What happened at your workbench today?

I discovered a dead LED, in the light of a customer's model, last night..
Unfortunately, the LED is well and truly glued into the White-metal lamp, with epoxy. :worried:
I have cut the glue off flush across the back of the lamp, and will have to (very) carefully drill the remains of the LED out..
How I wish the drill-press was functional! :wondering:

Well someone was smiling down on me:
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The lens was slightly proud of the housing, so I decided to give it a squeeze with the pliers, and noticed a crack appear between the glue and housing...
Carefully supported at the back, and a couple of short, sharp shocks on the end of a piece of rod, and out it came. :rock::nerd:

I might need to put the kettle on, and celebrate with a brew! :nod:

PhilP
 
PhilP said:
I discovered a dead LED, in the light of a customer's model, last night..
Unfortunately, the LED is well and truly glued into the White-metal lamp, with epoxy. :worried:
I have cut the glue off flush across the back of the lamp, and will have to (very) carefully drill the remains of the LED out..
How I wish the drill-press was functional! :wondering:

Well someone was smiling down on me:
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The lens was slightly proud of the housing, so I decided to give it a squeeze with the pliers, and noticed a crack appear between the glue and housing...
Carefully supported at the back, and a couple of short, sharp shocks on the end of a piece of rod, and out it came. :rock::nerd:

I might need to put the kettle on, and celebrate with a brew! :nod:

PhilP
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That was some welcome light relief.

David
 
At some stage my LGb Kof has lost a lamp cover, as this is going for sale and the chances of getting a replacement are pretty slim I decided to make a replacement. Short plastic tube from the scrap box, some plasticard and a little cut-off of welding rod looks to have pretty well done the job. Just needs some paint and a day or to to complete the Glue n’ Glaze.
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Hi folks, had a go at making station/street lamps using 3 mm copper tube and bits from a common £8.99 garden centre 'fence' solar light unit. The clear plastic dome from it was used to house the LED and superglued to a spring washer. A single silicon coated 1.6 mm wire was slid inside the tube (+ve) and the -ve soldered to the copper tube. The base is a resin-filled chair leg protector. Whilst the finish (and tube bending skills) are a bit naff (of course, I was only trying to prove the principle . . haha!) it all seems to work. On reflection a fatter copper tube would have looked better.DSC_0148.JPG
 
HobbitFertang said:
Hi folks, had a go at making station/street lamps using 3 mm copper tube and bits from a common £8.99 garden centre 'fence' solar light unit. The clear plastic dome from it was used to house the LED and superglued to a spring washer. A single silicon coated 1.6 mm wire was slid inside the tube (+ve) and the -ve soldered to the copper tube. The base is a resin-filled chair leg protector. Whilst the finish (and tube bending skills) are a bit naff (of course, I was only trying to prove the principle . . haha!) it all seems to work. On reflection a fatter copper tube would have looked better.View attachment 343679
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I think the 3mm tube looks good. Most station lamps have quite thin lamp poles. The main problem is finding relatively modest sized tops with LED’s as you have done. Where did you source them?
 
Yes, the top is the transparent dome liberated from the original solar unit glued to a washer of some sort. This arrangement isn't very handy for bulb replacement, however! btw, did anyone go to the Roundhouse Eng open day?? It was really good.
 
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