Rikon replacement LED

[Michael Nathal]

I bought a Rikon Grinder a couple years ago. The LED bulb in the flexible neck lamp has gone bad. I am having trouble finding a replacement bulb. The threads on the bulb base seems to be something non-standard in the US. I've been to several stores like Batteries Plus Bulbs with no luck. So far, the place where I bought it has not come through with any info. Can anyone identify a replacement bulb or what the bulb base threads are called, so I can search on the internet?

 

[Norm Marentette]

Have the same problem. Can't find replacement bulb for Rikon grinder.

 

[guy laizure]

Have you called Rikon

 

[Dave Landers]

This grinder? https://www.woodcraft.com/products/rikon-8-1-hp-slow-speed-grinder-80-808

There's a comment on that page where someone said they replaced it with an E14 base 3watt 72 led 12V bulb. If so, E14 is pretty standard, should be easy to find on amazon et al

 

[robo hippy]

Hmm, there were goose neck lamps on the 1 hp Rikon grinders I bought, but they wouldn't get any where near where I needed them, so I removed them. Not sure if I even have the parts left any more.... Aftermarket lamps do far better.

robo hippy

 

[Tom Gall]

Like Robo, I pretty much found that light to be useless. I added a flat metal plate (mending plate?) to the top of the grinder. I think I used something like double-sided foam to attach the plate to the top of the grinder. Also, four cabinet rubber bumpers to the corners of the plate to compensate for the curvature of the motor. Then attached an adjustable light with a magnetic base.
Just took a couple of photos on my phone (new to me) and have no idea how to send/attach them here.

 

[Jim Reynolds]

Perhaps this Link to Light Bulb Base Chart will be helpful (includes dimensions and photos). If Dave's research is the correct answer, the E14 is 14 mm or just shy of 9/16".

 

[Darryl Fective]

I glued a large nut to the top of my grinder so my magnetic base (old speaker magnet) can hold my $10 Ikea flex lamp.

 

[Rick Wolter]

I had the same issue. These are an E14 like has been said and very easy to find. But the gooseneck is useless and a bad design because you have to turn on the grinder for the light to work. And the gooseneck is too short.

 

[Marc Banka]

Yes, such a stupid light on an otherwise nice machine. Gooseneck too short, light too dim and blue, no separate switch. Why did they bother?