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Clip on Desk Lamp!(Attaches to your laptop)

Clip on Desk Lamp!(Attaches to your laptop)
This practical and portable lamp is great for working in dark places. It only cost me $1.00. It is built from a plastic clothes pin, stainless steel shim, and a LED puck light.
 
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Step 1Materials and Tools Needed

Materials and Tools Needed
Materials.

Plastic Clothes Pin
Sturdy Metal Shim approximately 0.5" wide and 5.0" long.
3" diameter LED Puck Light from the hardware store.

Tools.
Either Hot Glue and Glue Gun, Super Glue, or Epoxy will work.
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8 comments
Apr 8, 2011. 5:32 PMWhitestar245 says:
Definitely beats my Thinklight!
(dim, yellow light that doesn't illuminate anything built in to my thinkpad)
Feb 20, 2011. 12:44 PMPhoghat says:
I don't usually use my laptop or netbook in the dark, but I'm looking at this and it's just to cool to not use. I was thinking on my Kindle, and I've used Kindle lights before, but if the light's too bright and too close the reflexions drive me GaGa.. I'm thinking some kind of diffuser and maybe a longer shim. Anybody got an idea???
May 31, 2010. 9:46 PMnail face says:
 wow lol i woulda never thought of doing this! thanks man
Sep 6, 2009. 2:07 PMtoaignika says:
i'm gonna try and use this in my bunk bed, I have the bottom and it gets kinda dark in there
Jul 10, 2009. 3:18 PMBartboy says:
Simple, effective, and cheap. Brilliant! You are the awesomeest person ever!
Jul 7, 2009. 2:55 PMdvnfntn says:
coolio

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Im Aaron Augustin and I plan on becoming a mechanical engineer. I love to mess around with 3d--2d cad software and fun stuff like that. My dad does have a basic copy of Solid Works which I am aloud to...
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