Date: Tue,  7 Nov 2006 12:15:52 -0600
From: Freshwater Pearls Puppetry <puppeteer-AT-freshwpearls.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Shadow Lights


I always go for the easy solution first! :) So I did try the 250W work light from Home Depot -- ditched the glass and painted the reflector with black heat-resistant paint. But the long-filament bulb didn't cast a focused image with my colored puppets unless they touched the screen. And, annoyingly, the black paint smoked!

Regards,
Diane

http://www.freshwaterpearlspuppetry.com

|wow, what a lot of work,   when you can purchase a 250 w. security fixture 
|with bulb and glass for about $7 at the same Home Depot.   Throw away the glass, 
|use a gobo or barn doors to contail the light, and you have the same 
|thing...I think.   Jim Gamble   (But I admire your ability!!!)
|
|In a message dated 11/6/06 8:58:37 PM, puppeteer-AT-freshwpearls.com writes:
|
|
|> I recently delved for the first time into homemade halogen lighting. I 
|> built a fixture based on plans provided in the book "Schattentheatre, Band 2." 
|> I'm no electrician, and it was a little scary, but the light turned out pretty 
|> well. I used pieces of black woodstove pipe for the container so it would be 
|> heat resistant and dark. I bought a 12v (since that's what the book's plans 
|> called for) halogen socket online , and purchased a 12v-120v transformer 
|> (rated to 150W) with metal enclosure from a local electric supply store. I got a 
|> dimmer rated to 500W at Home Depot. This dimmer is meant for halogen floor 
|> lamps; so far it seems to be holding up. I wired up the whole thing with the 
|> dimmer spliced into the cord between the plug and the transformer. The fixture 
|> takes a JC-type 12v 100W halogen bulb with a GY6.35 base and a single coiled, 
|> horizontal filament.
|> 
|
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