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How to make a Book Lamp

How to make a Book Lamp
Hi,
Here i will show step by step how to make a book lamp (it is very helpful when you are late at night and want to read a book), this Instructable is very easy, and also very cheap, it costs less than 4 Dollars, and it is very handy!
You can find many of this Instructable accessories in your house!!

 
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Step 1Supplies you need to start the Book Lamp

Supplies you need to start the Book Lamp
Here is what you need to get started:

-LED of choice (I prefer a white one, it is best for reading)


-Batteries (Make sure to get batteries that match to the LED voltage, otherwise the lamp may not work!)

-Batteries Holder and a Switch (You can get it from an old toy, or buy one, it is for the batteries from above, so seek for one that can carry the batteries you picked!).

-Clip (it can be small or big, the bigger, then more stability).

-Foil Paper (no more than a 30x30 cm ).

-Wire (try to buy a really thick one, not to thick, we want it to be movable and stiff at the same time!
No more than 1 mt).

-Piece of Paper

-Electric wire (The amount of electric wire depends on the size of the Book Lamp, so less than 50 cm).

-Plastic Tube (Optional).
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Feb 26, 2012. 11:27 PMBhutan dorji says:
It is very interesting. i am also in search of white LED study lamp for rural students for night study. In your project nothing has been inform about the number of LED, capacity and type of battery of battery used for the lamp, and how many hours LED lamp will glow for the study if it is power only from battery. I would also like to have circuit design of it so that i will also make it one for myself. Is one white LED is enough for the night study for one student or more LED is needed to have more lights for the study purpose? Please do kindly suggest or give m above informations if necessary for the good LED study lamp.

Regards
Oct 6, 2008. 5:16 AMFozzy Vis says:
I'm still looking where to buy the sort of bendable "metal" tubes (you know, like some Ikea lamps have, it's hard to explain). Same use as the metal wire is used in this instructable. I would like to make a support for a (now broken) shower head that is bendable, but ofcourse just some metal wire isn't going to support the weight... I've tried twisting 3 copper 2.5mm² wires together but it isn't strong enough. Anyone any clues?
Oct 29, 2008. 9:12 AMkasholte says:
have you tried flexible conduit? should be in the electical dept of the local home depot
Oct 6, 2008. 8:18 AMFozzy Vis says:
Well, the tubes are not the problem, that's not really the problem. I'm more looking for something like This lamp, the upper part of it. I'd *love* to buy something like that.

Not just for the shower head, it would be great for a multitude of things. I just need to find a place where I could buy it in Europe (or online for a decent price)...
Sep 10, 2008. 5:56 AMlyka says:
whats the purpose of this??(; Sorry for this stupid ques..
Sep 7, 2008. 3:56 PManenano says:
Something else that works pretty nicely for making the cone for the LED is a floppy disk. Cut about a quarter of it and wrap it around the LED, secure it with scotch tape.
Sep 7, 2008. 5:52 PManenano says:
Here's an image of an LED light with a floppy around it and a shot of the lighting system I made for my keyboard (with blue backlight). I'll probably make an instructable with more pics from this project.
Sep 7, 2008. 1:08 PMR4Man18 says:
For those of you that say HEY you could have gone to the dollar store and picked up a nice one for 1$ its not about the price its about being something he made himself.
Sep 7, 2008. 11:25 AMmg0930mg says:
This is really nice. Great job!
Sep 5, 2008. 9:54 PMwertyyrew says:
Hey this is actually really usefull! thanks a lot! looking forward to new instructables from you!
Sep 5, 2008. 9:49 PMEtzick says:
Amazing! It seemed a bit lame at first but its just simple and great quality! great work man! 5/5!
Sep 5, 2008. 9:29 PMMichi394 says:
woooowww thanks to this instructable now i can read my harry potter books!!
Sep 5, 2008. 5:19 PMpirulee says:
wow, just amazing! this really works! I did this and i thought it would e useless, but it make my night readings fast, thanks for the tutorial.

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