Let there be Light!
Got Light ?
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 done
Materials
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32mm diameter PVC tube (5 x 1 meter)
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32mm T-sections (6 pcs)
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32mm 90 degree sections (4 pcs)
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Ikea Mittled 60cm (2pcs)
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Ikea Vagdal (2pcs connection cable)
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30 Watt Led driver
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Powersupply cord
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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