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| tylerwerrin:
couple more pix of the threaded stainless tube -- a cheap effective way for a hollow shaft to feed your LEDs... |
| tylerwerrin:
My LED's finally came! I need to pick up resistors for them tomorrow. I have 10mm and 5mm LEDs. I'd like to use the large 10mm ones because of the additional plastic that is in the tops, but I don't think i'll be able to fit it in the hole. I also successfully cast the longer, thinner style Bat top -- i had to use an EZ lock knurled insert to provide the requisite threading because the larger wood inserts showed through the plastic. I'll post some more pictures tomorrow. |
| tylerwerrin:
I have run into a bit of a snag -- the RGB LED's fit on the end of the threaded pipe, but the problem is getting the wire to fit in the pipe with heat shrink tubing around the annodes of the LED's. They are simply too bulky. I have looked around for some kind of prewired LED that might be able to fit, but have come up empty. The other idea is to get RGB Wire which is 22ga and attempt that. What would anyone out there suggest? The leads on the LEDs are so tiny that its really tough to just solder a tiny spec and have that hold the wire. Randy, I've noticed that on your RGB drives you have a tiny blob of solder holding the wire leads to the resistor pellets. Do you have a tip for me that I could try? |
| armi0024:
I may be misunderstanding, but what if you let the led sit up a little higher off the top of the shaft instead of tucking it inside. Maybe do your mold and the drill a little pocket up into the bat top for it. What you are running into is why we use 10mm instead of 6mm threading for rgb joysticks. |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: tylerwerrin on March 14, 2014, 12:08:29 am ---I have run into a bit of a snag -- the RGB LED's fit on the end of the threaded pipe, but the problem is getting the wire to fit in the pipe with heat shrink tubing around the annodes of the LED's. They are simply too bulky. I have looked around for some kind of prewired LED that might be able to fit, but have come up empty. The other idea is to get RGB Wire which is 22ga and attempt that. What would anyone out there suggest? The leads on the LEDs are so tiny that its really tough to just solder a tiny spec and have that hold the wire. Randy, I've noticed that on your RGB drives you have a tiny blob of solder holding the wire leads to the resistor pellets. Do you have a tip for me that I could try? --- End quote --- For a standard RGB LED, you don't need much for wire gauge. A 4-segment wide length of ribbon cable (just peel off what you need) is quite thin and would work fine. 30 gauge "wire wrap" wire would work fine as well, and is much smaller. Once you have it soldered, a dab of hot melt which encapsulates the connections will serve to both insulate and provide strain relief for the wire. Just keep it below the led and it won't increase the diameter. You can use your fingers to shape the hot melt, once it cools down a little. Scuffing (or flattening on a sander) the top surface of the LED will also help to diffuse the light so you get better distribution. |
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