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arm, perfection at last. Figure 3 is a typical LED lamp as I make them. Instead of two arms there can be four, fi ve or six. Instead of parallel metal arms there are single wooden arms. Everything is held together with ¼”-20 standard cheap hardware (bolts, washers and wing nuts). T e light is a standard cheap ($5.68) LED desk lamp from Wal-Mart with its heavy base removed. All the original wiring was used as is; no money was spent on electrical. T e diff user plate in the can was removed, probably doubling the available light from the LED itself. (Figure 2) A wooden bench mount (which can be seen in Figures 3, 5, and 7 and can have many confi gurations and be mounted anywhere) was made from scrap wood, which allows


for rotating the entire fi xture or moving the entire fi xture anywhere you want ( clamping it or screwing it to the bench). All of the above for about $10 per lamp. I now have ten of these units in my shop (two per workstation, one on the right and one on the leſt ) and a couple spares. I intend to make more for the drill press, mill, and other tools.


Construction is simple. All the details are in Figures 4-7. T e wood used was spruce rough cut from six- foot wooden fence pickets (from Home Depot or Lowe’s, very light, stable and easy to work with). T e width cut size is about 1-1/2 inches. You get about


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