Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Get a catalog from Tap Plastics. They give instructions on light tables, including choosing flourescents with the proper color temp and spacingof the light fixtures for even lighting, and of course selling you the acrylic top. I recall that they recomend the single tube fixtures because the double fixtures don't give even lighting. Tom Schofield - ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Hartzell" <hartzell@cs.berkeley.edu> To: "Leica Users" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 2:49 PM Subject: [Leica] Light table guts? > > I found a drafting table that someone had converted into a light table > by replacing the top with some kind of very hokey (slightly scary) > fluorescent fixture. > > I'd like to do it right, with the goal of a nice evenly lit properly > color balanced built in light table. I know better than to try to > build such a thing from Home Depot parts, so I'm searching for someone > who can either supply the guts (fixture, reflectors, glass) for a > table or someone who has a largish light box that they'd like to get > rid of and which I could cannibalize. > > Any suggestions? > > g. > >