"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
01/11/2020 at 23:13 • Filed to: Houselopnik
9
21|
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
01/11/2020 at 23:13 • Filed to: Houselopnik | 9
| 21 |
This part of my basement has had but a single bare lightbulb over the sink. I finally got fed up and bought a couple of Harbor Freight LED shop lights. Man what a difference!
There was zero light over here.
Now I can finally show y’all the sweet vintage Hamm’s poster my wife put on the freezer.
The fixtures are made to be plugged in. Rather than hack the plug ends off, I simply wired an outlet to the light switch.
XJDano
> shop-teacher
01/11/2020 at 23:26 |
|
I did a similar for my in-laws. They had a crappy U-tube Florissant lamp that was hacked in place. I actually got shocked when I was getting ready to remove it. I had to throw the circuit, then chop it out and swapped in a LED 2x4 drop in for ceiling grid that was being pitched on a job site.
Much better. I also have them one for the garage later since they liked the basement one so much. I swapped it while we were house sitting, so it was a bit of a surprise when they got home.
lone_liberal
> shop-teacher
01/11/2020 at 23:28 |
|
Nicely done! The Hamms ad really pulls the room together.
I did a similar thing in the garage. It had those single bulb light fixtures so I removed those and wired in outlets that were on a plate so they could be used on a round box. A few plug in LED shop lights later I could actually see in there.
|
shop-teacher
> XJDano
01/11/2020 at 23:36 |
|
Nice!
I want to put a bunch of these in my garage next.
|
shop-teacher
> lone_liberal
01/11/2020 at 23:37 |
|
That's a great idea! I need to do the garage next.
|
lone_liberal
> shop-teacher
01/11/2020 at 23:45 |
|
I thought about just using the outlet the garage door opener uses but then the lights wouldn’t be controlled by the light switch. This works much better.
|
shop-teacher
> lone_liberal
01/11/2020 at 23:51 |
|
Definitely!
Urambo Tauro
> shop-teacher
01/12/2020 at 00:09 |
|
After upgrading the lighting in my garage a few years ago , I can totally imagine what the “before” pics must have looked like here .
(oh and hey , I have that same washing machine)
|
shop-teacher
> Urambo Tauro
01/12/2020 at 00:13 |
|
It was pretty dismissal before. I need to do the garage next.
Cool! The washer and dryer came with the house. A decade later, and they've never given us any trouble *knocks wood*
Chariotoflove
> shop-teacher
01/12/2020 at 01:22 |
|
That cash register is fantastic. That would be fabulous to break out during garage sales.
M.T. Blake
> shop-teacher
01/12/2020 at 01:37 |
|
I want a poster like that! Epic!
SmugAardvark
> shop-teacher
01/12/2020 at 02:54 |
|
That’s an A+ poster.
|
shop-teacher
> SmugAardvark
01/12/2020 at 06:21 |
|
Thanks!
|
shop-teacher
> Chariotoflove
01/12/2020 at 06:23 |
|
It would be ... But it weighs so @#$&/$@ much I ain't doing it!
|
shop-teacher
> M.T. Blake
01/12/2020 at 06:23 |
|
Thanks!
TrickJos
> shop-teacher
01/12/2020 at 07:07 |
|
Oh man! I want an old cash register like that. National built those just a couple miles from my house. How did you come across yours? If I ever come across one for a decent price I would love to spend some time restoring it.
This one is on display at a local flower shop.
|
shop-teacher
> TrickJos
01/12/2020 at 09:33 |
|
Its a pretty cool piece, that's for sure. I believe my wife's uncle garbage picked it many moons ago. When we cleaned out my wife's aunt's house, it was one of the few things worth keeping.
|
Chariotoflove
> shop-teacher
01/12/2020 at 14:16 |
|
Fair.
CobraJoe
> shop-teacher
01/13/2020 at 10:15 |
|
Built in theft deterrent .
|
CobraJoe
> lone_liberal
01/13/2020 at 10:17 |
|
I thought my garage lights were pretty good until I saw that idea. Some hanging LED bar lights would be an amazing addition to my work area.
Thanks for the tip!
|
shop-teacher
> CobraJoe
01/13/2020 at 11:06 |
|
Yep.
My cousin got arrested years ago for smashing the front window of a bridal shop, grabbing the cash register, and taking off. He was tackled by a bystander and arrested.
My cousin, as you may have gathered, is a friggin moron.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> shop-teacher
01/13/2020 at 12:52 |
|
I hung LED bulbs in the Laundry and painted the surrounding walls gloss white.