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Downlight<br>Bikelight	project	An old ceiling mounted LED downlight becomes a chonky bike light.	/projects/downlight_bikelight	/assets/projects/downlight_bikelight	/assets/projects/downlight_bikelight/img	2025-05-11	alt class src A CAD model of a Bike light made from an old LED downlight. invertable /assets/projects/downlight_bikelight/thumbnail.png	/assets/projects/downlight_bikelight/thumbnail.png	/assets/projects/downlight_bikelight/models	<script src="/assets/js/expand_img_tags.js" defer></script>

I pulled this dying LED downlight out of my kitchen ceiling.

In doing so I realised that this downlight has an amusingly chonky heatsink and a nice lens.

So I made a front plate for it to turn it into a bicycle light. I think it suits the current cobbled together, solarpunky aesthetic of my bike.

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Next job is to actually mount it!