Recent content by kday

That's cool. What do you use the magnifier for? I have one on my electronics bench for fine pitch soldering, but I'm not sure what you'd want to roll it around for.

That's no fun! If I bought one all of the design defects would bug me, instead of being natural limitations of the materials :) I don't care for the halogen work lights -- they get too hot. I looked for a reasonably priced fluorescent one before I decided to build this one. (I assume you...

I think this one will should work fine -- I will probably shorten the pole anyway, and it's only unstable when it's 6-7' tall. I have at least a dozen old rotors outside my garage and most of them are larger than this one, but all of the larger ones have a different bolt circle so I won't be...

Heh, not really my style. I hate painting. Plus it would probably interfere with the telescoping action, which right now is really smooth.

I've been lurking on this forum on and off for a while, and after I threw together this project yesterday it occurred to me that you guys might appreciate it. I'm sure I'm not the only one here with a pile of old brake rotors and some scrap EMT conduit lying around! This lamp is made from an...