3 Easy wins - Lights and Lighting [video 471]

Great video ,Thanks

Thanks for the trio of videos, made for a great lunchtime at work! Really enjoying the workshop series. Definitely keeping an eye out for the MFT and Router build videos!

Why use double sided tape and not staples while 'stretching the canvas'?

great timing, i am going to be putting in new lights soon. at the moment i have an old grow light up but its high wattage and coverage isnt great.

Great job as always Peter. Im curious as to why you went with magnetic tape when 6 or 8 screws in each would likely have done the job and be easily removable if required.

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Another enjoyable video. I could actually hear the difference when you spoke after the installation.

You could have called out to the costumiers next door to borrow an iron if you hadn't soundproofed the wall

Since the panels seem to have diffusers built in why add another? Was is driven by your video needs? Or sound attenuating?

Loving this mini-series Peter👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎

Looks great! Bet the diffusion helps a ton. As an audio engineer I'll argue that a workshop won't need the acoustic treatment necessary for a critical listening room, you'll definitely get away with less.

Really enjoyed this series overall!

BTW I told you in a comment a while ago that I bought the Wolfcraft dowelling rail jig, and I like it for cabinets! Need to take care to set it accurately but I can get pretty good results. It's a little hard to use it for thinner parts like stretchers and legs, but I can use it to make new dowelling jigs in hardwood that work well for that.

Great trio of videos Peter thanks so much

New shed about to go up so this whole series really useful but especially lighting.

I love your videos, but i just have to write it. I think it’s a huge waste of resources to use the those magnetic tapes to thing you not going to remove any soon.

Great video series. Your shop is really shaping up and looking nice. I do agree on lighting. I went from fluorescent to 5000k led shop lights. Purchased eight of them on sale early last year. What a difference. I love to see what can be done in a smaller space. Your shop is an inspiration to me on what can be done.

Peter, wouldn't your Kapex have done the lap joint using the trenching function?

Oh, and I'm loving these shop upgrade videos.

I really enjoyed the videos are you trying to break a record??? 3 in 1 day 😉

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Hi Peter, three very useful and informative videos, I have four 6 Foot Double Fluorescent Lights in my Workshop (Single Garage) and I am seriously thinking of replacing them with LED Panels of some description but I didn't give much thought to diffusers, so that's given me more to think about. On the Full Coloured MDF front, I bought two full (8ft X 4ft) 18mm Sheets in Black from a company in Liverpool for just under £200 for the two including VAT (Plus Delivery) but that was in June this year, so not sure of current prices. P.S. Is it possible to buy a Track Saw track Hinge as an individual item as I may want to add one to my home made MFT table ?

Magnets are great. I've used the tape to hold tools in toolbox lids and things to the inside walls of container storage.

Great solution with the fabric panels. I've used the small wafer type neodymium magnets for securing stuff to stuff. They're strong enough and in the light panel application, wouldn't need the precise flat surface, they would probably be strong enough to allow for a bit of twist in the wood frame and make good contact. As China has the largest neodymium mines on the planet, you can get good magnets at a reasonable price, if you avoid the larcenous middleman. ;-)

Mate I don't think it's dragging mate, love a workshop re jig series, the shop is looking great mate fair play 👏

This is my chance to say Thankyou. Before I saw your video I fitted 3 led batons from screwfix in my garage at £50 each. I’m too old to balance on steps to climb in the loft at Xmas so fitted a loft ladder and 4 eBay led panels at £15 each having seen your item some time ago. It’s like daylight up there. Cheers John from County Durham.

Great set of videos Peter, I like workshop makeovers, can pick up some ideas. I'm in need of improved lighting over my bench & was going to fit an extra LED batten, but I may well look at the panel lights now instead. Cheers, have a great weekend 👍.

Nice mini series Peter :D
I have recently installed some cheapo 6000K lights off Amazon. The extra light is fantastic. But I am a bit worried about the CRI, as the light is a hint of blue. So I kept the 3500K lights as well. LOL. Your video has great color though.
Thanks for sharing.

