Monday, March 29, 2010

Another new LED light

I'm constantly finding new ways to combine LEDs with novel light forms. Knowing that the light source will never have to be accessed to change a bulb frees one up considerably in the design process

Using LEDs


A number of people have asked me about using LEDs in my miniatures and rooms and wondered if I used Novalyte™ LEDs. I don't; I usually assemble my own using some VERY small components. The photos give some idea of their size: that's a regular toothpick and the ruler divisions are 1/16 inch.




Why work with the little LEDs - because I can't get the results I want from ready made products here are two examples

Sunday, March 28, 2010

updating track light design

I been working on a new design for my track lights and thing I have come up with an innovative way of attaching the heads to the "track" so I can hide the wires and still have tilt and swivel capabilities. I'm using LEDs for these and most other lights that I make. The example shown is 6 inches or 15 cm long.