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Homemade Mill Spindle Ring Light


Mill Spindle Ring Light
 
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TOOL:
Mill Spindle Ring Light
BUILDER:
rgsparber on homemadetools.net
DESCRIPTION:
Homemade mill spindle ring light comprised of 54 white LEDs grouped into sets and wired in parallel. Each set consists of 9 LEDs wired in series, along with a 470-ohm limiting resistor. Power supply is 35V at 400 mA. Ring housing was machined from 0.6" nylon.
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Apr 11, 2017 10:49 AM
johnnyw2017
who's a smarty pants!
Feb 27, 2014 3:31 PM
DIYer
Nicely diffused lighting from that custom nylon ring. Great work.
Jan 24, 2014 11:46 AM
daveward
At first I thought this was one of those circular lights...but no...homemade indeed.  That's a lot of work.
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CATEGORIES:
Lighting, Milling
TAGS:
light, LED, mill, spindle, electronics
LEVEL OF DETAIL (1-5):
5
URL:
http://rick.sparber.org/ring.pdf


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DIY Mill Spindle Ring Light - comment on how to build a Mill Spindle Ring Light - 4 comments
johnnyw2017 says:
Apr 11, 2017 10:49 AM
who's a smarty pants!
DIYer says:
Feb 27, 2014 3:31 PM
Nicely diffused lighting from that custom nylon ring. Great work.
daveward says:
Jan 24, 2014 11:46 AM
At first I thought this was one of those circular lights...but no...homemade indeed.  That's a lot of work.
wormil says:
Nov 21, 2013 3:37 PM
Great idea. I might adapt this to my drill press.
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