Table Lighting

3kushn

3kushn

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Looking for suggestions on lighting for a 10' table. I've done some searches and all I see is answers with hanging lights. I don't have enough head room to hang a light so it needs to be recessed or at least partially recessed in the ceiling.

I'd like to eliminate as much shadow as possible and willing to spend a little extra cash if needed and assume I will.

Here's a light that has some promise but don't know where to buy it. I'd take the fixtures off the framework and recess the boxes.

Hope these work from my phone camera.


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3kushn said:
Looking for suggestions on lighting for a 10' table. I've done some searches and all I see is answers with hanging lights. I don't have enough head room to hang a light so it needs to be recessed or at least partially recessed in the ceiling.

I'd like to eliminate as much shadow as possible and willing to spend a little extra cash if needed and assume I will.

Here's a light that has some promise but don't know where to buy it. I'd take the fixtures off the framework and recess the boxes.

Hope these work from my phone camera.
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If it were me I'd build a 1X6 frame for appearance and mount it flush to the ceiling.
Then mount 4 - eight ft fluorescents to the ceiling and finish it off with plastic grill on the bottom. Just a thought.
 
Yea that's what I've been thinking and essentially that's what's pictured but two boxes. But the lights and the reflectors were top notch. The bottom reflector grid wasn't your normal white plastic, it was also shiny either polished metal or a foil coating on plastic. I'm guessing the lights were LED's.

The best lighting I've seen over a table is how you're describing although it's in a large room that also has plane old ceiling lights around the whole room which eliminates much of the shadow. The wife aint gonna allow that. Peripheral lights will have to be less functional. That's why the pictured light intrigued me. Like a tanning bed. No peripherals required.

I don't know, I guess I need to find a lighting expert.
 
The bottom grids are available in silver as well as white.
You typically won't have shadows with fluorescent lighting, especially four 8' fixtures- preferably T8.
Someone else had a thread here about mounting a diamond light to the ceiling which worked out well as I recall.
 
are you saying you have a drop ceiling? at my club where we have 2 JAFCO tables they also have 4, 4ft bulb light fixtures recessed into the ceiling over each table. 16 4 ft bulbs on each table, maybe overkill but its nice. You can purchase parabolic difusers for your project also like the ones in my new work light.

This site may help

http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com/commercial_lighting_60_ctg.htm
 

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I have had several table customers use my idea for a situation like yours. track lighting, 2 tracks that are even with the rails, then criss cross them, so that one side is aimed at the other side of the table. you can use as many as you want to light the table, 5 or 6 on each track. the customers that have done really liked the idea. i would use 10' tracks on each side of the table. bulbs are pretty open as to the amount of light you need.
 
OTLB said:
are you saying you have a drop ceiling? at my club where we have 2 JAFCO tables they also have 4, 4ft bulb light fixtures recessed into the ceiling over each table. 16 4 ft bulbs on each table, maybe overkill but its nice. You can purchase parabolic difusers for your project also like the ones in my new work light.

This site may help

http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com/commercial_lighting_60_ctg.htm
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You have at least 1 redeeming value - the Bud sign, LOL
 
Thanks guys now I have something more to work with.

OTLB
I've looked at the Diamond light for a couple of years and have played under one a couple of times but I think it's too tall. I have to work with a ceiling height of < 8' probably more like 7' and that's to the floor joists. The other thing I'd probably have to strip off the LOGO and refinish the darn thing. Wife again getting in the way. Really nice shop light I'll say.

Looks like I'll be making my own with some high end lights like mentioned. Found a good lighting guy yesterday who can help select the bulbs.

Thanks again.
 
Good Luck with your project, look forward to pics. Sorry to say I sold my work light and table.
 
OTLB said:
are you saying you have a drop ceiling? at my club where we have 2 JAFCO tables they also have 4, 4ft bulb light fixtures recessed into the ceiling over each table. 16 4 ft bulbs on each table, maybe overkill but its nice. You can purchase parabolic difusers for your project also like the ones in my new work light.

This site may help

http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com/commercial_lighting_60_ctg.htm
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Your garage looks just like mine but i am full of antique Brunswicks from 1875 to 1930. I'm scared if we post pictures of ourselves we would look like twins, heck we even use the same tool bags.

Craig
 
Probably, I have 13 antique tables right now. 3 are on ebay. I use one room in my house for display and the others are packed away. Usually I try to keep a dozen, one of every style more less.
 
wakuljr said:
I have had several table customers use my idea for a situation like yours. track lighting, 2 tracks that are even with the rails, then criss cross them, so that one side is aimed at the other side of the table. you can use as many as you want to light the table, 5 or 6 on each track. the customers that have done really liked the idea. i would use 10' tracks on each side of the table. bulbs are pretty open as to the amount of light you need.
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Any pictures? This may meet the WAF (wife acceptance factor) requirements.

I had contemplated using recessed lighting with aimable (if that's a word) fixtures. Something along these lines:

http://www.csnlighting.com/Progress-Lighting-P8000-XX-PG6636.html
 
p3ga said:
Any pictures? This may meet the WAF (wife acceptance factor) requirements.

I had contemplated using recessed lighting with aimable (if that's a word) fixtures. Something along these lines:

http://www.csnlighting.com/Progress-Lighting-P8000-XX-PG6636.html
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You're likely to get hot spots on the table with can lights unless you use a whole bunch with low wattage bulbs.

Track lighting would be more consistant.

I'm supposed to get some professional advice from a lighting expert. I'll post the info when I get it. We'll probably need to be sitting down when we read it and hold onto your wallets.
 
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