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Quickmount for Adam Savage LED workbench light.
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Last crawled date: 5 years, 10 months ago
I was inspired to make one of Adam Savage's awesome custom LED workbench lights (link below), but wanted a more flexible mounting option. I'm a big fan of the one-handed quick clamps and thought this type of solution would be ideal. I decided to use a Harbor Freight 12 in ratcheting clamp ($3.99) as the core and designed mount for the lamp that would replace the far end of the clamp. My goal was to incorporate all of the clamp parts making it a direct swap.
I also wanted to be able to plug and unplug a power supply from the lamp so I made a wiring harness our of some standard male and female barrel connectors that I have a bunch of for other LED projects. I designed a press-fit hole for the female connector end and a slot for the rest of the connector wire... it's working fine so far.
This is the first version and I did not quite hit my goal, the bolt is not quite long enough for where the nut trap is and I am apprehensive about making it deeper which would not leave a lot of material between the nut and the clamp bar. In the meantime, I am just using a longer bolt and large washer.
The one I am testing now was printed with 40% infill and 6 layer walls all around.
Adam Savage LED Worklight build video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL3uZ88vA_0
Harbor Freight Clamp:
https://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-ratcheting-bar-clampspreader-62123.html
I also wanted to be able to plug and unplug a power supply from the lamp so I made a wiring harness our of some standard male and female barrel connectors that I have a bunch of for other LED projects. I designed a press-fit hole for the female connector end and a slot for the rest of the connector wire... it's working fine so far.
This is the first version and I did not quite hit my goal, the bolt is not quite long enough for where the nut trap is and I am apprehensive about making it deeper which would not leave a lot of material between the nut and the clamp bar. In the meantime, I am just using a longer bolt and large washer.
The one I am testing now was printed with 40% infill and 6 layer walls all around.
Adam Savage LED Worklight build video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL3uZ88vA_0
Harbor Freight Clamp:
https://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-ratcheting-bar-clampspreader-62123.html