kathyb Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 My husband and my son installed a fabulous lighting system to put over Millie's table. It has soft light for choosing thread colors and then a bright set of LED lights for quilting! It is truly awesome! I will see if I can add a photo for your viewing pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathyb Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Ahhh, success with the photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Nice! Did your DH and son make this for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathyb Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yes Linda, they made it for me. The PVC piping is temporary and will later be replaced with aluminum bars. They just wanted the side bars to be adjustable until we see where they really need to be. I'm short so the upper bar is fairly low and isn't at all in my view while quilting. The upper bar is an aluminum channel and contains 16 LED lights. 1/2 are low light and the other 1/2 are bright. I can have one or the other on at a time, or both at the same time. The whole thing puts out only 40 watts! It doesn't even get hot! It's really incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Awesome, Kathy!! What a talented pair your son and DH are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Wow! That is awesome!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 It is a pleasure to see your studio (and the lights are great!). Wish I had that much room!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 What a wonderful gift. You're a lucky girl :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenslug Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Kathy B, Thanks for sharing your light installation. What a wonderful project for my DH (and he was doubly impressed with the 40 watt usage). Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathyb Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Vickie-Yes, they are very talented! And they love to work together! Sylvia-I do have a lot of studio space and I love it! It was just too dark in there! Bonnie-Yes, I am VERY lucky and VERY blessed!!! Marilyn-Tell your hubby the biggest issue was probably the 12' Aluminum channel. I had to drive about an hour to go pick it up at a metal shop. It cost around $100, but if we had it shipped, the freight shipping alone would have been around $160 PLUS the cost of the channel! He might want to check into that first. They used aluminum because it was lighter in weight. The whole thing is completely mobile, so if I ever move, it comes with me! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenslug Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Kathy, Thanks again for all of the extra information. You are making his job easy!!! Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathyb Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Two corrections: the wattage is actually 48 watts and the shipping may be more on the aluminum channel, per my son. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBs Son Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Hi everyone, just thought i would post my contact info in case anyone wanted more details to try and re-create this at home. Joe Joebradbury@gmail.com Happy Mothers day Mom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitepinesquilter Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Where did you get the LED lights with brighter and dimmer ones? I sure like the looks of this, and for me I would consider using the pvc pipe sides permanently. I'm the only one that sees it anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlnewell Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Kathy, I like your new lights. I was noticing your curly power cord...do you like it? I have an overhead system my husband fixed but sometimes experience some resistance due to drag on the cord. Do you notice any drag from your power cord when quilting across the length of your frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisee Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Great lighting system.....AND congratulations on all your ribbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol rubeck Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I used to quilt for a shop....she had a Gammil with a "curly" power cord. I never felt resistance while quilting. But when I stopped for whatever reason, and didn't have the needle down, (and the cord was stretched), the machine would creep along, the coil tightening up. It was annoying sometimes, until I became accustomed to it. I am impressed with your lights too, Kathy. Kudos to your husband and son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBs Son Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I thought you guys might enjoy a few better pictures: Before: Warm white: Cool white: All on: And a couple of detail pics: (adjustable height) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHuffman Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Thanks for the extra photos. Are the actual lights those string looking things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBs Son Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 The strings are the wires going between each light, the actual lights are the small circles. In fact each light is only about 1mm in diameter, and is mounted to those circles which are about 3/4" in diameter. For those that are curious, the LEDs are made by Cree, and are 3watt warm white in color for the soft light, and 3watt cool white in color for the bright, crisp light. They were sourced from RapidLED which is actually a fish tank light store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmiequilts Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Lucky you! Looks wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathyb Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Debbie-I do get some drag from the curly cord. If you look closely, I have a metal bar attached to the back of my Millie and the cord is attached to that bar so that it is drawn away from the back of the carriage. That has helped alot. But as Carol said, if the machine is left in the needle up position, I sometimes find the machine pulling away towards the cord. The next step, my husband said, is to build a channel for the cords to go in. He said sort of like a printer as its printing. Now that I have my lights, I'm a happy girl and I can wait for the cords to behave properly! Thanks son for explaining all the techie stuff! Thank you Chrisee and everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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