Just a thought...
Don't LEDs come in flexible tubing. Couldn't you just wrap one of these around your drill press and attach it with duct tape?
Seems like less work and similar results...
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Smith" <ajsmith@...> wrote:
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> > Good idea Carl, I like the looks of your mounting. I'm looking at the 90mm
> > size (isn't "bigger" always better?<:)
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> > Ken
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> > If you want more light/leds you could use multiple different size rings
> and
> mount them concentrically.
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> Look on eBay for 'UFO lights' or 'camping lights'. Same thing but in a
> case, powered by 3 AA batteries. They have a hole in the middle (~35mm) so
> you can slide them over a pole. You can always remove more of the middle
> section to make the hole bigger, nothing there but the battery holders.
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> http://www.dansdata.com/ringlight.htm
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> Half way down you can see a picture with the guts. Take out the battery
> clips and hit it with a hole saw.
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> Still plenty exactly the same as these on eBay for under $10. I got a
> couple more a month of so back, for putting on drills etc.
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> Dunno why he didn't save the case. If you've got a lathe handy you can
> machine a piece of plastic pipe to fit back into the middle to neaten things
> up.
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> Tony
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> - Handy tip: you need to twist, then pull to get it apart. You lose the
> latch when you bore out the middle.
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