By repurposing parts from one of those soldering 'third hands', I was able to make a couple of secure and versital led point source stands.
The gooseneck is tall enough to make a great top light, and the short mount will get virtually anywhere on the deck.
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Lamp brackets are made from two conduit brackets held in the alligator clip mounts.
Illuminator stands
Illuminator stands
Last edited by Radazz on Tue Aug 23, 2016 11:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Arnold, Missouri
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Re: Illuminator stands
Hi,
You did a fantastic job of "repurposing" these lights.. Can I ask where you found these led point source lights?.. I have never seen any that looked like this..
Thanks!
BillT
You did a fantastic job of "repurposing" these lights.. Can I ask where you found these led point source lights?.. I have never seen any that looked like this..
Thanks!
BillT
Re: Illuminator stands
I got them on eBay. The one on the little stand is burned out, another one coming. From China. Slowly.
They come with a nice transformer, one of which I appropriated for my m20 led illuminator. I put another transformer and dimmer on the point source and ate it in a couple of weeks. Good thing Cree emitters are so cheap. I intend to try replacing the emitter in this lamp. LED's are more fragile than you might think. Never plug one directly into a transformer without a resistor. Happily, a dimmer works great, but don't plug power in with the dimmer turned up full. They don't tolerate these mistakes.
Search eBay for coaxial microscope illuminator. Saw several, then none for a while, then something similar, (which I ordered). Not sure if any are currently out there.
Addendum, I just searched coaxial microscope light and turned up 4 of them.
Jim
They come with a nice transformer, one of which I appropriated for my m20 led illuminator. I put another transformer and dimmer on the point source and ate it in a couple of weeks. Good thing Cree emitters are so cheap. I intend to try replacing the emitter in this lamp. LED's are more fragile than you might think. Never plug one directly into a transformer without a resistor. Happily, a dimmer works great, but don't plug power in with the dimmer turned up full. They don't tolerate these mistakes.
Search eBay for coaxial microscope illuminator. Saw several, then none for a while, then something similar, (which I ordered). Not sure if any are currently out there.
Addendum, I just searched coaxial microscope light and turned up 4 of them.
Jim
Arnold, Missouri
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Re: Illuminator stands
Thanks so much for the info and quick reply..
BillT
BillT
Re: Illuminator stands
Arnold, Missouri
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40