Dental light for the lathe

1/16/04, 5:09 AM #1

Dave Peebles Lyons,Ohio
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Dental light for the lathe

Dave Peebles Lyons,Ohio

>Hello,

Last night on the chat I gloated about the dental light I picked up for the lathe.

I had been looking for one of these for a couple of years. I happened to see an auction in my area listing three for sale. I was able to get one of them for $10.00. I also met another woodturner at the auction that bought the other two. It was a good day all around.

My lathe sets out in the middle of my shop. So mounting it on the wall was a no go. I played around with a couple of ideas, but finally decided to mount it on my rolling shop cart.

On this cart, the top overhangs the base by a few inches. So I took a piece of 1" x 12" southern yellow pine and cut a mortice in the top of the bench. This allowed me to slide the 1x12 into it and bolt it to the back side of the cart.

It is very stable, as I have many of my chucks and faceplates in the drawer. I also store my coring system and steady rest in the bottom.

It has proved to be an excellent addition to my lighting situation in the shop.

Best wishes,

Dave

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1/16/04, 5:43 AM #2

Dinyar Chavda
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>Dave:

What kind of a place was auctioning dentist lights?

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1/16/04, 6:10 AM #3

RonZ
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>Dayumn Dave! Now THAT got me jealous and only $10!!!

If anyone deserves it, it's you. Use it in good health.

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1/16/04, 6:13 AM #4

Dave Peebles Lyons,Ohio
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Dave Peebles Lyons,Ohio

>Hi Dinyar,

It was a vocational school here in NW Ohio. I'm not sure it was ever used. It still had the plastic coating on the handles. I did have to order a new bulb for it, it was around $14.00. I got two just in case.

They were also selling computer monitors for a buck a piece. They must have had 50 or more of them.

Our tax dollars at work. :)

Dave

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1/16/04, 6:15 AM #5

Dave Peebles Lyons,Ohio
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Dave Peebles Lyons,Ohio

>Thanks Ron,

The ironic thing is... I am headed to the dentist first thing in the morning, I have a feeling things are going to even up real soon. :)

Best wishes,

Dave

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1/16/04, 6:18 AM #6

Dave Smith
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Must have been a mind meld.

Dave Smith

>Monday I was laying in a dentist chair looking at the articulated light wondering where a person could buy a salvaged one. This particular one was on a track about 5 feet long mounted on the ceiling. I told the assistant that light would be the cat's meow for my lathe.

Great find Dave.

Dave Smith

I do some of my best thinking laying down in Longview, WA.

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1/16/04, 6:31 AM #7

Dinyar Chavda
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>Dave:

Yourline about "I do some of my best thinking laying down in Longview, WA." reminded me of that scen in Indiana Jones and the Lost Crusade where Sean Connery says: "Whenever I encounter an insurmountable problem, I just sit down, and the solution invariably presents itself!"

Dinyar

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1/16/04, 1:31 PM #8

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>Dave,

Excellent find, and an excellent idea! I use one of the Moffitt lights, mounted to my dust hood, so it's always right by my turning, but I wish I had a dental light for it's great flexibility.

Hopefully no cavities for you. :-)

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I am always on the hunt for ephemera. It can be pictures, legal document, diplomas, manuals, personal letters and anything else that shows up. I try not to keep any of my finds. I read them, enjoy them, and then look for a permanent home. I have donated to museums, schools, fraternal organizations and even to the Weyerheauser Company. My finds are distributed here in the Pacific Northwest, but also California, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, Wisconsin and Connecticut. Helpful hint: Just about every county in the country has a museum of some sort. They are usually thrilled to receive items that reflect their history and culture. I recently had in my possession a personal letter from February,1946, that had been addressed from one APO (army post office) to another. Stamped on the face was "Return to Sender, Undeliverable Address". I had found it at an estate sale, presumably at the home of the person who originally sent the letter. I have no idea why the letter was kept all these years, but it had never been opened. I opened it and read it at home. It was written by an American woman who worked as a civilian for the U.S. government in post-war Offenhut, Germany. She had sent it to another American woman who was doing a similar job in Shanhghai, China. The letter was newsy and informative about the hardships of living in a bombed out country. No doubt the conditions in Shanghai were no better. I had no great expectations of success, but I googled the name of the intended recipient. The woman's first name is uncommon, and I came upon a woman of that name who had gotten married in California in 1947, the year after the letter was sent. Further, the letter had stated that the two women had worked together for the O.N.I. (Office of Naval Intelligence?) in San Francisco during the war, so California made sense. So I had the woman's current name, or at least it was current 64 years ago. More digging revealed that there is a couple living in the same California town as where the marriage took place. He is 97 and she is 91. (It's amazing what the internet can divulge.) I got the phone number and called. The husband answered. I introduced myself and told him I was looking for a woman and mentioned her maiden name. He said yes, that was his wife's maiden name. Then I said the woman I was looking for had worked in Shanghai after the war. He said, yes, his wife had worked in China. WOW, I had hit paydirt. We didn't talk for long, but he was enthused about receiving the letter, and I mailed it the next day. He promised to write back after the letter arrived. It has been just over a week, so I am eagerly waiting for his return letter. Hopefully it will take less than 65 years to get here. Greg

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1/16/04, 2:50 PM #9

Arch
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>Hi Dave,

We all offer congratulations and take pleasure in your winning bid. On another forum three spoilsports would have dredged up reasons to spoil your pleasure in a great deal: bemoaning lack of shadows and other sour grape drivel.

I have an large operating room light from a similar auction and really like the way it functions as illumination. It sure prys up

conversation with visitors who aren't turners.

I like the efficient way that you mounted your 'lighting system'. Did you get any dental tools? (excuse me, instruments?) Best, Arch

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