Lighting help - Idea

Might try a swing arm desk lamp, or even one of the "ring light" swing arms with a magnifer in the center.

I have a shelf over the bench with a 4 foot flourescent light with 2 daylight bulbs mounted to the bottom of the shelf. Works fine for me but sometimes I need just a little extra light on something I'm working on and for that I have the swing arm light with the magnifier mounted within reach. Us old guys need all the help we can get.

Jim  

Welcome aboard!  Try LED's!

Toshi

Welcome to the forum!

My bench is in my cellar.  Over my bench, I have 3 60w incandescents.  One is in a socket mounted in the ceiling above the bench, more or less centered.  The other two are in architect's lamps, mounted in holes drilled into the frame, so I can reposition them as necessary.  Here are a couple of pics, so you can see what I mean:

I also have to use an OptiVisor, because I can't see things up close like I used to.  My visor is not a lighted model, and if I were looking for a visor today, I would get one with an attached light.  You can't have too much, I think.

Best regards,

Brad

Oh, and in the background on the bench, you can see an old gooseneck desk lamp, which I use sometimes for additional light, but it's primarily used to accelerate drying times when I paint a figure with oil paints.  It also has a 60w lamp, and that throws off a good, warm heat, which is perfect for that application.

Best regards,

Brad