I grab one most times I have reason to go to HF if there's a coupon at the
time. They've been offering them quite often here in SoCal. Handy to have
around.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yup, I have three of them around here somewhere. I've not yet seen it with
> this larger model but their other, smaller 3 light flash light giveaway
> doesn't always work well (or at all) in the cold.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 9/28/2014 12:44 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
>
>> The Harbor Freight lights are often also free, with a coupon, if you get
>> their flyers in the mail or sign up to have them mail you their catalog
>> periodically.
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Back in August I bought this bracket arm <http://www.amazon.com/dp/
>>> B00K7146S4/ref=pe_385040_121528360_TE_dp_1> to be used with two of these
>>> LED lights here <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098G9LHU/ref=pe_385040_
>>> 121528360_TE_dp_2>
>>>
>>> At the time there was a question of whether the lights would rotate. As
>>> Moose suggested they should rotate by loosening the attaching screws
>>> under
>>> the cold shoes. However, by design, they don't actually rotate since the
>>> square base of the cold shoe rests inside a shallow channel that is the
>>> same width as the base of the cold shoe. That channel prevents rotation
>>> in
>>> other than 90 degree increments which is essentially useless.
>>>
>>> But that channel can be easily defeated by putting a 1/4" washer inside
>>> the channel between the channel and cold shoe. The channel is approx.
>>> 20mm
>>> wide and about 1.5mm deep. A standard 1/4" washer has a clearance hole
>>> for
>>> a 1/4" screw (approx 0.3" diameter or 7.6mm) a diameter of 3/4" (19mm)
>>> and
>>> a thickness of about 1/16" (slightly more than 1.5mm). The washer easily
>>> fits inside the channel and raises the square base of the cold foot
>>> slightly higher than the depth of the channel and allows the cold foot to
>>> rotate. None of these dimensions are very critical. I'm sure there must
>>> be a similar size metric washer that will suffice. You could also easily
>>> make your own from a piece of plastic or similar material 1.5mm or
>>> thicker. It could also be 19mm square. It doesn't have to be round.
>>> It's
>>> only a spacer and has no need of sliding or rotating within the channel.
>>>
>>> I haven't actually tried to use this contraption yet. The lights are
>>> fairly bright. If you live in the US and have a "Harbor Freight" store
>>> around you can see that the LED lights are very similar to this flash
>>> light
>>> sold by Harbor Freight. <http://www.harborfreight.com/27-led-portable-
>>> worklightflashlight-60566.html> This light has 3 bulbs on the end and
>>> 24
>>> bulbs in a 6x4 array on the side. The Neewer light appears to use the
>>> same
>>> bulbs and has 36 bulbs in a 6x6 array. The Neewer lights are also
>>> dimmable
>>> which should allow the use of a "main and fill light" to better control
>>> shadows.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
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