DIY Ring Light Progression

Time to put my college electrical degree to use. So far I cut out my wooden donut and got all my hardware.

Im going simple

Did you make plans that you're working from? It looks like it could end up a bit on the heavy side, but has a lot of potential for weight reduction if you have a jigsaw, depending on what you're planning to mount between the lights.

Yea I like having the possibility but I dont really think its that heavy.

Dry fitting

And starting it off

Looking good, is there a reason you did not just drill out the center under the light fixture and run your wires on the backside eliminating the fixture standoffs?

I wanted to hide the connections I thought drilling out the back would expose the wires. Id rather use the spacers to make room for the connections and hide them.

DThriller wrote in post #17773191
I wanted to hide the connections I thought drilling out the back would expose the wires. Id rather use the spacers to make room for the connections and hide them.

Good enough for me

Littlejon Dsgn wrote in post #17773183
Looking good, is there a reason you did not just drill out the center under the light fixture and run your wires on the backside eliminating the fixture standoffs?

I was wondering the same thing. Wouldn't it be much cleaner to hide all the wiring on the back side, and leave both the inside and outside edges of the wooden ring free to attach whatever will support the front diffusion panel; I'm assuming this is going to have a softbox-like front diffusor, as a bunch of individual CFL bulbs reflecting in your models' eyes would not be a ring light (or good) look.

Mounting the sockets flush to the wood will also make them less likely to crack. These types of fixtures aren't meant to be screwed down unsupported, especially not with a power tool, which is probably why that one in the bottom of the photo broke.

If you decide to stick with the spacers, the screws should go through the middle of the standoff blocks, so that you're screwing the socket down to a solid surface, not folding it into the gap between the spacers.

Right you are they break easy! Ya'know I didnt really think of any diffusor alot I have seen are just bulbs.

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DThriller wrote in post #17773468
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He just wants to follow the thread...like I am. But I just clicked "Follow Thread" at the top.

BlakeC wrote in post #17773502
He just wants to follow the thread...like I am. But I just clicked "Follow Thread" at the top.

Yes, but my method also encourages the OP that people are interested in seeing more.