Lighting Solutions for the working area...

......i've had the fortune to accomodate all three of my work areas with natural light by placing my desk/workbench against the sill of south facing windows supplemented with two fluorescent articulated drafting lights.....each anchored on the left and right side of the work area allowing for the lamps to be directly above the work area.........or to be positioned at my discretion.......
fluorescense produces little heat & being overhead casts little shadow on the work area........& with my trusty 4X optivisor it all........
works great & lasts a long time.......
hope this offers an optional perspective.....
good luck to ya HistoryinScale.....

I need to upgrade my lighting, as poor light and 1/72 just don't sit well together!

Have to keep an eye out for some fluorescent lamps.

Karl

i have two double bulb, fluorescent shop lights. but i am going to supplement this with a bit of light closer to the projects. havent got there yet.


joe

I have a flourescent light above my work area, a lamp with a 150 watt Reveal bulb behind me and one of these on my desk:



the magnifier works great for PE and detailing cockpits

plus I can turn it on and raise it up high to add extra lighting...

I use a 3' flouro, 2 incandescent 40 watt globes, and a bench magnifier with a 22 watt flouro.
Flouros don't really give you much of a light spectrum, so I installed a fish tank type flouro into the 3' one, called a 'dayglo'

Works well, but natural light is best if you can place your bench close to a waindow.

QUOTE: Originally posted by fightnjoe i have two double bulb, fluorescent shop lights.

This is what I use, 4 footers. I also use a lighted magnifier for really close/small stuff. But the 2 2-bulb 4 ft fluorescent's do a great job as far as I'm concerned. One "over each shoulder".

I have something similar to what tho9900 has. Got it at wal-mart for $10. moves about any where i want it to go and the magnifying glass as great for taking pics through to get good close ups.

I had the same problems with lighting before.

So I bought another flourescent lamp to add to my previous one. With two flourescent lamps on both sides and one (room flourescent light) on the ceiling behind me...the work area is better lighted now. A little bit hotter but well...nothing that a cold glass of softdrink couldn't handle.

I have two 2-lamp 4-foot fluorescent fixtures as well as both fluorescent and incandesant magnifier lamps on long arms. No way I could do without the magnifier lamps. Once you get used to them there is no getting away from them.

QUOTE: Originally posted by lizardqing I have something similar to what tho9900 has. Got it at wal-mart for $10. moves about any where i want it to go and the magnifying glass as great for taking pics through to get good close ups.

ya know I thought about that but haven't tried it yet... dunno if it would work for me though, my digital uses an infrared grid to focus when light is not optimal... (no flash because of shooting through the magnifier and indoors) I just need to take my stuff outside and photo it.. or use multiple lamps because in decent light it takes awesome pics...

QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity No way I could do without the magnifier lamps. Once you get used to them there is no getting away from them.

100% agreement there... sometimes on REALLY small stuff I wear my visor AND use the magnifier... it's not that hard an I would guess that I am at about 8 - 10x when I do... mostly do that for handling SMALL PE and putting that one little dot of paint where it needs to be... I have one 10/0 brush that has developed like 5 strands of it sticking out more than the others and it works PERFECT for instrument panel buttons...

HIN,I use a magnafier lamp with a 60watt and a desk top lamp with a 60watt bulb,both prove good lighting in this dark room Iam in .In this room I have a ceiling fan with 4-40 watt bulbs.I don't if this will help you but that is my set up here.Digger

I use a portable desk lamp with a 75 watt GE Reveal bulb in it plus a "globe light" made from the top of an old 1920's street lamp a friend of mine gave me many years ago. This has a 100 watt Reveal bulb. Usually that's a good amount of light, especially during the day, but sometimes when I need a bit of extra light (especially when working with black styrene!), I wear a hiker's headlamp.

I just picked up 2 halogen desk lamps at office depot for $3 each.....this in addition to my lighted magnifying headset and a 150W floor lamp and a south facing window. (On top of it all I add bifocals)

i jury rigged a spotlight i found in the storeroom. it is sooooooooooooo bright, but kinda yellowey. i clamp the fixture to the window and it works fairly well.

I got 2 lights to the sides and above the workarea, and a light behind me.

All 3 are loaded with daylight bulbs/tubes.

Does the top half of a tanning bed nailed to the ceiling count?