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Karl.A
Ken
Yes Ken, I think you are right. Don't want to get blinded by the light.
I did put together a conduit today using Plastruct U channel. Got a cover to put on top after it's wired. I primed it a medium gray (not seen here) and will blend it into the mill with powders. I wanted a very basic paint job since there will parts added later to finish it up. I decided to go this route instead of hiding the wires in the rafters. I also got a great idea from Brett about a light switch to be installed later. Should be fun.
The idea of trying to thread multiple wires down a small tube did not excite me from the beginning. I don't think it can be done. That's why I've been struggling with alternatives from the start. This seems like a reasonable solution. It looks like it should be there but is not obtrusive. The channel itself is a scale 4x6 and with the cap it's 5x6.
MuddyCreek, looking forward to another build.
The painting idea has been scrapped. I can't get the oxidized look I was going for, but the light colored panel has potential as a wall or fence some day.
Jerry
Wow, looking great! And I love your idea for a wiring trough. An earlier post in another thread commented on not using metal tubing to carry wire because he needed to have one or more "break outs". Your trough is the solution I'll use for just that purpose - and of course I never would have thought of it myself . . . In leadership resource management training a well used word is "synergy" - a group of people working on a problem will eventually find a solution that is better than what the smartest person would have found.
Respectfully,
John
Michael
http://www.stoneycreekdesigns.com/roofing.html
and the how to page
http://www.stoneycreekdesigns.com/roofinghowto.html
I'm not sure if this will help in your current project.
Michael
James, I hit it with steel wool first so that may be the reason for it being darker.
John, you are right and I appreciate all of the ideas that were presented as part of my lighting solution. they were all very helpful...lets just hope it works out OK.
Michael, I have a pack of those panels that I have yet to try. I'm not going to rule them out without trying but would lean towards metal if for no other reason than the thickness of the materials. And yes, dark and gloomy would probably describe most work sites of this era.
I have the light fixtures nearly all assembled and hope to get them primed tonight. I went ahead and epoxied the track to the cross beams and will insert the lights from underneath. It won't be easy but I felt that this approach would make it easier to manage the tangle of wires that will accumulate.
Here's the solution I came up with using the ngineering tubing and lampshades.
I started by punching a small hole from the inside of the lampshade with a pick then drilled through with a .026 drillbit. I filed the sharp edges and drilled again. I used the pick to flare out one end of the tubing that I cut to about 1/2". I picked up some nuts/washers from VectorCut and drilled and installed a washer on the tubing which stopped at the flare. I inserted into the lampshade, added just a drop of epoxy to the washer and secured. I added a hexnut to the top of the tube as a stop for the conduit and secured with CA glue. Painted it up and that's what you see here. I'll weather with powders to give a dust accumulation from being in the sawmill.
Try not to get any glue/epoxy/paint on the tube end. But if you do a #78 drill fits inside to tube to clear it out.
Next up I'll need to fire up the soldering iron.
Marty
Muddy, I was stuck on your idea of drilling posts for a long time, then loose hanging wires. I went with this because I wanted something unobtrusive and somewhat plausible with minimal chance of me messing it up or just looking bad.
So if you have lights you need a light switch right? I put one up front and 1 in the back. I used scrap wood for the box, .032 wire for the conduit and thin brass strip for the handles. Vectorcut nuts to attach the conduit.
Art
Love the shelf details. Are those shelf brackets part of the kit?
Marty
Marty, the brackets do come in the kit. The bottom shelf is just scrap wood cut in a triangle. The top bracket comes as a white metal casting that looks like a splice plate. You bend it and the connector is just a piece of brass rod. Neat little detail.
Karl.A
Karl and Brett, thanks for the idea.