home made lamps

[ASME IX 1]

i was having a root arount in my oud fellas garage today and found my old home made lamp, a lucas LR9 spotlight with a door bell for the switch.

is there any other members who used these old classic spots???

 

asme9

[forest of dean redneck 11,603]

got a small square lamp with a protective cover and built in, on switch and cigar lighter plug for £2 from a charity shop and had it with a burglar alarm battery in a old 58 webbing army pouch.still got the light in the shed.also had a american style light years ago. that had a element instead of a bulb,pretty bright but i was worried i wouldnt get spares so flogged it.

[PAUL73 0]

when me and my mates were kids we used to nick spot lites of cars and make them ive grown up now

[poacherjoe 1]

i still use my LR9 some times also go a cibie oscar but its a bit heavy after luging it round all night

[OldTrapCollector 377]

I still have my old LR9 and battery in the shed somewhere, it was a winning combination in its day

 

OTC

[GARY 76]

Used to use a MINI head lamp with a wooden handle and a motor bike battery, got through a load of coats from the acid.

 

Gary

 

Forgot to add we used black tape to make the beam narrower.............

Edited July 6, 2007 by GARY

[gc93 1]

i was having a root arount in my oud fellas garage today and found my old home made lamp, a lucas LR9 spotlight with a door bell for the switch.

is there any other members who used these old classic spots???

 

asme9

lr9,lr6,lr4 used them for 25yrs plus ,my last lamp died last year GUTTED,found a better one the small lightforce one dont think it will do 25 + though

[doxhope 2]

In all my time Ive never bought a lamp, Ive always made my own. About 20 years ago I used a Lucas square 8, these have a black bulb protector that shrouds the bulb, the lbeam was better with the glass lense removed. I used these for years, as I worked as a mechanic on the buses, and we had loads of them. What a beam it had, and we killed thousands of rabbits using them....