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Step 7Final assembly
I love it when a plan comes together....
-Now on the reflector at the middle of it along the height screw on some PVC pipe mounts (see the first picture) with a 24" piece of 3/4 PVC captured in it
-Snap on the two fittings made in the last step each to the uprights from step 5
-Mount the ends of the 24" tube you just screwed to the back of the reflector
-Adjust the light to the right angle and plug it in
-You can glue the rest of the fittings in but I like being able to collapse the light to store it and travel. The friction of the fittings seems to be enough to be stable.
Now I know some of you will say that it is not dimmable, you are right, sort of. You can mix differing brightness CFLs as they are easy to change or what I did was put in 6 23 watt CFLs. If the box is too bright then un screw one and if that is not dim enough un screw another repeat as nessasary.
Also to note is that like any flourscent light you need to give them 5-10 min to warm up to full brightness.
This also works great for a shop light that can pretty much be mounted
Remember that if this is not fully clear to you to watch the podcast video at the beginning of the instructable. Also the other project in the video is also on instructables at:
Rain Shield for your Camera
Oh and here is a pop out reflector and or chroma key you can use with this light LINK
Ben
-Now on the reflector at the middle of it along the height screw on some PVC pipe mounts (see the first picture) with a 24" piece of 3/4 PVC captured in it
-Snap on the two fittings made in the last step each to the uprights from step 5
-Mount the ends of the 24" tube you just screwed to the back of the reflector
-Adjust the light to the right angle and plug it in
-You can glue the rest of the fittings in but I like being able to collapse the light to store it and travel. The friction of the fittings seems to be enough to be stable.
Now I know some of you will say that it is not dimmable, you are right, sort of. You can mix differing brightness CFLs as they are easy to change or what I did was put in 6 23 watt CFLs. If the box is too bright then un screw one and if that is not dim enough un screw another repeat as nessasary.
Also to note is that like any flourscent light you need to give them 5-10 min to warm up to full brightness.
This also works great for a shop light that can pretty much be mounted
Remember that if this is not fully clear to you to watch the podcast video at the beginning of the instructable. Also the other project in the video is also on instructables at:
Rain Shield for your Camera
Oh and here is a pop out reflector and or chroma key you can use with this light LINK
Ben
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