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couldn't think of a better place to put this, so here goes! It's not exactly machining, but I did use my drill press..
My wife got this makeup mirror thing with lights from Goodwill ages ago, but the output was pretty feeble and colour rendition appalling, which I'm told isn't the best for putting on makeup. So what does all that equal? LEDs!
Here's what it looked like before (1s exposure and auto)
and inside
bit of my trusty 1in.sq. alu tube and dremel work
add a battery (big thanks to Garrybunk that gave it to me ages ago), should be about 5Ah in parallel
close up of the battery PCB and charger board
done! Each pair (top and bottom) of Nichia 119 LEDs are in parallel with a single AMC7135 chip, using the original switch, so she can have bottom or top or all. I was going to do the top LEDs each with a 7135 chip of their own, but Ingrid said that she'd like to be able to see after putting her make up on.
charger port at the back
all on
same pics as before (1s and auto)
Ingrid was happy, which is what matters at the end of the day. Doesn't hurt to have extra emergency lighting either
My wife got this makeup mirror thing with lights from Goodwill ages ago, but the output was pretty feeble and colour rendition appalling, which I'm told isn't the best for putting on makeup. So what does all that equal? LEDs!
Here's what it looked like before (1s exposure and auto)
and inside
bit of my trusty 1in.sq. alu tube and dremel work
add a battery (big thanks to Garrybunk that gave it to me ages ago), should be about 5Ah in parallel
close up of the battery PCB and charger board
done! Each pair (top and bottom) of Nichia 119 LEDs are in parallel with a single AMC7135 chip, using the original switch, so she can have bottom or top or all. I was going to do the top LEDs each with a 7135 chip of their own, but Ingrid said that she'd like to be able to see after putting her make up on.
charger port at the back
all on
same pics as before (1s and auto)
Ingrid was happy, which is what matters at the end of the day. Doesn't hurt to have extra emergency lighting either