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Offline slowcoach

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Led lamps at Argos
« on: October 08, 2009, 05:16:34 PM »
Hi all, A friend of mine showed me a 12volt gooseneck LED lamp that he purchased from Argos. He uses it on his milling machine, I must admit I was impressed how much light this little lamp knocks out  :bugeye:, best of all its only £11.99! :clap: So anyway I bought one and fitted it to my little capstan lathe, the lamp has a 44cm metal gooseneck connected to a very strong bulldog clip, So i just clipped it on to the machines rear splash guard and hey presto a cheap machine light!  :thumbup:





Its got a built in on/off switch on the nice long cable and is supplied with a 12 volt mains transformer.
Argos Item no. 432/5750

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Rob
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Offline andyf

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Re: Led lamps at Argos
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2009, 05:20:31 PM »
Looks useful. Does it come with a transformer?

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Re: Led lamps at Argos
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2009, 05:25:16 PM »
Hi Andy, Yep it comes with a transformer, the cable from the lamp just plugs straight in!  :beer:
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Rob
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Offline Darren

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Re: Led lamps at Argos
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2009, 06:50:41 PM »
Nice lamp, I might get one of those .....  :thumbup:

What's the lathe?
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Re: Led lamps at Argos
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2009, 07:20:39 AM »
Hi Darren,

Its a 5" Raglan Capstan lathe. I use it to knock off the odd batch of axles and bushes for steam/diesel loco's. Set it up and off you go! It can be also used as a conventional lathe which is a bonus. If i feel really lazy, I can engage the auto feed to the capstan unit and it will do most of the work for me  :thumbup: She spent most of her life in a dark corner of a technical college classroom  :( until i rescued her  :D

Rob
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Re: Led lamps at Argos
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2009, 07:28:05 AM »
Hi Rob, I have a capstan hence my interest, thanks for the reply.

I've seen Raglans but never a capstan ....  :thumbup:
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Re: Led lamps at Argos
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2009, 07:43:34 AM »
Darren,

I wouldn't be without it, its a very useful piece of kit. Now i have finally figured out how to work my camera, I will post some pix of it on the Our Shop thread.

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Rob
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Re: Led lamps at Argos
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2009, 10:18:30 AM »
thanks for the tip got mine this morning

drill and fitted it to splashback




thanks colin
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Re: Led lamps at Argos
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2009, 12:51:12 PM »
Nice work Colin  :clap:. Good aren't they?  :thumbup:

Rob
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