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Handy Worklight for Garage

Post by pietpetoors »

I built this long ago, but today again realised again how handy it is.

Used a 20watt worklight from (you guessed it, 4x4Direct) and attached it to a Microphone stand.

Is lekker because you can adjust the light to be exactly where you want it.

I am still using a 220 volt version of the flood light, but if you want you can even use a 12 volt version.
I won't go for the 10watt, they not enough, 20watt is lekker bright.

Got the microphone stand at AudioMart
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Pieter
Ons hilux manne het nie so lig nodig nie want ons het nie nodig om in die nag aan ons bakkies te werk nie. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Spot sommer.Dit lyk na n lekker lig om te he.
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Nice idea! :thumbup:
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Hi Andy,
How you guys doing. We are just vegetating in the heat. Can, t wait to do something soon to get out of this rut. Did you spend xmas & New year with the family? I.e. Did your son come down from Jozie?
Hope you have a great 2016...
No news from us, but hoping to see you guys soon.
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Hi Edge. At the risk of hijacking this thread even further, yes, Travis is still here with us and we spent some time at Hogsback (will hopefully be going there again before he goes back on the 16th). Jip, the heatwave of the past week is a killer but the humidity with it is the worst ..... 29° today with only a light breeze. The washing that was hung out this morning was still damp after 5 hours on the lines! :crazy:
Would be great to see you guys again soon, give our best to Viv as well. :winkx:
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Ha Ha, it happened to me as well one day, pressed a button, I thought I was sending a PM but was actually replying on a topic. If you gentleman want to we can remove them comments.
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Pieter they are just bumping the thread .... as long as they dont bump over the light stand .... :twisted:
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Hehe, Edge sometimes has a problem with his tablet and ham-fistedness. :D:

I made a couple of work-light stands some years ago for a specific job. At the time I thought that I would certainly need them again in a similar situation, but in reality the only time I used them again was for neighbourhood street braais - there have been quite a few if those, so at least they have had some further use.
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Pieter, ek het daai bakkie hier in PE gesien. Actually naby my huis in Newton Park.
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Dis reg, hy kom van PE af, is 'n kar, nie bakkie nie.
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If memory serves correctly, the car was a Chev Constantia and the bakkie version (same front end) was a Chev El Camino.
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Yes, but the El Camino had single head lights. I think the Kommando shared the same nose, but the tail is unique to the Constantia and De Ville
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Post by Ebersohn »

Dis nou 'n lekker lig maar waar tel mens nou so stand op teen 'n billike prys... Nuut by Audiomart vir R339.
Ek het nog 'n Landy ook....... ;-)
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