light for bench?

I found a nice one at Office Depot on clearance but since I now use an led light made for reloading, I find it just never gets turned on

I recently got a LED desk reading light at IKEA. A "snake" light on a base. I have not tried them out but looked interesting.

$10 as well.

I found one at office max and it also has a nice magnifying glass built in it. It was $19.95

I would go with go with a good swing arm lamp. I have the lamp below for my workspace and love it.

http://www.amazon.com/Alvin-CL1755-B-Swing-Arm-Combination-Black/dp/B001DNCJNY/

I got one of these at Harbor Freight for around $35. It really helps for sorting brass and the light is nice and bright.



Hopefully this will give you an idea how bright it is.

I use the Harbor Freight magnifying light as well. Comes in very handy and can swivel around to wherever I need the light most.

Mike

I picked up a cheap clip-on desk lamp from Walmart for under ten bucks. I clip it to the bench with the bulb focused on the press work area. It works very well with a 100w CFl "daylight" bulb. Puts out a nice white light.

Like this:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-LAMP1WH-COM-Mainstays-Clip-Task-Lamp-White/21500125

You can goose-neck lamps at most any thrift store for under $5.

Hmm.
I have long wished for one of those magnifier lights but didn't want to pay the price.
Good old ChiCom Harbor Freight to the rescue.

I cannot work, at my bench, without the light and mag. Just off the top of my head, it works really well making a good crimp, and looking for neck cracks on .357.

The $10 Ikea LED goose neck lamp:


Great light on my LnL, fits perfectly over the center hole and lets me see that there is powder in the case:

I use a clamp on metal reflector light from the tool section at Walmart. With about a 8 foot cord, it is pretty handy. I usually clamp it to the floor joists overhead.

I've never felt a need for a high intensity lamp, I put some low cost 48" dual tube flourescent "shop lights" over the front edge of my loading bench years ago. That does well across the entire bench and gives me some nearly shadow free lighting.

I've been trying to find one of those magnifier lamps for under $200. Thanks guys for the cheaper alternatives.

I have 4 of those swing arm lamps mounted to the wall my bench runs along.
I can swing them around wherever I need to direct and area of bright light on a particular spot.
I love those things in any shop.

http://www.officemax.com/office-furniture/lighting/desk-and-floor-lamps/product-prod3801769 This is the one I got, price went up a couple of bucks, but still a bargin

ranger335v said:

I've never felt a need for a high intensity lamp, I put some low cost 48" dual tube flourescent "shop lights" over the front edge of my loading bench years ago. That does well across the entire bench and gives me some nearly shadow free lighting.

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I just did this my self. I was actually amazed at how much better it is than before.
Generally I have had a bad opinion of florescent lights.
I guess my mind has been changed.

I picked up two of the 48 inch ones with standard plugs on them for a buck each at a sale. Pretty good two buck investment.

The only bad part was the wife coming down to the man cave and complaining, that when You need new lights they just get put in. When I asked for some lights for my stamp room. You never had time.......


D'oh......

Here`s a reflector lite pullin heater duty on a lubesizer .



I`m going to china harbor & gettin me 1 of those magnifiers with the lite though .

i hung a 48 in flourscent fixture above mine as well. the new T8 bulbs are a zero starter time, with daylight bulbs they put out very good light. no shadows. for me they are perfect lighting. that particular fixture is a plug in light that goes for about $20 at home depot.

for better eyesite for inspecting brass, i just bought a set of cheater reading glasses at +2 power.

RustyFN's pic is a Chinese copy of a Luxo lamp.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...vpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_9km8mx82bu_b

While working in the electronics industry, I scrounged beat and broken up Luxo lamps being thrown out, and swapped enough parts to make beat up but still working Luxo lamps for the reloading room and for the gunsmithing shop.

There are a LOT of people working as assemblers that look through one of those magnifying lamps all day long as they solder and screw together tiny electronics.

"The only bad part was the wife coming down to the man cave and complaining, that when You need new lights they just get put in. When I asked for some lights for my stamp room. You never had time......."

Ask if she'll accept a set of dollar lights installed in the same manner.

My case inspection is pretty casual until after it's sized, that always increases the size of any cracks and they are much easier for old eyes to spot.