Custom Pool Table Light

what type are these bolts (or whatever) I circled? They are not visible from the face side

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Also I'm interested how inner frame is attached to the sides.
 
Vahmurka said:
what type are these bolts (or whatever) I circled? They are not visible from the face side

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Also I'm interested how inner frame is attached to the sides.
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1.25" wood screws which are holding the inner frame and top via cleats. The cleats are screwed into the inner frame and top and are then screwed to the sides.
 
I plan on doing my own light as well... Seriously thinking about bright LED strip lights 4 rows 8' long and 3' wide side to side. Anyone ever LED lighting on a pool table? True white no ballast noise and the strips I am thinking of will total 90 watts. This is a joint adventure between myself and a buddy who owns and runs a full service wood working shop. I wonder if there would be any interest in marketing such a product? The only available LED table light I have seen is over $1000. LED lighting also offers some serious weight reduction which opens up the design concepts a great deal.

Your light looks great so far, looking forward to seeing the finished product.:smile:
 
led color temp.

You may want to do a little testing before you settle on "true white". The terms are not standardized. The cooler colored light above 3000 K is often quite blue. If you're using blue cloth, the combination of the two can be tough on your eyes. I'd suggest you consider something warmer...2700 K, which is close to an incandescent bulb.

Dave
 
Dave said:
You may want to do a little testing before you settle on "true white". The terms are not standardized. The cooler colored light above 3000 K is often quite blue. If you're using blue cloth, the combination of the two can be tough on your eyes. I'd suggest you consider something warmer...2700 K, which is close to an incandescent bulb.

Dave
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Your not lying about that. I put some 5000k T8 bulbs in my gold crown light above Simonis Tournament Blue and it was very weird looking. The bluish light and blue cloth clashed and everything looked weird. I have 3500 k bulbs and I like the color. 2000-3000 is a little too yellowish for me and hot also.
 
Travis3c said:
Your not lying about that. I put some 5000k T8 bulbs in my gold crown light above Simonis Tournament Blue and it was very weird looking. The bluish light and blue cloth clashed and everything looked weird. I have 3500 k bulbs and I like the color. 2000-3000 is a little too yellowish for me and hot also.
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I have full spectrum T5's above my table
Not sure of the kelvin rating on them but with the parabolic reflector grid in, it's the best light I've seen period
I have tourney blue simonis as well.
12-4' bulbs that are in a 4x8 light box about 2' above the reflector grid.
One very small shadow under each ball,
And I can okay for hours without eye strain :)
 
ND Fan said:
I plan on doing my own light as well... Seriously thinking about bright LED strip lights 4 rows 8' long and 3' wide side to side. Anyone ever LED lighting on a pool table? True white no ballast noise and the strips I am thinking of will total 90 watts. This is a joint adventure between myself and a buddy who owns and runs a full service wood working shop. I wonder if there would be any interest in marketing such a product? The only available LED table light I have seen is over $1000. LED lighting also offers some serious weight reduction which opens up the design concepts a great deal.

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Would love to see how this turns out...am needing to come up with a light for my new house...but don't want some cheesy off-the-shelf Budweiser light or anything like that!
 
Great job, I'm impressed and jealous of your skills. I can do many things well but woodworking is definitely not one of them, or anything else construction related... :)

I thought about getting an neighbor to help build a light, but after pricing materials and seeing how much it would take, with me unable to do pretty much any of it, I just decided to buy a used Brunswick GC light. Matches my table (GC IV), and picked it up for a good price. My skills are so bad that the light is still up against the wall, I'm not even sure how to mount it without killing myself or having the light fall one day! Will figure that out eventually... :)

Scott
 
I finally got around to installing the fixtures and applying the stain and first coat of finish. Next up is a light sanding and the final coat of finish.





 
Very nice indeed. You've done a great job and it was very thoughtful of you to post each step of the process. I'm thinking of building a light myself but I'm leaning toward using LED's because of the weight. Trust you'll post some final pics of the light mounted over your table.
 
I got it hung today. It gives off great light and is a big improvement over the 8' shop light I had up there before. It's way better ascetically too!

 
Beautiful light! Now it's time to lay down the law with mama and move it all inside from the tool shed.

JC
 
I am once again completely envious of your skills. Light looks great!!! When I looked at doing that, and engaging the help of a neighbor for the design/build process, just seemed like a daunting task. Wish I would have had this to refer to at the time.

I ended up buying a Brunswick GC light, which looks very similar. That was 6 weeks ago, I still have yet to hang it since, as I said, I have no skills... One of these days I'll figure out how to mount it and get it up there... :)

Scott
 
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