Work Light for lathe or other bench tools By: Bryan

Materials: JANSJÖ

I needed a small work light for my hobby lathe. Most of the work lights I found were extremely overpriced, used halogen lights that burn my fingers, and are way two bright for a small workspace, so I turned to IKEA. I found the JANSJÖ Desk lamp would be a perfect hack.

The lamp comes disassembled so I simply tossed the lamp base and used the lamp arm. I placed the lamp where I wanted it mounted and marked the two holes I needed to drill.

I drilled the two holes with a 13/64ths drill bit. The 3/4 inch MDF that makes of the base of my lathe was two thick for the existing screws so I used a 1/2 inch forstner to drill a wider hole so the screw and washer could be used. The other option would be to replace the screws with a longer screw from the hardware store.

This simple hack sure made my lathe a much easier to use with a nice bright, cool to the touch light. I could see myself using this hack in other tools as I build my collection.

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Foto Passive Sound Amplifier By: Bryan

Materials: FOTO lamp shade

Saw something similar at another really high end furniture store. Waay to expensive but kinda cool.

Used a Foto light shade and wood scraps in my garage to create the amplifier. Wood holder centers the speaker of a Galaxy S4 right in the middle as well as provides a nice stabilizer for a stand.

Built the stand and attached it to the back of the lamp shade. Not bad sound, relatively speaking, and surprisingly fills the room.

You can also just lay the phone in the back, it fits nicely. But the sound gets dramatically better when you center the speaker.

Will be working on a iPhone version by request. (my daughter). Speakers are in a different place so will need some design work to channel the sound.

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