A Gooseneck LED Light for the EX-21

[EIEIO]

I found a 24 LED clip-on light at Lowes - Styleselections #0352725, $20.00. It is a brushed stainless gooseneck lamp with a heavy spring clamp. The clamp is connected to the goosneck with a hex nut. The clamp has padded jaws, so it looked like a good fit to connect to the EX-21 table.

The clamp is pretty strong, but anything on the table is liable to get in the way. So I measured the thread end of the gooseneck where the clamp attaches, and then the mounting hole for the hold-down on the EX-21 (which I removed when I got the saw). That was a good fit.

The lamp has an in-line switch - too big to fit through the hole in the hold-down bracket. I pried the switch open, but found it was a single pole switch - so only one wire was broken and the other fed straight through the switch and would have to be cut. I decided to cut the wire between the switch and lamp and add two crimp-on bullet connectors (1st picture). Stagger the bullets so you make sure to connect the + to + when reconnecting the wire, and put the female of the bullet on the power source side - that way if they come apart, the source side is insulated.

The other pictures show the lamp in place. The clip-on clamp is on the table just to show its size. The lamp is very bright and the gooseneck stays in place with the saw in operation.

[dgman]

Clever idea! I love the looks of your black and gold saw!

[king310]

Great light setup. Sometimes thinking pays off.

[woodtinkergary]

Great idea, I work at lowes and didnt even think about looking for it, thats why we have great minds here at scrollsaw workshop. I picked up a 4 inch handheld magnifier at Ace hardware a while back and mounted it on my scrollsaw and works like a charm . It only costs 1.99 and the magnifier is just right, there is no distortion any where in the lens unlike another one I had. It not as much in the way like a big magnifier would be and its a whole lot cheaper, I like cheap. The handle is threaded on so I need to figure out the thread size and convert it to a flexable shaft, then it will be just right to move it around, right now its tied on with a flexable (geartie) also sold at Ace Hardware. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. wtg.

[Keefie]

Great idea, I knew I should have taken up "thinking" a long time ago, but never got round to it.

[ShadowB6]

Hmmmm, that's a lot more economical than Seyco's $80 lamp. Still can't understand why it's soooo expensive.

Mike

[SamHenderson]

I found a 24 led lights clip-on light at Lowes - Styleselections #0352725, $20.00. It is a brushed stainless gooseneck lamp with a heavy spring clamp. The clamp is connected to the goosneck with a hex nut. The clamp has padded jaws, so it looked like a good fit to connect to the EX-21 table.

The clamp is pretty strong, but anything on the table is liable to get in the way. So I measured the thread end of the gooseneck where the clamp attaches, and then the mounting hole for the hold-down on the EX-21 (which I removed when I got the saw). That was a good fit.

The lamp has an in-line switch - too big to fit through the hole in the hold-down bracket. I pried the switch open, but found it was a single pole switch - so only one wire was broken and the other fed straight through the switch and would have to be cut. I decided to cut the wire between the switch and lamp and add two crimp-on bullet connectors (1st picture). Stagger the bullets so you make sure to connect the + to + when reconnecting the wire, and put the female of the bullet on the power source side - that way if they come apart, the source side is insulated.

The other pictures show the lamp in place. The clip-on clamp is on the table just to show its size. The lamp is very bright and the gooseneck stays in place with the saw in operation.

Awesome light man thanks for sharing it.. I will try to get similar light very soon.. Thanks again

[tvman44]

Good find, thanks for sharing.  Was that in the light section?

[EIEIO]

TVMan - the lamp was with the desk lamps in Lowes. It is still working as well as when I installed it in February.

[dirtrider73068]

I have a clamp on light that has a magnifier in it I use on mine, its at the back of my saw and reaches up to the front, when I need to move the blade or replace the blade it swings up out of the way.