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[boslot]

I needed on track lights for the Lemans Ninco Mclearn F1 endruo coming up in june 2006. So I desided to try and make my own with some 6mm copper tube that I got from Vince and some plastic spoons I found in the kitchen, here are some pics of today effort.


Cut the tube to the right lenght


Then cut the head off the spoon and bend the tube with a tube bender and flaired the end of it to fit a small light globe.


Then with the dremel tool I put a slot in the end of the spoon head.


All up I made eight ligths posts.


They will do the job just fine.



Now its off to Dick smiths to find some suitable light globes

Regards Bo

[stump]

Now, they look real kool....

Hope you don't mind if I follow your lead.....We'll be needing lighting around our track, eventually... I like the way you've approached the idea...

cheers Mate
stump

[tooter]

Very nifty Bo ,, they look fantastic.

[itelectrical]

Good work Bo ! Very nifty. It will look great.

[kalbfellp]

Great idea but why not use some white Leds for the lights?

Phil

[Manta]

very nice,

[tsmsoccer]

Looks good to me Bo

Charlie

[marko]

I think your lights look fantastic.
It shows how great some simple solutions can become.
What sort of lighting do you envisage puttting in them or are you going to leave them like the are.
Regards.....Marko

[Gyprock]

I've seen this idea done before, great idea, but this other fella used real metal spoons and ground of the handle, and put a plastic straw over the handle to cover his wires,

cheeers
PS the plastic spoons wont melt will they?

Edited by Gyprock, 03 April 2006 - 11:03 PM.

[boslot]

Here is the latest up date on my lights, got some 12V globes from Dick smith for $1.00 ea and after testing them for two hours they don't get hot at all so my plastic spoon heads won't melt.Also made up some mounting plates and super glued them to the light poles,I think they will do the job just fine.











Regards Bo

[kalbfellp]

Bo I used these DSE grain of wheat bulbs some years ago for head lights but they do not like vibration,might be worth putting asmall piece of rubber or similar under the base to help insulate any possible vibration.

Phil

[itelectrical]

I cant imagine there would be much vibration on the track at all??

[boslot]

I have been busy wiring up the lights and now have fourteen of them working, it puts a whole new spin on racing at night which will make the McLaren's at lemans enduro race that much better.






Regards Bo

[slots]

That is looking really nice, Bo

[lavenlaar]

Looks great mate !
Fits in well with your scenery...

Wheres the pic with the lights in action ??

[Eno the Wonderdog]

To quote Lavenlaar.

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Wheres the pic with the lights in action ?? 

I second that motion..

[boslot]

Coming soon.

Bo

[kalbfellp]

Hold on guys he is waiting for it to get dark!

[Mexico 2000]

Hi Guys,

I took bo's idea and adapted it for those of us who are metallically challenged.

Plastic tube (hobby shop), plastic spoons (anywhere), grain of wheat bulb (dick smith), spray glue (hardware store), plastic glue, glue gun or epoxy and aluminium foil.



Cut the plastic tube to required length, drill small elongated hole about 1 cm down from the top of the tube, place wires of bulb down tube.

Drill hole the same diameter of your tube in handle of spoon, cut handle off spoon and dress the cut end. Slide spoon down over tube to wires and glue in place (plastic glue) and paint the whole thing your desired colour. Now spray the inside of the spoon with spray glue and place foil disc in centre of spoon (reflector), now place a dab of hot glue or epoxy to hold the globe in place ( I glued the end of the wire to the spon not the globe).



I did this and lit my circuit on Saturday morning in about 4 hours and cost $25 using 10 lights.

We held a Le Mans night race on Saturday night and they worked perfectly.

Cheers

Garry

[lavenlaar]

found some pre-made highway lights - even has traffic lights if interested



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