Came upon a new kind of light which an be very useful on lathes. Found it on ebay . It is a sewing machine light. It comes with no plug since it has to be threaded thru the mount you choose. I did a kinda cantilever so I can move it out of the way when not in use. Just happened to have a strain relief to relieve the cord . I used a led for the light and you can then pick the color temp (5000 preferred) and luminosity you want. This $20 saves me from buying a $100 led flex light. There may be a cheaper one but under $20 this was the best I was willing to look for.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SEWING-MACHINE-FLEXIBLE-GOOSENECK-WORKING-LAMP-LIGHT/401145445865?hash=item5d6621bde9:g:hPsAAOxykMpTJJ1I:rk:14:pf:0

Thanks, Gerald. Just ordered one for my upcoming carving station. Where did you find the LED to fit?

Great find, Thanks!!

5 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Thanks, Gerald. Just ordered one for my upcoming carving station. Where did you find the LED to fit?

Regular screw in LED bulbs fit. BR20 is a good fit but hard to find in 5000K or more. I have a regular shape bulb in it now 1100 leumen.

Thanks again, Gerald. I think Ace carries a decent bunch of styles, sizes etc. I'll check them out. If not there, maybe Lowes.

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by Gene Howe

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

Regular screw in LED bulbs fit. BR20 is a good fit but hard to find in 5000K or more. I have a regular shape bulb in it now 1100 leumen.

Using it close to the work 1100 lumens should be plenty.

Here is the light mounted as well as the magnetic mount I moved to headstock side 

Cool! Between the two lamps you should have plenty of light. 

Edited November 16, 20187 yr by lew

Great find Gerald. Thanks for sharing. Would be great for scroll and bandsaw use too.

I bought 6 of these. So far I'm happy with them.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-30-LED-Flexible-Sewing-Machine-Light-Magnetic-Mounting-Base-Gooseneck-Light-o/254379489281?var=553958865911&hash=item3b3a32f801:m:mLBPB4JCGXldCdDrEuQWWUw

2 hours ago, Kevin Beitz said:

I bought 6 of these. So far I'm happy with them.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-30-LED-Flexible-Sewing-Machine-Light-Magnetic-Mounting-Base-Gooseneck-Light-o/254379489281?var=553958865911&hash=item3b3a32f801:m:mLBPB4JCGXldCdDrEuQWWUw

Maybe ok for carving but too short for a good lathe light IMHO

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

for a good lathe light IMHO

I have yet to wear out my incandescent arm lights I use for the lathes.  I have noticed that the 6000K LED's I use for seeing the lines on the saws bleach out the color of the wood, especially for pictures.  So till one of my lights dies, the old ones don't get evicted.  Now the florescent overhead lights = GONE!

9 hours ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

I have noticed that the 6000K LED's I use for seeing the lines on the saws bleach out the color of the wood, especially for pictures.

My old Kodak doesn't work well with LED's either. 

7 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

My old Kodak doesn't work well with LED's either

would that be the one with the leather bellows?

1 hour ago, p_toad said:

would that be the one with the leather bellows?

Not quite that old, it's about a ten year old digital.