Smashing trio Peter invaluable now and in the future for and shop owner/developer now or then.👍✌️

Sorry Peter: nothing related to lighting but it is a question that I have since I am subscribed to your great channel. Why do you have a window screen on a shelf in your workshop?

That little router jig is great! Please show us how to make that jig.

Magnetic tape! It’s gonna fall on you! Just screw them in!

Seeing as you used to be a photographer Peter; do you have any thoughts on the colour temp of these sort of lights as an option for continuous light in still photography? Do you colour balance your video's afterwards using any tools (colormunki etc) or do they come straight from the camera like this? Cheers for the video's and lights look great BTW.

I found my best option was to replace the 1800mm fluorescent tubes (and starters) with energiser led replacement tubes which were about 4 times brighter, daylight balanced and came with a 2 year guarantee. They also turn on instantly, and use lots less power.. Thanks for the series.

Great mini series thanks Peter, full of very useful info, keep well, and keep em coming,

Modern looking, bright enough for near sight improvement. Brava!

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Just wondering why you used Epoxy instead of ordinary wood glue, Peter?

That was a fun mini-series, the only downside is it makes me feel bad for not having done anything about my workshop lights. I'm surprised you felt you needed a diffuser on those panels though, the light looked quite diffuse already.

Looks great 👍 what a transformation compared to when I started to subscribe about a year ago ... I'm in the process of building a workshop so plenty of ideas and product links all much appreciated Peter thank you 🙏

Dear Peter - Thanks again. A while ago I visited the workshop of a friend of mine. After some chatting about tools, dust extraction, wood etc I realised that there were no windows in his workshop yet I did only note that after a while. Het had 6000K LED panels mounted on the ceiling - and I decided to do so as well. 6000K is like daylight - it really made a difference to me in my workshop - easier when working and somehow it make me less tired at the end of the day. In contrast of your wooden frames, I bought the LED panels with metal frames for the ease of it. Maybe not as nice - but easy. The space above the panels, when mounted in such frames, is just sufficient for the transformer / electronic unit which comes with it.

if your only spending 18 pounds for a panel that is likely why they are only lasting 3 years. If you spend more for a commercial fixture they can run 50k to 70k hours

If the magnet was being recalcitrant due to the ceiling being wobbly, then why not mix up a big batch of self-leveling compound and pour it over the ceiling?

You’re welcome.

Great video Peter and always something to learn from you, stretch from the center out. Wish I had known that for all the times I have had to stretch material on a frame in the past, thank you.

Very well executed, inspiring. The color temperature do matters if judging colours. It can be a bit too blue when exceeding 5600 kelvin.
In photography around 5600 is just about right. Looks great!

Thanks for sharing. I do have a question. Why would you want to diffuse the light?

I would never have thought about using magnetic tape. I just don't really trust it all that much. But it seems I might have been wrong? Let's hope they'll stay up for a long time XD

Seamlessly goes from sae to metric and back.

Another interesting piece of work. The magnetic tape is a great tip. Wish I knew about it before, thanks

Did you find those panels bright on the eye without the diffusers that you added? Currently choosing between led tubes and panels and I find the tubes I have on trial too bright just above eye level, and the panels are way more comfortable, however I think they are just slightly less output than yours.

Hi Peter, thanks for the videos! What colour temperature would you recommend for workshop lighting? most of the panels I have seen are 4000 or 6500. Many thanks Simon

Hi Peter i dont know if it helps i build a lot of led lighting etc, have found cheap shower curtains are great diffusers, also i have tried magnetic tape on many things it works but you need so much of it. i found it much more cost effective to buy packs of small Neodymium magnets, tend to buy round 10mm ones that are 2mm thick. they are very strong and i just drill the wooden frames enough so they sit flush and epoxy them into the wooden frame. (build computer cases out of wood so make my own magnetic fan filters etc for ease of cleaning etc as my computers are in my workshop) if you want them to attach to wood just normal wood screws sunk in on the other piece for the magnets to go against is very strong. if the light bodies are steel though the magnets will just work direct on that i hope that helps.