Culm Valley Model Railway Club
  • Home
  • Events Blog
  • Layouts
    • Club Layouts >
      • Blackdown
      • Chinehurst
      • Clubroom Test Circuit
      • Muchwyring
      • Extown and Winsbridge
      • Lambourn
      • North Hurst
      • North Park
      • Soldor
      • Tiverton Junction
      • Uffculme
    • Members Layouts >
      • Baytree Road
      • Boxley Junction
      • Faversham Road
      • Filisur Station
      • Lymemouth
      • Much Binding in the Marsh
      • Meryton and Donwell
      • SNCF Lusigny-sur-le-Loir
      • Shunting Puzzle
      • The Farlacombe Branches
      • Tiverleigh
      • Topcliffe
      • Wakefield Hill
      • Wallingford
  • Exhibition
    • 13th Annual Exhibition 2022
    • 12th Annual Exhibition 2021
    • 12th Annual Exhibition 2020 (Cancelled)
    • 11th Annual Exhibition 2019
    • 10th Annual Exhibition 2018
    • 9th Annual Exhibition 2017
    • 8th Annual Exhibition 2016
    • 7th Annual Exhibition 2015
    • 6th Annual Exhibition 2014
    • 5th Annual Exhibition 2013
  • Workshop
  • Contact
    • Contact & Model Purchase
    • Links
How to build a cheap and easy lamp and shade.
by Andy Fearnside

The shade is made from a 3mm rubber grommet which has been cut through the side and hence each grommet will create 2 shades. (photo 1)
 These are then placed over the end of a 3mm LED. In this case I am using a diffuse warm white LED. Another suitable option would be a diffuse yellow LED.
The leads of the LEDs are then covered with a piece of heatshrink. I have used a 3mm heatshrink and the side of a soldering iron to cause it to form the top of the lampshade. (photo 3)

Picture
1.
Picture
2.
Picture
3.
The completed units are then wired in to a suitable power supply. For me this is usually a 12V DC supply with a 10K Ohm resistor in series with the LED. A resistor in the range of about 1K and 22K Ohm can be used dependant on the brightness required. If using a yellow LED then the range is from approx 1K to 5K Ohm.
These two lampshades have then had the leads shaped to form brackets and have been attached to the club signal box for Tiverton Junction.
 An alternative lampshade can be produced by using a small washer. (photo 5)

Picture
4.
Picture
5.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.