DIY Reflector for smaller areas, GREAT PAR VALUES

Destroys the PAR values of a crappy batwing reflector, I have built plenty of these in the past they take about 45 mins - 1 hour to make aprox, You can make them with a sheet of Miro-4 or Solar tube / hammertone, anything nice and reflective.




Just thought I would share some knowledge on the subject.

This is for the 14" Version which is small, If you want bigger, Just stretch it out to the proper size.


What I did was take it to the local Kinkos, Blow up the heck out of it, Cut it out, and tape it to the metal, then pieced it together, and pop riveted it. The hole for the mogul socket just use a hole saw, and some extra metal with pop rivets for the bracket its super simple.

Anyways if you got room, its an excellent DIY Reflector, and If you have a ballast which you can get for Dirt cheap, a mogul socket is like less than $10 at any lighting store.

/http://thebrian.net/reflector/Reflector14.bmp

Maybe, this will work?

the depth of the 14" model takes up 7" of height space. but the concentration of light is phenomenal

Where can I get the plans for this?

Try HERE

I posted the .jpg file earlier but mod must have deleted it.

Thanks, to bend the bends, you can just use a piece of wood to get a straight edge, the bends are roughly 8º-11º
Tools needed, Straight edge tin snips(yellow handle) Pop rivet I used 3/16" either size will work. and a drill & bit, Plus a hole saw or you can use tin snips to make the hole for the mogul socket.

These will actually work for bigger reflectors as well, you just need to tweak the specs of the dimension I have seen people make wider ones as well.



also

for the Bracket for the mogul socket.
something like this will work fine.

nice!!
all u did was reevit it together?

thats it, strong as hell too. you can practicaly sit on it depending on what type of material you use.

Dam - I want the plans for the wider one, i would like to make 2 of em for my 400w lamps.

I think you can figure it out if you can use autocad you can for sure figure it out. I will see if I can get the wider ones though. There seems to be some pretty smart people on here. maybe someone can chime in

this is the best diy reflector ive seen. + rep

thanks, roughly if you get good materials, 2 reflectors should cost you about $60 - worth its weight in gold IMO or bud lol.

very nice, I would put an adapter and put a 4-8 in duct at the top with an inline fan....

Yea good idea, im sure alot of tweaking can be done, but this is a great start for people who want to build some kick ass reflectors.

Little tip to ppl doing this, scoring metal at bend points makes it easier to bend cleanly..
They are nice plans..

Yes, Actually the plans call for a triangular cut, but scoring will work also.

Have you put this design through ray-tracing software, or measured output across the covered area and compared that to a reflectorless bulb??
Not that thats really needed, just wondering because the plans are thorough and concisely finalized..