Barn Doors for Kessil A360X?

[Itchy Trigger]

Anyone have a good idea for creating sort of a barn door contraption for Kessil A360X fixtures? I love the way they look on my tank, but I have them mounted fairly high and have no canopy, so they send out a blinding light into the room that is quite distracting. Having some sort of reflector / barn door at least on the front would be very helpful. I could pick up some black card stock and tape it around the front half of the fixture, but I'd rather find something that's going to look nice in addition to being functional... Anyone?

 

[kharmaguru]

I wonder if you could find a compatible camera lens hood to Mcgyver onto the barrel of the Kessil.

 

[Itchy Trigger]

Yes, that's exactly the type of thing I'd want to use... Somebody suggested this thing, but I'm not sure that's exactly what I need.

 

[kharmaguru]

With the narrow reflector you'd need to mount even higher so that might be counter productive. They're probably thinking the downward projection would solve your issue - and it might - but now you'll have hotspots to deal with which again would mean raising your lights.

 

[Itchy Trigger]

Right, that's more or less what I figured. Hmmm... Back to a MacGyver-style solution...

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

3D printing comes to mind here. I'm sure a hood like fixture can be done if you get good measurements.

 

[Itchy Trigger]

That sounds like a great idea. Anybody here equipped to do this? I'm happy to pay for the pieces and the shipping.

 

[westcoreefer]

theres someone on Offer Up selling carbon fiber extensions for kessils