06-21-2010, 09:33 PM
O.R.M. ...
You might want to go to an art supply store or a drafting supply store and look at a Luxo. They make several kinds ... one is similar to the ones you have seen with the round mag lens in the middle and a round flourescent, and the other has no magnifier, but has the round flourescent as well as an (up to 100w) incandescent, which gives you something a bit closer to "correct" color. having worked at a drawing board for a living for 30+ years, I like the latter version of the Luxo and have three of them (drawing board at the "Office" office, drawing board at the "Home" office, and on the model railroad workbench (where I use an Optivisor (#5 lens) for "close" work, but I really like the amount and quality of the light. Price is more like the more expensive one you found, but ... I've had my oldest one since I was a sophomore in college, and I graduated in 1973! Luxo makes a quality lamp!
You might want to go to an art supply store or a drafting supply store and look at a Luxo. They make several kinds ... one is similar to the ones you have seen with the round mag lens in the middle and a round flourescent, and the other has no magnifier, but has the round flourescent as well as an (up to 100w) incandescent, which gives you something a bit closer to "correct" color. having worked at a drawing board for a living for 30+ years, I like the latter version of the Luxo and have three of them (drawing board at the "Office" office, drawing board at the "Home" office, and on the model railroad workbench (where I use an Optivisor (#5 lens) for "close" work, but I really like the amount and quality of the light. Price is more like the more expensive one you found, but ... I've had my oldest one since I was a sophomore in college, and I graduated in 1973! Luxo makes a quality lamp!
biL
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln