LED Strip Soldering Jig
This build was inspired by a teacher whose students were having difficulty soldering “skinny” led strips for their projects. The adjustable jig is designed to hold various sizes of LED …
Category: Laser Cutting
Magnetic Wearable Battery Connector
Many of my smaller wearable projects don’t have space for batteries near the electronics, so the power source is often housed in a separate holder. In particular, I’ve found that …
Tiny Edge-Lit Sphere
This project assembles small laser-cut acrylic pieces into a sphere surrounding a 5mm LED for edge-lighting which emanates from the center. I designed it a while ago, but was never …
Infinity Octahedron
I’ve been having a lot of fun with infinity mirrors, and recently built an infinity octahedron from laser-cut partially mirrored acrylic. An octahedron makes a particularly nice base for an …
Infinite Fairy Light Creatures
Infinity mirrors display endless reflections of light inside a finite space. Sandwiching a fairy light string’s LEDs between semi-reflective acrylic layers produces an inexpensive and sturdy infinity mirror for a …
Laser Cutting / LED / Python
Fiber Optic Hyperbolic Paraboloid
Ruled surfaces are mathematical shapes that can be generated by sweeping a straight line through three-dimensional space. A hyperbolic paraboloid is a “doubly ruled” surface which has two straight lines …
Dia de los Muertos Pendant Design
This Dia de los Muertos edge lit LED pendant is a new design for of the Layered edge-lit Pendant project, and it’s perfect for Halloween. The vector files for this …
Layered Edge-Lit Pendants
WARNING: THIS PROJECT USES BUTTON CELL BATTERIES THAT ARE EASILY REMOVED. Button cell batteries can be fatal to small children and animals if swallowed.The small size of these batteries makes …
Circuits / Kid-Friendly / Laser Cutting / LED / micro:bit
Alligator Clip-Friendly RGB LED Case
I recently wanted to do a micro:bit activity with RGB LEDs (the non-addressable kind). Because it’s a fiddly exercise to connect alligator clips to LED legs – especially with resistors …
Updated Edge-Lit Display Project
WARNING: THIS PROJECT USES BUTTON CELL BATTERIES THAT ARE EASILY REMOVED. Button cell batteries can be fatal to small children and animals if swallowed.The small size of these batteries makes …