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Dave Paine

I do not know which LED light is best.

I have the a couple of the one I linked sold by Woodcraft. I have these on a wood lathe and metal lathe.

Powered by AC or batteries. Not as bright on battery.

Strength of the magnetic base depends on the thickness of steel/iron. Sold with a thin steel clamp on base. Holds the light good enough.

The lens can be moved from spotlight to wide.

The goose neck is a decent length and stays in desired position - at least so far.

No lumen rating on the LED, but it puts out good enough light for working at either lathe.


http://www.woodcraft.com/product/160200/led-shop-light-with-magnetic-base-and-clamp.aspx

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robo hippy

I have a couple of the ones from Ken Rizza at Woodturning Wonders. For me, they are excellent 'spot' lights. This means I have one on the bandsaw for cutting circles because the spot can be angled to be right at the blade so hopefully I can cut closer to the line and get a better balanced blank to start with. I also have found it handy to have on my drill press for drilling my center recess. I can see the indent much more clearly. I don't find them handy for broad work, like the outside of a bowl. Maybe a little better for the inside of the bowl. The small lamp just isn't broad enough to cover the whole outside or inside of the bowl without having to move it a couple of times. So, for smaller things, excellent, for bigger things, not as good. I keep a couple of the Moffatt lamps around my lathes, and a stand up lamp from Blue Max which is a very bright 'therapy' type lamp with more natural spectrum lighting. Very bright as I said, and it doesn't have to move much to cover the entire outside of a bowl. It does make it much easier to see the mysterious scratches that seem to appear when you are in your higher grits... I got another lamp from Stella lighting that is a 'designer' type, and intended for the sewing fanatics. Pretty expensive. It has 2 different spectrums, and varying brightness. It doesn't light up nearly as much area as the Blue Max. It does make an excellent reading lamp though. I do have an LED bulb in one of my Moffatt lamps, to try it out. It isn't as bright as the florescent bulbs I have used, also from Blue Max, which seem to be better than what I can buy in the stores. I think LED lights are still really in their infancy. They really need to work on spectrum, and maybe focus. I would love to see one that works like the Mag flashlights where you can twist the head and get a finer point or a broader beam. this is really handy for inside of vessels, or deeper forms.

robo hippy

Thanks, Dave!

lots of good info there...

GaryG in MD

Thanks, GG

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bowlman

I'd go with the new NOVA light from Ken Rizza. Magnet base is 220 lbs of pull, nice big bright leds. I have 3 of them, 2 on the lathe one at the bandsaw.

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GaryG in MD

Thanks, Dick. That's good to know. ...GG

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Alan Zenreich

I have one of Ken's Aurora lights... Very nice

http://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/lamps/products/aurora-lathe-lamp

thanks for the reco, Alan.

GaryG in MD

Good to know. ...GG

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john lucas

I just went to the Georgia symposium and Ken Rizza was there selling his new lamps. I wasn't going to spend any money at this symposium but after playing with that lamp I just couldn't stand it and had to have one. Man are they bright and no heat. The Magnetic base is quite strong and the lamp neck is really flexible. He put black flexible hose over the original lamp neck to cut down on reflections and it has a longer power cord.


http://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/lamps/products/super-nova-lathe-lamp

Ken Rizza lamps

John K Jordan

I bought some from him after reading about them here - very nice lights, I will get some more for the milling machine, etc. I did get significant heat on the housing after leaving them on for a while for a test but not as much as a similar light (pr16) I use in a conventional swing-arm fixture.

JKJ