Hey…
Just wondering what bulbs people use out there for glassing./ sanding…
In my first bay, I had my 2x 4 foot lights running across by board. I found that I couldnt really see what I was doing while glassing or sanding. (When sanding, the board would loook ok in the bay, then I’d take it outside and see shiny spots)
This time, I’ve ran just 1x 4 foot light parallel with the board. I havent tried glassing with it yet. but i’m just not sure if it looks right.
I’m guessing that the actual bulb you use is important? because there are a bunch of different colors you can get…
Heres a picture to show you my setup…any comments are very appreciated… Hopefully I’ve put the photo up right :S
Thanks
Shimmy
Hmm sorry must have done something wrong with the pics…hopefully they work this time…
I use halogens overhead for glassing.
hey shimmy
what i use are halogens as well. there are several types of halogen light, so make sure you get the industrial white light. More watts, more light, but sometimes they use the lux number to say how much light is produced.
what i personally liked a lot, is to have light coming from the underside of the board when glassing. that way you can really check your rails and your laps for bubbles too. When i say underside, i mean from somewhere a little lower than the rail height.
and the more light, the better you see bubbles… and the flaws… so actually, if you have more light, youll learn faster.
wouter
Try sanding with just the side lights like you are shaping.
For glassing, move your light to the side so it is not directly over your board - that should help!
Its jst that all the professional sanding and glassing bays i’ve seen all use these shop lights. The only difference is that their ceiling is higher. When I turn off my sidelights, its really not that bright tho. So I dont think the low ceiling is the issue…
I use daylight bulbs in my shaping room bulbs. The light is white and seems a bit brighter than the more yellow bulbs I was using. Daylight bulbs seem to cast more distinct shadows(better for shaping) than the other lights I was using. Looking at your shaping light setup photo it appears that the side lights are too high above the surface of the board. My shaping/glassing room is 10x16 with 8ft ceiling. I have 2 four foot shop lights in the middle of the ceiling. The side lights are two four ft shoplights butted together. I cross wired the fixtures so I can controll the top and bottom row of lights seperately. When shaping I cover the window on each end of the room with paper and have only the top row of side lights on. for glassing I have all the lights on.
Thanks Dawn Patrol…Daylight globes sound good…I’ll definately pick some of those up…
I had another look at the photo I posted…I think the photo is a little distorted because I’m taking the photo down low…The tops of my stands are 950mm and the actualy bulbs are 1200mm then the piece of timber covering them comes down about 50mm…but in saying that…you have got me thinking…I was always a bit scared the lights might be a bit high…hmm…
I’ll put the daylight bulbs in then go from there…
Cheers
Shimmy
