[lace] LED craft lamps

[lynrbailey]

Dear All,
First, I would like to mention again what my Withof teacher, Susie Johnson, 
demonstrated concerning florescent lamps vs. incandescent light bulbs.  
Florescent light bulbs have gas in them that vibrate.  This makes the light 
vibrate, which can immediately be seen if you put the florescent and 
incandescent side by side.  At the time, LED's were not acceptable because 
there weren't enough of them.  

I have a Verilux craft lamp with 11 LED's which is fine for coarse lace work, 
as it is highly portable, and the light is decent.  I never use batteries, 
because the light is brighter if the lamp is plugged in.  When I heard that 
there was an Ott light with 30 LED's, I checked it out on Amazon.  It is not 
very expensive, about $24, maybe a bit more, the black is cheaper, and as they 
do, they were recommending that it be purchased with a particular AC adapter.  
I haven't been using it more than a few days, but so far I am pleased.  No 
batteries in it.  AAA batteries are silly for hours of lacemaking, and besides, 
the light is never as bright.  I will be drilling holes through the plastic 
base, where there are no wires,so I can pin it to my pillow.  So far the lights 
have worked well, although it's early days. But it is very lightweight, can be 
adapted to pin to the pillow, the AD adapter works well, and the light is 
bright and clear.  So far I haven't seen any craft lamp of si!
 milar price that has anywhere near that number of LED's. 

Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where we are in for some more unseasonably 
cool weather, after several days of true late spring.  It's time to be able to 
put away the sweaters, and that's not happening. 

"My email sends out an automatic  message. Arachne members,
please ignore it. I read your emails."

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[lace] LED

[Brian Lemin]

As I do not usually drop in on discussions other than antique  bobbins ( I 
have been following the  8th) I am bit late on this.


Both Jean (my wife) patch worker, xstitcher and I have benefitted greatly 
from LED lamps which seem to be readily available and reasonable cheap in 
our area.


Jean was recommended to get this "white" light by her ophthalmologist as she 
is heading for the cataract coming over her eyes, she loved it, so did I, 
and I promptly bought one for my music stand and another for my lathe.


Best thing since sliced bread!  :)

Brian



From Brian and Jean Lemin
Cooranbong. Australia 


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[lace] Facebook page

[Anna Binnie]

Can anyone out there tell me the name or url of the facebook lace page.
I've just joined one for quilting an am having a ball.

Anna from a cloudy Sydney

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Re: [lace] Exciting find!

[The Lace Bee]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_squadrons_and_flotillas_of_the_Royal_Nav
y

Have a look at this link.  I believe that British 8th Navy is a truncation due
to space and may be any of the 8th's referenced in this link

Kind Regards

Liz Baker

On 11 May 2013, at 18:09, Clay Blackwell  wrote:

> Last weekend, I attended the North Carolina Regional Lacers' Spring Lace
Day.  As always, it was great fun!..there was an area for lacemakers to sell
lacemaking supplies they no longer use.  A friend was there, selling the last
of the things from Betty Ann Rice.  I glanced into a box of old bobbins, and a
spangle caught my eye...   could it be?
>
> It was a tiny bone spy glass...  And yes!  It was a Stanhope!  The image was
barely visible, but I was very excited to find it.  The amazing thing is that
so many people had been through those bobbins in the past year and no one else
had noticed it.  I suppose our discussion last week about Stanhopes was fresh
in my mind, so I knew it when I saw it.
>
> After getting home with it and looking at it carefully, I realized the lens
was coated with grime.  After carefully cleaning it, I can now see four
drawings with titles!  There is "King's Road", "The Aquarium", "Palace Pier",
and "The Beach".  There appear to be two other pictures below the four, but
all that is visible are the tops of the drawings.
>
> Any ideas where these places are?  The bobbin has "British 8th Navy" written
on it with the name of someone who died in 1981.
>
> Clay
>
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[lace] Apprentices.

[Alex Stillwell]

Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 17:19:06 -0400
From: Clay Blackwell 
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Conservation and Restoration Apprentices

Congratulations to your apprentices

>From me too.

Alex

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Re: Fw: [lace] Ott LED mobile task light

[John Mead]

Ottlite  is a manufacturer of lighting thingies in
the USA. They specialize in full spectrum lighting. On the whole they have
a good reputation, but it appears that with their battery operated lamps
they're coasting on their reputation.

John Mead
Tacoma, WA USA


On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Sue  wrote:

> I was interested about LED lights and bulbs to put into other lights and
> lamps to aid my lacemaking but can I ask what the Ott bit means please.  I
> have sort of been able to follow this story but now have time to ask the
> question.
> Sue T Dorset UK
>

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[lace] Stanhopes

[Brenda Paternoster]

Further to the recent discussions on these I have a bobbin with a Stanhope 
spangle, which I inherited from an elderly student.  A lovely lady Ruth died in 
1996 aged 86 and I recall her having showed me the special spangle which her 
son had bought for her.

