Clamp on 12 v Anglepoise Lamp for Wood Lathe made for recycled stuff.

This is a project I have been meaning to do since I got my wood lathe, today I found the groove to do this project.

The design changed about 3 times before the end of the project as i engineered myself into and out of problems.

I fished the chrome anglepoise lamp out of a skip at the recycling depot about a year ago the Edison bulb holder and switch was burned out but other than that there was not a mark on it, it was just to beautiful to get sent to the scrappers.

This was one of those just see what I have lying around that can be used to do a proper job moments so the initial plan changed as it evolved so i will not give any measurements as i didn't once lift a tape measure other than to move it out the way.

Now that my workshop is getting established I had a good selection of nuts bolts and materials to work with.

I decided to go 12 as I intend to have all my lighting done with 12v powered from my wind turbine project.

Thanks for looking, hope you like the idea. comments welcome.

The materials used :

Angle Iron.

M12 x 100 cup square bolt

Wood for the handle. I had some seasoned white thorn for this.

Plastic chopping board.

3mm x 30mm bolts and nuts

Crimp on conectors

Halogen bulb holder

Tools used:

Metal chop saw

Mapp Gas torch for brazing

Drill press

Step 1 Cutting the angle pieces.

I had some scavenged angle iron in my store shed that i got one lucky day at the recycle depot.  I always check the metal skip to see it there is anything decent for use in projects. That lucky day i got a fold away bed frame that had about 20 feet of this stuff plus metal legs with casters plus it was the same day I spotted the anglepoise lamp.

The guys in my local depot are OK with my occasional skip hoking, I always ask if I can take the stuff and tell them what I'm going to use the stuff for.

I marked out the angle iron for this and another couple of jobs. The chop saw lives in the an ancient workshop that dates from the early 1930's it was originally driven by a large engine that powered a belt and pulley system that powered the machines. I fear that a picture of this workshop would anger the tidiness trolls (like the one who commented on my last post :)  as it has a earth floor an was probably never cleaned in its history, It would be a health and safety inspectors nightmare.  If anyone is interested I can post a few pics of some of the machines that are in it as they may be interesting to some people.

I used a flap disk mounted on the wood lathe to remove the burrs and sharp edges from the pieces.