Industrial desk lamp

[F-22]

Hey, does anyone know of a decent new industrial desk lamp? Everything I see looks kind of flimsy...

So, I'm on the verge of buying three of these clamps on aliexpress:


12mm to 12mm and use some stainless 12mm bar stock. That's about 8-9€/meter here, and three clamps would cost me ~10€. So about 12€ for the stand, and then I'd use some generic metal (ikea?) lamp on the end.

Thoughts? Anyone has a better solution?

I'd need this lamp for my lathe, mill and my hazet assistent trolleys, so I'd end up making a few of them. There are also 16mm to 14mm clamps in this style, do you think it would be better for rigidity? Then I'd use a 16mm long bottom bar and a 12mm shorter top bar... These clamps are common on the magnetic bases for dial indicators. Does anyone have an idea for a better clamp design?

Finished, I'd want it to look something like this:


I'd be okay if I have to untighten and retighten it every time I adjust it. But if anyone has a better idea for a good cheap metal clamp that allows bar stock adjustment, I'd be really happy to hear it!

 

[neophyte]

Luxo has been a standard in quality task lamp for decades.
They make those spring balanced lamps with magnifying glass lenses.
I usually only buy older used ones, but I never come across one that didn’t work well.
Cheaper knockoffs from Ikea etc. usually **** in comparison.

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Dazor is a US manufacturer of classic desk lamps.
They still seem to manufacture some of their classic lamps, as well as newer versions.
https://www.dazor.com/task-lights.html

 

[RTM]

I've scored two Luxos this year, one with and one without magnifying lens. Both kick *** over all my other newer lights.

 

[Orangina]

In the past, industrial lights had to deal with tremendous heat from hot 100W bulbs and good isolated because of 110/230V.
Modern LED lamps are not so demanding, little hot, often only with low voltage around 12/24V - could be plastic.

My old industrial light from German company "Rademacher" #163007 for 100W (version 1967-90) also useable for classic HAZET tool carts:

 

[slowtwitch73]

try mcmaster

 

[Davefr]

I hate those lamps with twin arms. You can never seem to adjust them right and the arms are always getting in the way. Go 24" gooseneck and don't look back. I have this one and it's great. It comes with your choice of mounts and is excellent quality. Just add a high lumen LED bulb.

https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/06101562

 

[rustyzman]

If you want to DIY one...

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I use them for restoration stuff like modern cloth wire and such. Nice place.

Otherwise, Dazor, Fostoria, Luxo... all made nice ones. Depends a lot on the style and era you prefer.

 

[tool_scrounge]

I hate those lamps with twin arms. You can never seem to adjust them right and the arms are always getting in the way. Go 24" gooseneck and don't look back. I have this one and it's great. It comes with your choice of mounts and is excellent quality. Just add a high lumen LED bulb.

https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/06101562

I like the Moffatt Products lamps. I put them on machine tools, as the flexible arm is really sturdy and stays where you position it.

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[Packard V8]

Hey, does anyone know of a decent new industrial desk lamp? Everything I see looks kind of flimsy.

The advice on, "When's the best time to plant a tree?"
Answer: "Thirty years ago."

Where to find a decent industrial desk lamp? Go back to just after WWII. Those were built in converted tank factories. Only caveat, some which came with flourescent bulbs, replacements are either NLA or difficult to source.

I hate those lamps with twin arms. You can never seem to adjust them right and the arms are always getting in the way.

Easy, Dave. Agree if it's tight spaces; however OP specifies an industrial desk. By definition, acres of space in all directions.

jack vines

 

[Steve_P]

Funny, I haven't seen one of these in 15 years. We had a bunch of these on drafting tables at a prior job. And this was 15 years into using CAD, so the lights and tables were just used for looking at prints. They had the hoop shaped fluorescent bulbs which are probably NLA. I wish I would've taken a drafting table, just for general use, and a flat file cabinet, when we were giving them away. Oh well.

 

[slowtwitch73]

The flex necks are great until the neck starts failing.... usually near the botttom.. then they are loathsome.

 

[Jazz1]

Has two fluorescent lights. $6 at the Sally Ann

 

[CS454]

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[F-22]

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Uh awesome ideas. I just checked and will order 3/4" flexible coolant tubing from Aliexpress and try to use that to copy that design. Easy to route the cable through it too! I also have a 3D printer but would rather use something steel or an average machine shop mag-base on the bottom.

 

[redmondjp]

Another vote for the vintage lamps - I am still using several of them both inside my home and out in the shop. I come across them at yard/estate sales and thrift stores typically. You can replace cords, sockets, fluorescent ballast transformers if needed.

Oh, if you can find vintage mid-century floor or desk lamps that have goosenecks on them, BUY THEM. The quality of those is far better built than anything you can buy today. You can part them out and use the gooseneck and the head to make your own setup (for drill presses, grinders, belt sanders, milling machines, etc) quite easily.