After complaining so much about the lighting in my garage workshop, it was time to do something about it. The only artificial light I had was a bulb hanging 3.5 meters high without a lamp or any kind of reflective screen or anything. Just a bulb with its socket hanging from an electrical wire. I also used a spotlight that hung from the wall in a bad position and could hardly be directed where I wanted.
Since I was making some adjustments in the workshop, I decided to do something about the lighting. I attached plugs to four other similar spotlights that I had lying around and made some stands for them. The result is in the photos. In total, almost 5000 lumens (yes, five thousand) with less than 90W (all low-consumption bulbs). I don’t know why this reuse of things I had around the workshop reminded me of the past, and even though I am from the ’70s, this ’60s effect looks great in the photos.
In the panorama, you can see the workshop (half workshop, half studio, in both cases). The plastic you see is for protection because I was practicing with the paint sprayer. I painted the blackboard because initially, I thought it would help me explain the projects, but after some tests, it didn’t convince me. You can see some pots and wire that are part of a pending “DIY gardening” project (I hope summer doesn’t pass before I record it). Among the clutter, there is a gourd that I have to paint, paint cans, the camera tripod, the drill press, the stool, and furniture half-painted.
I’m practicing with the paint sprayer to paint this furniture (you can also see the air compressor for the paint sprayer). Since plastic wrapping for painting is not very convenient, I decided to leave a specific spot for it where the stool is. That will be my painting area. With some old wooden slats, I made a false separating wall (and took the opportunity to make some simple shelves to place the slats that were on the garage floor) so I can paint without worrying about staining the rest of the workshop. To make painting easier, I will make some simple rotating platforms with castors to rotate the furniture while painting and some simple wooden hangers to hold the furniture doors for spraying and drying.
I will upload a video about the platforms and hangers (have you seen how I made the lamp with wooden hangers?), although as you will see, they are very simple.
Of course, that false wall doesn’t stay open like that. It’s completely covered with thick plastic. I haven’t taken a photo of it yet. When I finished putting up the plastic, it was getting dark and there wasn’t enough light.