DIY LED reading light

Wanna make a scope? Or better still, grind a mirror yourself. Or, you have some good tips in making a really useful accessory? This is the place to show what your hands can do...
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I use one of those key-chain LEDs from Home-fix or similar. They are cheap, last forever, and are easy to dim with pieces of cellopane paper. :)
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those key chains were designed to be as bright as possible, so "darkening" it will result in unsightly tapes...
I think I like the cataclysm's LED design better. It uses a standard LED which means it is not bright at all since these are used for indication rather than illumination.
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For night-adapted illumination purposes, I've found that SAF torch (the one you hold with a pistol grip) is very good. It comes with own screw on red filter.
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