Woodworker's Journal

Spotlight on Task Lighting

No matter how much light you have in your shop, there are times when just a bit more illumination right where you’re working makes all the difference in how efficient your work is, and how safely you perform a particular task. Whether it’s needing a better look at what’s going on while running a machine, being able to closely examine a process that’s just not that easy to see, or even working in a darker area your regular shop lighting just can’t normally reach, having adequate lighting for the task at hand will always “lighten” the load for the better.

Even if you have a brightly lit shop and have

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