Helps to support people on workfare too.Nearly in a state of austerity is not good enough Einion,get yourself into the pound shop and help out the economy
Carl.
Helps to support people on workfare too.Nearly in a state of austerity is not good enough Einion,get yourself into the pound shop and help out the economy
Poundland or equivalent for the reading glasses Mark, not the 'daylight' bulbs. Even specialist lighting suppliers often don't have full-spectrum bulbsThanks! but I will give the local Pound-Shop, a miss!... as it is staffed by the, Teenage, 'Un-Dead'. Mention Daylight bulb, and you would get a blank stare, a slowly lifted arm, depicting the general location...
Here's my setup.
I never use the magnifier on the lamp, which is fitted with a daylight bulb; far prefer reading glasses supplemented with an optivisor.
The lashed-up LED lights also help enormously.
Cheers
H
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It's a Lightcraft Model 8095, and available from this lot;Out of interest! what Lamp is it? .. and is it a strip bulb?...
It's a Lightcraft Model 8095, and available from this lot;
http://www.shesto.co.uk/Lamps-&-Mag...ft-Wide-Lens-Table-Mag-Lamp/product_info.html
As you'll see if you follow the link, Shesto's website is worth a look around for all sorts of useful stuff.
Here's a snap with the LED lights on - and they do help a lot as well.
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This is the spare "daylight tube" with a 54mm figure I'm working on that'll give you an idea how big the tube is. View attachment 121459
And I just noticed Shesto claim it's a 12Watt lamp, but my spare tube is 22Watts? It also has T5 printed on it. I've a feeling that might refer to the "temperature" of the light - probably 5000K. In this case "temperature" doesn't mean heat - I read somewhere it's a measure of the type of light the bulb emits. I think, (but don't take this as gospel), the average light in the UK is around 5400K on a sunny day.
Here's a photo of the magnifier. As I've said, I don't use it, but the wife does when she's doing her nails.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
H
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That's right Rom - we've even got gramaphone records that work at 33-1/3 rpm....Christ Harry
You got Leki in North East China
What no 78'sThat's right Rom - we've even got gramaphone records that work at 33-1/3 rpm....
Hey Mark,Thanks Harry!... I know of this company 'Shesto',... Not, really happy with there costing! ... however, its the make of lamp, that gives me an avenue to look at! ,
Regards,
Mark
.....Naah - they're old fashioned technology and been superceded by 4-track cassettes.....What no 78's
Quality of the electric soup more like....Ask yourself this , why did the old masters like to to paint in Provence . Its the quality of the daylight
Oops - need to crop that snap! Doesn't look like that in the mornings........but then again, I'm hardly "God's gift".Is that your Samurai bint in the picture ,Looks like she is worth the pain Harry
Go for a daylight bulb ,but try also to paint under natural daylight especially for flesh tones ,oh and brown horses ,if you paint under normal incandescent
you can end up with olive green highlights when daylight arrives
Ask yourself this , why did the old masters like to to paint in Provence . Its the quality of the daylight
Hey Mark,
If you find a cheaper tool company then please let me know as I badly need to replace my needle files. In addition, I've got a small dremel which is good for light duty jobs....
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....and also a Rotacraft RC09 - good for heavier duty but it's a bit uncontrollable at higher speeds, so I'm also looking for a flexishaft drive for it. Shesto have one at 21.95GBP but by the time I add shipping costs it'll amount to a fair bit of loot.
Perhaps I should just enter a combined order and get several items from them at once. Once they deduct VAT, that'll just about cover the postal charges.
Hmm, I'll have a think about that one.
Cheers
H