Doug, that's a very interesting insight into the process! I'm amazed that it's almost all by hand. I suppose that machine looping the duct tape and steel wire and even the nylon cord hank would take a great deal more demand to justify the cost of replacing labor with machines.

Wow... just really impressive. And if you figure that you can buy this kit and your light for $40 (saving $7 in total) and it's still giving ETS some money, that's really rather sweet.

I have one of these kits, and I know assembling the same components costs quite a bit more individually, so kudos and thanks for the slideshow.