Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted
Don, I can't see it with the naked eye, what I was referring to is seeing it through my camera's viewfinder/lcd display.



Gotcha. I have a little remote control/dimmer that can attach to my light and it has the same problem. Fortunately, full brightness works for me. Good luck!

Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

  • Like 1
  • 10 months later...
  • jdm featured this topic
Posted
34 minutes ago, Peterburke340 said:

Does the cousins LED light fit into this desktop mount? My triple daylight lamp has just given up the ghost !

Have you asked Cousins? They answer every message very quickly.

Posted

@Peterburke340 I believe you can resurrect your lamp... One of the LEDs has become malfunctioned and the entire lamp might not work. If you were to reach the LEDs and just disconnect the faulty one from the rest (talking about the electric circuit) it could work.

Posted

Thanks Chopin
I meant to mention that my daylight lamp after several years has finally given up!!
After reading Mark and others reviews I’m going to buy the LED version. I’d like to mount it in a holder rather than clamp it

0bd17d7b87fe717b9e48f8a9a8aacc8f.jpg


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  • 9 months later...
Posted

Just bought myself a useful little light from Lidl of all places.

Claims to put out almost 700 lumens and is dimmable with 5 different colour temperatures. Was only £15.
At first try, it certainly is bright.
I'll be testing it soon when I replace the movement in my Breil One Ducati chronograph.

fvcn1cM.jpg

  • 8 months later...
Posted

I struggle with lighting. I have a good 21 Watt, 6500 K led desk lamp but I need something additional due to shadows. Oiling jewels is difficult, slots in screw heads can be difficult to see…
I do have a little led lamp (in the picture) but that’s too high and doesn’t help at all.

I could get an adjustable floor lamp and put a good bulb in it but it’s not very practical, I’d have to keep moving it out of the way all the time.
I’m thinking of a ‘goose neck’ led lamp:
https://durston.com/product/durston-led-goose-neck-lamp-dim-cct-white-eu-plug/

Is there something good around 15W I could get?

20190624_200040 (Copy).jpg

Posted

How about making the room lighter. Better main lighting. If you have a window in the room, how about moving you bench around to benefit from that. The table top could be a lighter colour. 

Posted
12 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

How about making the room lighter. Better main lighting. If you have a window in the room, how about moving you bench around to benefit from that. The table top could be a lighter colour. 

I usually get to tinker with it later on when it’s dark. I just bought two 15W cool light - light bulbs for the room, it helps a little but it’s not great, it’s too high in the ceiling. Ideally I could do with something behind me (from the side) and fairly close to cancel the shadows but having a floor lamp would be very awkward. Ideally I’d like something I could put on the desk, sort of a spot light that’s powerful and I could move about and direct the light where I need it.

Posted

Hi  Whats the possibility of building a frame fitted to the desk  with an overhead flourescent tube or double tube assembly over the work area, Inconjunction with the desk lamp it should minimise the shadows.  If the height is made adjustable up/down it would be even better. 

Posted

I use this LED light. It’s small, standing eleven and a half inches tall. The top of the light flexes so you can move it into different positions. Sometimes it’s too bright so I tape a piece of watchmakers paper to the light to diffuse it a bit. Costs $29.00. I ordered it online from Office Depot. 

Picture is has the light on my workbench. 

53F42657-BF2A-4F0F-B1EE-D9E3D5ED6515.jpeg

Posted
8 hours ago, watchweasol said:

Hi  Whats the possibility of building a frame fitted to the desk  with an overhead flourescent tube or double tube assembly over the work area, Inconjunction with the desk lamp it should minimise the shadows.  If the height is made adjustable up/down it would be even better. 

I’d love that but I don’t have a dedicated desk, it will have to be an additional light that’s easy to put away and ideally not too big.

Posted
2 hours ago, JohnHutchins said:

I use this LED light. It’s small, standing eleven and a half inches tall. The top of the light flexes so you can move it into different positions. Sometimes it’s too bright so I tape a piece of watchmakers paper to the light to diffuse it a bit. Costs $29.00. I ordered it online from Office Depot. 

Picture is has the light on my workbench. imageproxy.php?img=&key=77f0dcc5ac0f9d5b

53F42657-BF2A-4F0F-B1EE-D9E3D5ED6515.jpeg

Yes, something like that might do the job. In many ways similar to the goose neck lamp I’m looking at.
If only I knew what I need. The light in the picture I posted is very good (not the small one), it’s the fact that it is slightly in front of me hence the shadows. I can move it right above what I’m working on, but again, there will be shadows elsewhere because my hand and head will get in the way.

I’m starting to think that a floor lamp next or close to me will be the best solution, casting the light from opposite direction. A head torch would be perfect but I don’t want to sit there with it on for hours.

When I look at Mark’s oiling videos (jewels) it’s so clear, yes it’s a lot more magnified than my 12x loupe but there are no dark areas.

Posted

Thats  a poser,  what I had fitted to the bench at on time was a four in line which used halogen bulbs the same thing uses LEDs now and fitting that up with some 2by1 and made colapsible so that it folds up. the multiple light array should go some way to removing the shadows as the lights strike at different angles,  if it has a decent base a G clamp will fix it to the table/bench, food for  thought.