It's set in sterling silver, assay mark for Birmingham 1984, and the image is 
of a page from a Derry & Tom's catalogue showing silk over blouses for 12/11 
(12 shillings, 11pence) up to 15/11.  The style of the blouses is very straight 
and boxy, with knee length skirt - looks to me to be early 1930s.

Brenda in Allhallows
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk

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Re: [lace] Exciting find

[The Lace Bee]

A word of warning on these records.  

The records me held as paper for all armed forces but a few years a go there 
was a fire at the records office (Hayes Middlesex) and many papers got burned, 
destroyed or singed.

When you do a search you will see what has been scanned to date.  For example, 
my father requested his father's service records and these are there to see 
because they were micro Fisched when he made his request even though the 
original were mainly destroyed in the fire.  But his records are not on yet.

The Aussie's father's records are not on line.

So just because there is nothing returned doesn't mean that there is nothing.

Kind Regards

Liz Baker

On 12 May 2013, at 09:03, Brenda Paternoster  wrote:

> Jean, the website you are referring to is that of the National Archives
> http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Home/OnlineCollections
> 
> Just type the name in and see what comes up.  Put inverted commas around the 
> full name to stop the search engine from searching on each word.  But, "Name 
> Surname" will not find Name Second-name Surname  and vice versa.
> 

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Re: [lace] Exciting find

[Brenda Paternoster]

Jean, the website you are referring to is that of the National Archives
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Home/OnlineCollections

Just type the name in and see what comes up.  Put inverted commas around the 
full name to stop the search engine from searching on each word.  But, "Name 
Surname" will not find Name Second-name Surname  and vice versa.

I tried it with Terry's grandfather who was in the Royal Navy during WW1.  Just 
one document found and clicking on his name took me to another page from where 
I could purchase a copy of the full document for £3.36.  (no need to do that as 
my SIL has his full Navy record).  It didn't find my Grandad who was in the 
Army during WW1, nor my Dad who was in the RAF during WW2.

Someone who died in 1981 may well have been on the 1911 census.  If the name 
isn't very common it may be possible to identify him that way, so if Clay would 
like to post the name I will try looking at the 1911 census.

BTW it geneaolgy, not geneology.

Brenda


On 12 May 2013, at 08:05, Jean Nathan wrote:

> You have the person's name, and for anyone who has served in the army, you 
> can look up their service record on a web site - can't remember which. Don't 
> know if it's the same for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, but I'm 
> sure someone on this list who's into geneology will be able to say if there 
> is. If so, that could give you a lead into all sorts of things about the 
> person whose name is on the bobbin and whether Brighton is relevant to him.

Brenda in Allhallows
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk

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[lace] Exciting find

[Jean Nathan]

You have the person's name, and for anyone who has served in the army, you 
can look up their service record on a web site - can't remember which. Don't 
know if it's the same for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, but I'm 
sure someone on this list who's into geneology will be able to say if there 
is. If so, that could give you a lead into all sorts of things about the 
person whose name is on the bobbin and whether Brighton is relevant to him.


Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK 


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Fw: [lace] Ott LED mobile task light

[Sue]

I was interested about LED lights and bulbs to put into other lights and 
lamps to aid my lacemaking but can I ask what the Ott bit means please.  I 
have sort of been able to follow this story but now have time to ask the 
question.

Sue T Dorset UK

Hello All!  Having received some off-list electrical counseling, I need to 
clarify the issues with this light!  This light does eat batteries--period. 
It's not suitable for fine work over time because my light was purchased in 
the morning & the batteries were dead by noon.  The Ott company does not 
supply an AC adapter with the initial purchase, nor does it sell one as an 
after market accessory.  The purchaser is on his/her own.  As pointed out to 
me privately, an AC adapter must be "sized" correctly for the device, 
something I felt I had done when I purchased one at Radio Shack.  Ott blames 
the premature failure of the light on the use of an incompatible AC adapter. 
The light weight, compact, flip up design is great.  The light is pure. 
Unfortunately it's a very expensive flash light & "green" only to the extent 
that the entire device may be recycled at Waste Management.  What should be 
a win-win is a big lose-lose for the consumer.  It turns out there are a 
number of re!
views & suggestions regarding this product on Amazon.  When my fluorescent 
Ott light quit during the morning session of an EGA class, I didn't take 
time to read product reviews.  I needed a light immediately & the EGA vendor 
had the LED model in stock.  It turned out to be a costly mistake.  I will 
follow up on the other LED lighting suggestions that have been offered 
before purchasing a replacement.  There should be an answer here somewhere, 
but is Ott part of the solution or part of the problem?  Sincerely, Susan 
Hottle, Erie, PA USA


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