights are
> > cheap. I bought two
> > of them (the outdoor type) and mounted them over the work bay in the
> > garage. Really great for lighting up the engine bay. But
> > leaves some sharp
> > shadows, which can be an issue.
>
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