A much needed use for the many Harbor Freight LED flashlights that are given away free is a simple portable spotlight, useful for many shop tasks. Primary benefits are bright light, self contained power, and no heat. I put mine together with a 1” tube cutoff, a weight bar clamp ring, and a $1.57 bicycle handlebar mount for the flashlight type. It can be adjusted both horizontally and vertically to illuminate just about anything being worked on, even under the hood of a car. Gluing a doughnut magnet to the base would further enhance its usefulness to the machinist allowing for setup in various locations of ferrous metal as found in machine tools. Since the lamps are LED’s, they are very stingy with battery consumption; I have a preference for the alkaline type and the light output is nothing less than phenomenal for close-up work, including inspection.
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