Ooooh...Oooohhh Kathy! I just bought one of those bendable lights from sewforless.com. I paid 1/2 price for it and I love that little thing! Thank goodness I had it for doing the pebbling on Jane, it was so helpful!
My table is an antique Maple rectangular drop leaf table. So...no pulling apart, but the storm window is a great idea. I don't have those anymore though.