DIY Lee Turret lighting upgrade. What a difference!

berettaprofessor said:

I applaud the OP's ingenuity and industriousness, but some might want to try these at $24: https://smile.amazon.com/KMS-Square...1&keywords=lee+turret+press+light&qid=1590195

The KM lights come in various configurations for Turret presses, Hornady presses, Loadmasters, etc.

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That's the light I have works great I used the flex arm lights before IMHO the LED mounted on the top works much better.If you buy direct from kms squared theres a sale going on.Like the ops light but if someone doesn't want to do any extra wiring the kms kit comes ready to go

I have had a couple of the UFO lights since before they were on the market and they really light things up. Yours looks like a mini version of them.

https://kmssquared.com/products.html

edit: looks like they have one for Lee’s now too, with a few less LED’s, 18 of them vs the 24 and 21 for the 550 and 650’s.



edit again: should have read the other two posts that mentioned them. I also noticed the one for the Co-ax, I need to order.

I started designing a circular PCB like those but since others beat me to it I never bothered to finish.

colonelhogan44 said:

What did you have in mind? I'm always open to ideas and I have free time these days, which is pretty rare in my world.

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I'd be interested in lighting for common single stage presses

I use the sewing machine lights, mounting them on 90° a angle bracket on a rear bolt since my LCTs is aluminum, I used the second one on a drill press, it does make a big difference

colonelhogan44 said:

A few parts came in, and I've solved the biggest "problem" with the existing press light systems -- needing some uncommon power source/supply.

Now these are USB powered, so you can use a phone charger or battery bank to power the 9 daylight LEDs per light for convenient illumination without needing any wiring or power supplies you don't already have!

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That's exactly what I'm looking for. I have a speaker on my bench with usb. Are you selling these?!

I have my Borebuddy light powered by an old Modem power supply. Works great and doesn't take up much room!

jeff

Got mine, thanks! Like the extra clips to keep the wire neat.

some very interesting solutions. will have to revisit when I can copy links.

Ordered and looking forward to trying it out. Thanks!