Simple Question - Anybody Have A Work Light Suggestions?

Something to consider - the wavelength of the light determines what 'color' it appears-- look on the back of the light bulb package for 5000 lumins bulb if you desire a 'bright' day light white illumination. 'Soft' lights which produce yellowish tinge and are often used indoors for subdued lighting are rated around 2500 lumins. Others are in between. Often the number of lumins, hence the color of the light striking the work piece, is more important for illuminating the work area, that the wattage of the bulb
 
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I pulled a flex light off and old power tool (cheap band saw not worth saving) and mounted it on my back spalsh:

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Took a little bracket to mount it and it had a wiring junction box as a base to bolt it down and hide the wire connections. Made a little drop shield for the front so I have bright light on the work but not in my eyes.

I have to make a little handle for the light bucket so I can move it without having to grab the hot housing. It's not super hot, I just don't like grabbing it after its been on a while.

Call me old fashioned, but a 60w incandescent close to the work works best for me and is easy on my eyes....

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Something to consider - the wavelength of the light determines what 'color' it appears-- look on the back of the light bulb package for 5000 lumins bulb if you desire a 'bright' day light white illumination. 'Soft' lights which produce yellowish tinge and are often used indoors for subdued lighting are rated around 2500 lumins. Others are in between. Often the number of lumins, hence the color of the light striking the work piece, is more important for illuminating the work area, that the wattage of the bulb
I'm pretty sure no one but me is going to lose any sleep over this, but the unit you're looking for is probably not lumens, but Kelvin.

5000 lumens is a lot of light.

These numbers are a measure of temperature, as in 2500K or 2,500 degrees Kelvin. 5000K is, of course, much hotter - twice as hot. And sure enough, temperature affects wavelength.

So, exactly as you say, and you're right, 5000K is a hot white light and 2500K is a warm light. I was just getting all pedantic on the units of measure, i guess.

It's bedtime, but i gotta put two pig butts in the roaster here soon for them to be ready for dinner tomorrow.

Merry Christmas

Wrat
 
Wrat is correct. Lumens is a measure of brightness or intensity. not color. Roughly the same thing as watts. A 150 watt incandescent lamp is approximately twice as bright as a 75 watt but at roughly the same color temperature
 
I also use a magnetic based sewing machine LED goose neck lamp. Read that suggestion here on the forum

Ditto, cost around $15.00, maybe less. Plenty of light, but it needs to be close to the work.
 
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