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Let there be Light!

Let there be Light!

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Got Light ?

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Clearing space was easy … well … sort of.

Once I had done so I discovered one thing : I had light … but it wasn’t enough.

One way of adding more light is a desktop light, but I noticed that they were filling valuable real estate while offering not enough light in return. A daylight bulb did improve the quantity, but the thing was a bit too much in my face.

Solution ?
Well … I remember Warzan building a frame and adding lights to that.

I’ve build something similar … using the most basic (and maybe unlikely) construction material I could find in a DIY store : 32mm diameter PVC tubes.

almost donealmost done

Materials

You can use the 2-3 meter lenghts of pvc tube, but the 1 meter tubes were easier to handle and none of the parts needed to be over 1 meter in lenght. It probably would have been a more efficient use of material, but transportation of the longer pieces was tricky without access to a car.

A basic saw was all I needed to cut the pieces to the desired lenghts.

I’ve used two Ikea Mittled 60cm kitchen worktop lights (and associated bits and pieces), but in hindsight I probably should have picked 2 x 40cm and one 60cm.

If you need something closer to daylight then I’d recommend the Philips Hue lightstrips. They are more expensive, but they do provide better light.

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