Posted

I don't know if you need diffused or spot light but the latest LED tubes of natural light are amazing. 7 - 8 euro gets you 1.50m at 18W, just use two holders at the end, you can set it on a wood board or what you like.

Posted

Hi Peter     Been racking the brain cells, Was thinking on the lines of making your own anglepoise type lamp to your own spec using the 2x1 hinged  and clamped to the bench, as jdm says you can get some LED lights with good light out put and they run cool, better than halogen. Istead of the standard lamp head use a timber rail and mount the lamps on that. parts required are some M6 bolts with wing nuts and some wood. the bolts and wing nuts form the hinge in the wood with a washer each side to tighten the angle when in the required position. If you want a rough drawing message me.

Posted
14 hours ago, jdm said:

I don't know if you need diffused or spot light but the latest LED tubes of natural light are amazing. 7 - 8 euro gets you 1.50m at 18W, just use two holders at the end, you can set it on a wood board or what you like.

18W sounds great, can you post a link so I know what I’m looking for? I'm sure I would find something similar in the UK.

Posted
12 hours ago, watchweasol said:

Hi Peter     Been racking the brain cells, Was thinking on the lines of making your own anglepoise type lamp to your own spec using the 2x1 hinged  and clamped to the bench, as jdm says you can get some LED lights with good light out put and they run cool, better than halogen. Istead of the standard lamp head use a timber rail and mount the lamps on that. parts required are some M6 bolts with wing nuts and some wood. the bolts and wing nuts form the hinge in the wood with a washer each side to tighten the angle when in the required position. If you want a rough drawing message me.

Yes please, a rough drawing would be fantastic. Thank you.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.




  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Topics

  • Posts

    • The post below contains the link. If you don't already have a discord account it will take you to the registration screen.  Registration is free.   https://www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/31653-mark/?do=findComment&comment=279066
    • HWGIKE#57 Valex FEF 190 15 jewels Swiss lever full service and repair This one was waiting for a balance staff replacement in my cabinet parts and case cleaned up with a new balance staff and a 4th wheel as the original 4th wheel had a broken pivot for the off center second hand. I never attempted a balance staff replacement before however I received a Bergeon Molfres (i was hunting it for about 2 years) and with the help of it I managed to remove the old staff and riveted the new one in. It also received a new MS, crystal and the hole for the MS arbor was also tightened. With the new MS now it has an acceptable performance meaning that the amplitude goes up to 280 fully wound, has an acceptable beat error and I have the two nice lines but only dial up, dial down is not as nice and I could not figure out as why. I have the two lines but the amplitude is dropping to around 230 and the lines are a bit hairy. Both dial up and dial down the lines just go up and down without seemingly any pattern. I cleaned the movement two times, and then a 3rd time pegged out the main plate and train bridge holes but made no change. Both the HS collet and the roller table was too lose on the new staff... I did not count how many times I took the balance cock off to sort out the HS collet, the roller table and the beat error, somebody before me also shortened the HS by pushing it out a bit and it seems every time somebody is messing with the end of the HS the protruding bit is most of the time twisted bent etc. This one was probably one of the most challenging repair and service. I might take the new MS out and clean it lubricate it as I just pushed the new one in to the barrel from the retaining ring. Plus started to re-read the theory of the escapement and how to analyse the graph on the timing machine: Greiner Chronografic Record manual. I am also thinking to put the watch on a 24 hour long run with the eTimer SW it once helped me to figure out what was wrong with a watch. There is an interesting part of the Greiner record manual talking about the pallets and the end shake of the balance and pallet staff. Maybe this is my issue? Who could that possibly identify? After a few years now I am still without a clue how could watchmakers make parts I can only see with my microscope or how could/can they carry out complicated services impossible to do.. real magic..... .... ..... before I sent this post while the pics were uploading I had an idea, i was browsing the possible outcomes on the timing machine I had one for magnetism..... so I demagnetized the movement and it is not hairy now.... two really nice lines 0.2 ms beat error still a bit wavy, but a lot lot better..... argh....  
    • Hi there, welcome here.  
    • yes the advertising revenue should generate money. The question is how much money? Then as far as the cost of the website goes that's relatively easy to determine? all you would have to do to grasp costs and profitability would be to go to the link below and you can actually get a website for free try it out for free I believe you get no advertising initially. They also talk about that they'll help you out they have marketing tools and some sort of paid subscription or something. So I guess were shopping for a whatever just ask them what would a maybe could use this one as an example in other words it's going to look basically identical to this is going to have advertising a paid subscriptions what's it going to cost? After all they want to sell or give us a message board like this they should bill answer the questions as they're the people who did the software for this. Yes they really said you can have a free discussion group at least to start. https://invisioncommunity.com/ I was curious about the monthly supporter thing where exactly do we find that on this message board? A quick search I'm not finding it so obviously I'm not looking in the right place?
    • Help me out here, but with all the advertising on this site (which I don't mind) wouldn't it pay for itself or even make money for the owner ???
×
×
  • Create New...