old eyes need better illumination

[Tom Dunn]

Someone once told me that a workbench should be well lighted enough to be suitable for surgery!

My old-beyond-my-years eyes not only need good illumination, but also some magnification would be nice.
Just built a little workbench just for gun work, so I'm snooping around for those bench mounted illumated magnifier gizmos a bit, on CL and such......

[JimmyC]

Originally Posted by Tom Dunn

Someone once told me that a workbench should be well lighted enough to be suitable for surgery!

My old-beyond-my-years eyes not only need good illumination, but also some magnification would be nice.
Just built a little workbench just for gun work, so I'm snooping around for those bench mounted illumated magnifier gizmos a bit, on CL and such......

Tom,

You may want to check out Harbor Freight. I bought one years ago for $6.99 and it still works great.

Jimmy

[Tom Dunn]

Actually, for no specific reason, I've never visited a Harbor Freight.
I drive right by the one on Capital Blvd from time to time, I'll have to check it out.
Don't get out any more than I HAVE to, ya know????

[PeteQuad]

I just put up 4 of the 2 bulb x 4' fixtures, for a total of 8 32 watt bulbs. If you go to Home Depot, they will have 2 diferent types of fixtures that look very similar. Make sure you get the more expensive one as the light from the better one is much whiter and also the bulbs it uses start quicker and in cold weather. They are also not supposed to flicker when they start fading like the old ones did. I used the wired in ones as opposed to the hanging from a chain ones, and the difference in price was $25 as opposed to $16.

[Trog777]

Well, HD didn't have any of the four bulb hanging fixtures, but they had some 2 bulb. I purchased 2 with electronic ballasts which use T8 bulbs. Installed an outlet in the ceiling to work off one of my overhead light switches and got them hanging over my assembly table. Works perfectly. Thanks for all the help.

[Nativespec]

I like to use the cheap universal clamp on work lights with a 100 watt bulb for my task lighting. I may not be saving the planet, but I use them as I need them.

David