In Tricks of the Trade

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I made a go-anywhere task light by retrofitting an old, broken fixture with a new, battery-powered LED light. First, I removed the cord and inner workings from the task light.

Then I screwed a plywood disc into the light’s shade and stuck the adhesive-backed LED light to the disc. I’ve used my light for hundreds of hours and the batteries are still going strong, as LED’s use a miniscule amount of power. –Lou Bush

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