Seeking good floor magnifier for handwork when sitting
05-11-2014, 10:52 PM
#4
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did you try googling magnifier light stand? I did, and all these showed up. I have no personal experience, but this may give you a place to start. https://www.google.com/search?q=magn...w=1067&bih=517
05-12-2014, 03:19 AM
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I have three magnifiers. One is a lens with a circle bulb under it. It's a swing arm lamp so it needs to be attached to a table. The other is a lens on a stand, with LEDs providing light underneath it - it was less than $100. They provide better light than the Ott light with a lens, which I also have.
Of the three, I like the swing arm the best because it's stronger. However, I have no place to attach it so I use the floor stand one now. The Ott light simply doesn't provide enough light through the magnifier to make it worth using.
Janet
Of the three, I like the swing arm the best because it's stronger. However, I have no place to attach it so I use the floor stand one now. The Ott light simply doesn't provide enough light through the magnifier to make it worth using.
Janet
05-12-2014, 04:43 AM
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How about those magnifiers that actually sit on your chest. One of my new quilting buddies brought one to our group meeting. She does a lot of applique and she loves it. Not sure where she bought it. I have a good magnifier attached to a high intensity lamp but it requires to be camped onto to something.
05-12-2014, 03:50 PM
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Beware the magnifier!!!!
I have a broken spine so spend a lot of time in my very expensive electric recliner. Sitting between my recliner and a window is my floor standing Ott Light with attached magnifier. The other day while zoned out stitching I could smell something weird. Wasn't until I had smoke coiling around my face that I realised the sunlight through the magnifier had set fire to my recliners headrest. Broken spine or not, I was out of that chair so fast!! So now I have this lovely big burnt hole in my pretty chair. And the magnifier has been pushed right down to the bottom of the stand lol. Just beware!!
I have a broken spine so spend a lot of time in my very expensive electric recliner. Sitting between my recliner and a window is my floor standing Ott Light with attached magnifier. The other day while zoned out stitching I could smell something weird. Wasn't until I had smoke coiling around my face that I realised the sunlight through the magnifier had set fire to my recliners headrest. Broken spine or not, I was out of that chair so fast!! So now I have this lovely big burnt hole in my pretty chair. And the magnifier has been pushed right down to the bottom of the stand lol. Just beware!!
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