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Newly Enlightened
My brother gave me a Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) battery 12v which was used in emergency lighting in buildings so you can get out in case of power failure. 7.5Ah battery so figured I should put it to good use. At a garage sale found 2 MR16 track lights real cheap. I had this 3/4" shelf board lying around in the basement turns out it was made of Cherry wood. So off to the table saw and sliced it up, made a couple of joints and produced the box for the battery. I should have taken pictures while making it, hindsight is so clear. Anyways threw in a switch made a handle out of a metal clamp bracket and encased that in wood for a better feel.
The heads swivel up down and a little left and right. I purposely didn't do a good sanding job so that it had an old look to it, notice the burn marks from the
router on the rounded edges.
I rubbed in some boiled linseed oil for that old oil finish look. A 10watt MR11 and a 20watt MR16 bulb, the MR11 was streched a bit to fit the MR16 bulb holder and I used a paperclip to hold it in hehehehe.
All flood light but really lights up the backyard really good, nice warm incan light, I have to take some outdoor shots still yet. Yeah I know one light is white and the other is black, I'll get around to making the other black!
I have since added in a charging port on the side so I don't have to take apart the light to charge up. I used one of those computer power supply inputs that uses one of those reverse looking power cords.
I have since oiled up my outdoor table with teak oil, how does it look?
indoor in my basement on my light green colored walls, now the light has 2 20watt MR16 bulbs. I think I'll throw on another head for the 10watt bulb with an independant switch for long runtimes.
And the shop area lit up
Outdoor shots
The heads swivel up down and a little left and right. I purposely didn't do a good sanding job so that it had an old look to it, notice the burn marks from the
router on the rounded edges.
I rubbed in some boiled linseed oil for that old oil finish look. A 10watt MR11 and a 20watt MR16 bulb, the MR11 was streched a bit to fit the MR16 bulb holder and I used a paperclip to hold it in hehehehe.
All flood light but really lights up the backyard really good, nice warm incan light, I have to take some outdoor shots still yet. Yeah I know one light is white and the other is black, I'll get around to making the other black!
I have since added in a charging port on the side so I don't have to take apart the light to charge up. I used one of those computer power supply inputs that uses one of those reverse looking power cords.
I have since oiled up my outdoor table with teak oil, how does it look?
indoor in my basement on my light green colored walls, now the light has 2 20watt MR16 bulbs. I think I'll throw on another head for the 10watt bulb with an independant switch for long runtimes.
And the shop area lit up
Outdoor shots
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