Low Cost Portable Light Stand

Low Cost Portable Light Stand FARM SHOP Handy Hints 21-2-33 Jerome Thiemann used an old car brake rotor, a 5-ft. long steel pipe threaded at both ends, and a "pony pipe" clamp to make a low-cost portable light stand. "It works so nice that I can hardly believe it. I can quickly move the light up or down anywhere on the pipe just by squeezing the spring-loaded jaw on the botom half of the clamp," says Thiemann. The car brake rotor serves as the base for the pipe. He welded a 3-in. sq., 3/16-in. thick metal plate across the hole at the middle of the rotor, then welded a short 3/ 4-in. dia. pipe coupling to the plate. He welded a metal plate to the pipe clamp to hold the light. "The brake rotor is light enough that I can easily carry it yet is heavy enough to keep the light stand from tipping over."

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