Late Night Reading Lamp

A quick project spending next to nothing to provide a late night reading lamp

Will

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Description

I wanted to try out some polymorph and at the same time provide a small light for reading in bed late at night. I whipped one together with a couple of white LEDs, some batteries a small handful of polymorph for the diffuser and a couple of bits of vero board.

Total cost maybe 2 quid... reading in bed whilst the Mrs is sleeping, priceless!

Components

1 × Wire coathanger
1 × Battery case Preferably with an on/off switch
2 × LED I used white, but whatever colour you want
1 × 15g or so of Polymorph To create a diffuser and hold the LEDs in place
2 × Small bits of veroboard

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Build Instructions

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Step 1

Bend the coathanger into the shape you want
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Step 2

Solder LEDs, resistors etc onto a bit of veroboard. I used a female PCB header for plugging in the battery so that I didn't have to route long cables around the frame. Leave some length on the LED pins so that they stand up a bit from the veroboard
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Step 3

Fix your battery holder to the coathanger. I used sticky tape so I can easily remove it when the batteries go flat