Bug-eyed lights..

big tee

Well-known Member
It is raining so can't cut beans so I am putting lights on my 500 Case puller for night pulling when driving in the pits. I swiped 2 5.5 in lights from a junked Super 88 my son has and want to convert them to LED for I can't find what I want. I can find just the lens for 4.5 in. lights but not for 5.5 ones. All I want is the lens from the bulbs in the lights so I am trying to figure on how to cut them apart. I put a chop saw blade in my drill press but have cracked 2 lens cutting them. Anybody have any ideas?-Thanks--Tee

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small led ad original bulb
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chop saw blade in drill press
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sawing/grinding
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bug-eyed
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I like it except for the crack
 
That is slick. I am no fan of the LED but for short range, they should work well. They also do not require a large charging system, so that is a definite plus. Never thought of cutting the lens off a sealed beam.

Aaron
 
You are on the right track but here is an idea. Keep what you have but you need a little tub of water and stick the bulb and holder in the water just enough to pickup a little water. You can also use thin oil but the water cools Instantly. Or a garden hose with a low pressure mist of water on your cut. The heat is cracking the glass from stress. Also slow your drill press to as slow as possible. I use a Dremel tool most of the time cause I can get it really slow. As a kid I was fascinated by the glass cutters working at the Flemington cut glass store. Little old Italian guys working with pressed glass and their machines had diamond wheels with a water mist spray. I have drilled ceramic flower pots, glass bottles, and even a 1/4 inch thick window pane with water dribbled on the cutting area. You made it look pretty good but you need to slow everything way down. You will get there. Get back to us!!!
 
One more.thing. If you want to get the cut really nice and clean take a sheet of 3M 200 automotive wet dry sand paper with a little water and a perfectly flat surface and do a circular grind motion by hand. It will look really nice when done.
 
Great idea!

There used to be a trick way to cut the bottom out of a bottle, wrap a string around it, a couple drops of gas on the string, light it, then quench it with water.

It would put a perfect crack all the way around.

Wonder if the same would work for a sealbeam? Lay a string on the lamp where it should be cut?
 
(quoted from post at 12:53:07 10/10/19) Great idea!

There used to be a trick way to cut the bottom out of a bottle, wrap a string around it, a couple drops of gas on the string, light it, then quench it with water.

It would put a perfect crack all the way around.

Wonder if the same would work for a sealbeam? Lay a string on the lamp where it should be cut?
The glass in a bottle is much thinner than a head lamp, I doubt that it would work, not to mention that it would be hard to get a straight crack on a lamp with a string, because you can't get it taut like you can on a bottle.
 
Thanks-I will try this tomorrow-I have one light left that is not broke-yet---Tee

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CRACKED
 
Hi Big Tee, you know if you would have taken them from a G JD, you could have just taken the lens off and stuck the new light in where the bulb was and be done. Might even make it easier for that Case to see where the JD's have gone. LOL
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Hi Mel---I could of bought incandescent 4411 bulbs at my local Farm Fleet for $9 but want bug-eye stock looking leds-it would have been a lot easier. I would run "G" lights but I want to be STOCK!-See Ya Buddy---Tee
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