Wednesday, January 24, 2018

14” Bandsaw – Upper wheel cover

We will make the wheel covers from thin MDF with pine frames.

A few weeks ago ran out of 3mm MDF, so made sure when I did do a Bunnings trip in the van for general stuff - to get some.

14” Bandsaw – Left blade guard

With the left blade guard done we should now doo the right side.

As with the left we’ll use another bit of left over trim from the Colorbond garage construction. I’m planning to use two narrow lengths of MDF to secure the guard to the blade guide arm.

Homemade LED work lamp 3

To make sure it’s working wired the lamp to a transformer – OK

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Homemade LED work lamp 3

In this session we will make the lamp socket.

  
Laying out the lamp connector socket, the MDF is just the right thickness.

Homemade LED work lamp 2

From the previous related post on this with the lamp fitted into the front of the can we can now make the base.

  

Marked out the base on a piece of MDF.

Monday, January 22, 2018

Homemade LED floor lamp - 1

Decided to try and make a MR16 LED work lamp.

I always have a supply of pop cans in the workshop, they make great shim material and a common use for me is to fit bearings onto shafts.

For this particular LED lamp a small coke can is exactly the right diameter. I need to buy some MR16 lamp holders but in the meantime lets have a go at making one.

14” Bandsaw – Starting to look like one.

Some photos to show where were at with the build.

Another new toy for kitties.