Inexpensive lighting in a portable:
I own a Eskimo QuickFlip II that comes with the fold down bench. I went to the local hardware store and bought myself two of those clear interior trailer lights that have the switch in them. I mounted each light to the under side of my bench with some alum flat stock. I sat on the bench and marked the spot so that the light would shine between my legs when I sat on the bench. I then wired them with some 18ga speaker wire. I bought some large battery clips and I attached them to the end of the wire. I have enough wire so that I can connect the clips to my trucks battery or for early ice I haul out my battery from my lawn tractor. The only bad thing is there isn't a lot of light overhead but there is a lot over the holes. I may buy another light and just attach it to a hook so that I can hang it over head if I wanted to. Most of the time when I am by myself there is enough light from one light to see everything that I need. This also works great at night when I am augering the holes or setting up the portable in the dark. I think I got less than $10 in the whole deal.
I will post a picture next week after I pull my shanty out of storage.