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kd124 06-07-2010 11:14 PM

What a great idea!!

earthwalker 06-07-2010 11:25 PM

Clever, and neat...looks really effective and the savings amazing. I am blessed with a fella who can fix anything and comes up with ingenious solutions too. Couldn't imagine life without a "fixer" in the house!

lindar60 10-27-2011 02:04 PM

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I found your picture showing that you created a light bar for your gammill long arm. I would like to know how you created the light bar from Home Depot. Did you get a light bar and put two together. Just a hint of how you did it, would help. I just moved my machine to an area that has no lighting. I would like to get a light bar....gammill has one but it is too expensive. My business won't support that expensive item in the times we are living in today. Any help you can offer, would be of great help.

martha123 10-27-2011 02:14 PM

I want that. If you are ever in CT, I will hire you to install one for me. I've been asking my husband to do it for 5 years now.

QuiltnNan 10-27-2011 02:20 PM

it helps so much to be able to see what you are doing! great job.

Eddie 10-28-2011 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lindar60
I found your picture showing that you created a light bar for your gammill long arm. I would like to know how you created the light bar from Home Depot. Did you get a light bar and put two together. Just a hint of how you did it, would help. I just moved my machine to an area that has no lighting. I would like to get a light bar....gammill has one but it is too expensive. My business won't support that expensive item in the times we are living in today. Any help you can offer, would be of great help.

Basically, it is U-channel (found in Home Depot around the electrical conduit supplies) with U-bolts to attach it to the Gammill frame. Then track lighting attached to the U-channel. I used L-brackets to attach the sections of U-channel to each other. It's pretty low tech but works perfectly and at a fraction of the cost of the Gammill one. Below are some close up pics.

lindar60 10-28-2011 05:32 AM

Thank you so much....we were wondering about the lighting bar....the pictures described it OK. We will be creating our light bar now...Thanks again.

lindar60 10-28-2011 05:33 AM

Thank you so much....we were wondering about the lighting bar....the pictures described it OK. We will be creating our light bar now...Thanks again.

ladypetite 10-28-2011 05:35 AM

Great idea and really lights things up!

amandasgramma 10-28-2011 05:40 AM

Good idea!!! I'm not sure we can have enough light no matter how many we put up. I'm showing this to my DH :mrgreen:


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